Ginger
Sow in May, harvest around January
This season's sowing time (April–May) is over.
Grown on 2,471 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹2.2 lakh–₹3.3 lakh
per acre a season, before costs
After typical costs: ₹1.2 lakh–₹2.3 lakh an acre a season
- Suits: Rain is enough
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
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 880 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,020 mm it can use in a normal year, and 840 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):
- May 39 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jun 36 °C / 27 °C (outside its best range)
- Jul 32 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 32 °C / 26 °C
- Sep 32 °C / 26 °C
- Oct 31 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
- Dec 28 °C / 14 °C
Months in orange are outside its best range.
Soil
Soil for Ginger: 7 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
Likes pH 6.0–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 55 quintals an acre here in this season (district figures).
Mandi price at last season's harvest (February 2026): about ₹5,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.
- ₹4,090 2021
- ₹3,980 2022
- ₹12,260 2023
- ₹11,750 2024
- ₹7,100 2025
Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.
Prices are usually best in September.
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
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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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.