Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 710 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,020 mm it can use in a normal year, and 800 mm in a dry year.

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 26 °C / 17 °C
• Jun 26 °C / 19 °C
• Jul 26 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 26 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 26 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 25 °C / 17 °C
• Nov 23 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 20 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: boron.

• Soil here is often more acidic than it likes.
• Many fields here are short of sulphur, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 26 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 ₹4.0 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.