Ginger
Sow in April, harvest around December
This season's sowing time (April–May) is over.
Grown on 852 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹1.5 lakh–₹2.2 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹45,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
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 890 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,060 mm it can use in a normal year, and 880 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):
- Apr 30 °C / 20 °C
- May 31 °C / 23 °C
- Jun 31 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 25 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 22 °C
- Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 25 °C / 13 °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.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 38 quintals an acre here (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal across mandis in your state.
Prices are usually best in August.
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
The better districts with similar soil, rain and warmth get 42 quintals an acre. That's a realistic target.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.