Turmeric

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 660 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 6,480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 4,880 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 24 °C / 16 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 24 °C / 18 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 18 °C
• Aug 24 °C / 18 °C
• Sep 24 °C / 18 °C
• Oct 23 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)

Soil

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

• 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 copper.

Likes pH 6.0–7.0.

Money

Yield: about 26 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).

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.