Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 890 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 2,360 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,120 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 32 °C / 21 °C
• May 32 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 14 °C

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.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 45 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (its government crop records list none for your district).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (December 2025–January 2026): about ₹6,253 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.