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.
₹1.3 lakh–₹1.9 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹55,000–₹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 in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 270 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 350 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 33 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °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 boron.
Likes pH 6.0–7.5.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 64 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).
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 ₹71,000 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 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.