Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 830 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 37 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 33 °C / 25 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 29 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 29 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 13 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 64 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.

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.