Ready in
120 days
about 4 months
Temperature
24–30 °C
0° survives 12–37 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Ash Gourd suits your land Good fit, possible or won't work, with the reasons.
  • What it could earn an acre From yields near you and mandi prices.
  • Water and fertiliser it needs Irrigations for your water, and bags for one acre.

What it needs

Temperature

24–30 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 12–37 °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 to 7.5.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Needs rich soil
  • N Needs plenty of nitrogen and potassium
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

Not covered yet. Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to watch for.

Mandi price, month by month

Best month
January, ₹2,150
Lowest
June, ₹1,550
₹2,150
₹1,550
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
900 ha
2003-04
Average yield
0.0 t/ha
2003-04

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)

900 901 901
2003-04 2003-04
Latest 900 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.