Bottle Gourd
Sow in June, harvest around October
This season's sowing time (June–July) is over.
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹62,000–₹93,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹9,000–₹40,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Needs care: Warm in June
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 400 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 19–27 °C on average, and survives 12–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 39 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 34 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Bottle Gourd: 6 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 66 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,175 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹1,175 a quintal, the middle of 20 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹24,000 a season after typical costs.
- ₹1,090 2021
- ₹1,330 2022
- ₹1,230 2023
- ₹1,490 2024
- ₹1,480 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
Typical costs are about ₹53,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.