Bottle Gourd

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 350 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 690 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 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):

• Jun 29 °C / 19 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 19 °C
• Sep 25 °C / 17 °C

Soil

Soil for Bottle Gourd: 9 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

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 ₹1,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹1,000 a quintal, the middle of 17 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹13,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in March.

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.