Bottle Gourd

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 510 mm it can use in a normal year, and 410 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):

• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 32 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 32 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Bottle Gourd: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

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 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 ₹47,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in December.

Typical costs are about ₹55,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.