Watermelon

Check it on your land
Ready in
90 days
about 3 months
Temperature
20–35 °C
0° survives 15–40 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

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What it needs

Temperature

20–35 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 15–40 °C. Frost hurts it.

Water

The check above works out its water need on your land.

Soil pH

4 acidic7 neutral9 alkaline

Likes neutral soil. Grows from pH 5.5 to 7.5.

Soil

  • Takes a little salt
  • Needs rich soil
  • K Needs plenty of potassium, zinc and boron
How the soil score works

Source: FAO ECOCROP crop requirements (via OpenCLIM/ecocrop); FAO-56 crop coefficients (Allen et al. 1998); IMD gridded daily rainfall (0.25°); IMD gridded daily max/min temperature (1°).

Fertiliser for one acre

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra for the dose.

Watch out for

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Mandi price, month by month

Best month
December, ₹2,150
Lowest
June, ₹900
₹900
₹2,150
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Source: Agmarknet daily prices and arrivals (India Data Portal).

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
8,000 ha
2003-04
Average yield
0.0 t/ha
2003-04

States that grow it

Latest state figures for fruits, vegetables, spices and plantation crops.

  1. Uttar Pradesh 9,28,231 t (2025-26)
  2. Andhra Pradesh 8,86,050 t (2025-26)
  3. Tamil Nadu 5,70,130 t (2025-26)
  4. Gujarat 5,31,932 t (2025-26)
  5. Madhya Pradesh 4,85,275 t (2025-26)
  6. Odisha 3,28,481 t (2025-26)
  7. West Bengal 2,28,139 t (2025-26)
  8. Maharashtra 1,54,681 t (2025-26)
  9. Jharkhand 1,00,907 t (2025-26)
  10. Haryana 76,883 t (2025-26)

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare).

Districts with the most area (recent figures)

The map colours each district by yield, for districts growing it on at least 100 ha.

No recent district figures for this crop.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.5 1.0
2003-04 2003-04
Latest 0.0 t/ha in 2003-04

Area (ha)

8,000 8,001 8,001
2003-04 2003-04
Latest 8,000 ha in 2003-04

Only years in which most of the usual districts reported are shown.

Source: Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – UPAG (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2003-04.