Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 770 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,180 mm it can use in a normal year, and 850 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):

• Apr 26 °C / 15 °C
• May 26 °C / 17 °C
• Jun 26 °C / 19 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 25 °C / 17 °C
• Nov 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Ginger: 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: boron.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹4,875 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.