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 29 mandis in your district.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹98,000–₹1.8 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 250 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 220 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):
- Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
- Jul 30 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 9 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen.
- The pH here suits it.
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 ₹3,450 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹2,300 2021
- ₹2,500 2022
- ₹3,000 2023
- ₹2,800 2024
- ₹3,080 2025
Prices are usually best in December.
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
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 14%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 14%
- Urea 14%