Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 870 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,650 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,280 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 31 °C / 21 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 14 °C

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 34 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.

Prices are usually best in February.

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.