Ginger

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 840 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 890 mm it can use in a normal year, and 780 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 34 °C / 21 °C
• May 33 °C / 21 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 25 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 25 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 15 °C

Soil

Soil for Ginger: 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 50 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 ₹3,800 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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.