Ridge Gourd
Sow in June, 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 your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 460 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 80 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–32 °C on average, and survives 15–38 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- Jun 41 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 37 °C / 27 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 24 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Ridge Gourd: 8 out of 10 (good).
Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.
- The pH here suits it.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of iron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
No yield records for this crop yet.
Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.
Mandi price at last season's harvest (September–October 2026): about ₹1,900 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹1,530 2021
- ₹1,650 2022
- ₹1,500 2023
- ₹2,000 2024
- ₹2,000 2025
Prices are usually best in February.
How to make it work
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of iron Your soil is likely short of iron.
Spray ferrous sulphate, 5 g per litre of water, when young leaves turn yellow.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.