Parwal (Pointed Gourd)

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 mm it can use in a normal year, and 520 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 24–35 °C on average, and survives 14–36 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 36 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 22 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 19 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 19 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
• Mar 35 °C / 23 °C
• Apr 36 °C / 26 °C
• May 38 °C / 28 °C
• Jun 36 °C / 27 °C

Soil

Soil for Parwal (Pointed Gourd): 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 54 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

No mandi or support price for this crop yet.