Cucumber

Water

Rain falls about 1 irrigation (5 cm) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 100 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 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 28 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Cucumber: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 60 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

On rain alone it gets about 81% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 81% of this yield.

Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,900 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 November.

Typical costs are about ₹66,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.