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 India.
₹36,000–₹54,000
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹16,000–₹34,000 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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 310 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 34 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
Soil
Soil for Cucumber: 8 out of 10 (good).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of zinc.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 18 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 (September–October 2026): about ₹2,450 a quintal across India's mandis.
- ₹1,460 2021
- ₹1,810 2022
- ₹1,790 2023
- ₹2,030 2024
- ₹1,980 2025
Prices are usually best in October.
Typical costs are about ₹20,000 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 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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.