Pumpkin

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,550 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 28 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 20 °C

Soil

Soil for Pumpkin: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 5.5–7.5.

Money

Yield: about 90 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price at this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹1,500 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹1,500 a quintal, the middle of 374 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹58,000 a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in March.

Typical costs are about ₹76,000 an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.