Cucumber
Sow in July, harvest around September
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.
₹92,000–₹1.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
At typical costs, from a loss of ₹11,000 to a profit of ₹35,000 an acre a season
- Needs care: Risky: 1 irrigation short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 260 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 31 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 30 °C / 22 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- 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 zinc.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 94 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).
On rain alone it gets about 88% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 88% of this yield.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,400 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹700 2021
- ₹1,150 2022
- ₹1,400 2023
- ₹1,500 2024
- ₹1,480 2025
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 ₹1.0 lakh 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 nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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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):
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 100%
- Urea 100%