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.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹88,000–₹1.6 lakh 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 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 610 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 33 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 8 out of 10 (good).
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 56 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 ₹3,300 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹2,480 2021
- ₹2,400 2022
- ₹2,550 2023
- ₹2,850 2024
- ₹3,500 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
Typical costs are about ₹61,000 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 boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 99%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 99%
- Nitro Phosphate Potash 1%