Bottle Gourd

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 320 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–27 °C on average, and survives 12–38 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jul 25 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 25 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C

Soil

Likes pH 5.5–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 82 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025): about ₹1,850 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹1,560 a quintal, the middle of 308 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹59,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹69,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.