Cucumber

Water

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

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 290 mm it can use in a normal year, and 180 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 18–32 °C on average, and survives 6–38 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 6 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 83 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹3,050 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 August.

Typical costs are about ₹92,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.