Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 3,430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,650 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 19–29 °C on average, and survives 13–35 °C.

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

• May 24 °C / 15 °C
• Jun 24 °C / 18 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 24 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 24 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 20 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ginger: 7 out of 10 (okay).

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 36 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in July.

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.