Pumpkin

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 340 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 710 mm it can use in a normal year, and 630 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 20–30 °C on average, and survives 10–40 °C.

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

• Jun 31 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 21 °C

Soil

Soil for Pumpkin: 8 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 87 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,200 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹1,000 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹13,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in July.

Typical costs are about ₹74,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.