Cucumber

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 380 mm it can use in a normal year, and 300 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 34 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C

Soil

Likes pH 6.0–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.

Money

Yield: about 64 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,400 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in February.

Typical costs are about ₹71,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.