Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 650 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 3,430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 2,650 mm in a dry year.

About 100% of Turmeric in Ri Bhoi, the nearest district with figures, is grown on rain alone. Your district has no figure of its own.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–28 °C on average, and survives 18–32 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• May 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 24 °C / 18 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 24 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 24 °C / 17 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 20 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Turmeric: 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.
• Most fields here are short of nitrogen.
• Most fields here are short of boron.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 22 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹29,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹20,950 a quintal, the middle of 22 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹3.2 lakh a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹1.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2024–2026), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.