Ready in
110 days
about 3½ months
Temperature
22–35 °C
0° survives 14–38 °C 40°

Will it grow on your land?

Water
Season

Pick your place and water to see:

  • Whether Snake 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

22–35 °C
0 °C40 °C

Survives 14–38 °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 6 to 8.

Soil

  • No salty soil
  • Ordinary farm soil is fine
  • 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
December, ₹3,775
Lowest
June, ₹2,487
₹2,487
₹3,775
J F M A M J J A S O N D

Rupees a quintal, typical across India's mandis.

Today's prices at mandis near you

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

Where it grows in India

Area grown in India
1,641 ha
2003-04
Average yield
0.0 t/ha
2003-04

Where it grows most

The districts with the most area in recent years. The map colours every district growing it on at least 100 ha by yield; the numbers mark these districts.

No recent district figures for this crop.

Across India over the years

Yield (t/ha)

0.0 0.5 1.0
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 0.0 t/ha in 2003-04

Area (ha)

1,614 1,628 1,641
2002-03 2003-04
Latest 1,641 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). 2002-03 & 2003-04.