Ginger

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 810 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 900 mm it can use in a normal year, and 820 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 34 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 23 °C
• Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 26 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)

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 sulphur, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 53 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.