Bottle Gourd

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 460 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 29 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 21 °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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,500 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 ₹61,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.