Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 840 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 2,170 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,700 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 33 °C / 26 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 30 °C / 24 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 23 °C
• Dec 32 °C / 22 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen.

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

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 17 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price at last season's harvest (January–February 2026): about ₹17,600 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹20,813 a quintal, the middle of 22 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.2 lakh a season after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in August.

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.