Snake Gourd

Water

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

Needs about 430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 160 mm it can use in a normal year, and 130 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 22–35 °C on average, and survives 14–38 °C.

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

• Jun 28 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 28 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 17 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Snake Gourd: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.

Likes pH 6.5–7.0.

Money

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 this season's harvest so far (October–November 2026): about ₹3,900 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 109 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in October.