Cucumber

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,420 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,210 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 32 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: sulphur.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

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 ₹2,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in December.

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.