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.
₹1.2 lakh–₹1.8 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹56,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough, even in a dry year.
Needs about 230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,450 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 30 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 28 °C / 23 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 23 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
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 ₹2,550 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,100 2021
- ₹1,550 2022
- ₹2,050 2023
- ₹2,500 2024
- ₹2,300 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
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 potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
About 48% of local fields of this crop get it.
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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):
- NPK Mixture 48%
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 5%
- Urea 5%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 2%