Cucumber
Sow in June, harvest around August
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. Sold at 10 mandis in your district.
₹1.8 lakh–₹2.7 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.1 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 240 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 27 °C / 20 °C
- Jul 26 °C / 19 °C
- Aug 26 °C / 19 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 7 out of 10 (okay).
Not in the score: organic carbon and pH.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5. We have no pH figures for this place.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 58 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 ₹3,900 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹1,700 2021
- ₹1,400 2022
- ₹1,900 2023
- ₹3,000 2024
- ₹2,900 2025
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 ₹63,000 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.