Cucumber
Sow in June, harvest around August
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.
₹86,000–₹1.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹50,000–₹93,000 an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 260 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,230 mm it can use in a normal year, and 840 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 18–32 °C on average, and survives 6–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 29 °C / 23 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: sulphur.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 33 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 (August–September 2026): about ₹3,250 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹2,500 2021
- ₹3,950 2023
- ₹3,500 2024
- ₹3,300 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹36,000 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 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 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.