Ginger
Sow in May, harvest around January
This season's sowing time (April–May) is over.
No recent figures for your district. Sold at 2 mandis in your district.
₹1.6 lakh–₹2.4 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹56,000–₹1.4 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Not known: No soil data
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.
Needs about 780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 mm in a dry year.
Temperature
Grows best at 19–29 °C on average, and survives 13–35 °C.
Here, in its growing months (day / night):
- May 29 °C / 20 °C
- Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
- Jul 29 °C / 22 °C
- Aug 28 °C / 22 °C
- Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
- Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
- Nov 25 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Likes pH 6.0–7.0. We have no pH figures for this place.
Money
Yield: about 42 quintals an acre here (older figures, 2018-19).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.
- ₹5,750 2023
- ₹9,750 2024
- ₹5,500 2025
Prices are usually best in June.
Typical costs are about ₹1.0 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.
How to make it work
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 82%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 52%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 20%