When to sow Ginger in Karnataka

A monsoon crop in Karnataka: sow in Apr–May, harvest in Dec–Jan. Karnataka is number 2 of the 29 states that grow it.

Season here
Kharif
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Sowing Growing Harvest

Yield in Karnataka
51 quintals an acre
India: 49 quintals an acre
Mandi price here
₹2,400 a quintal
The middle price at 19 mandis, as of 13 Nov.
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Grown here on
66,170 acres
13% of India's ginger

When to sow and harvest in Karnataka

Kharif
Today
J J A S O N D J F M A M
Sow Growing Harvest
The year starts in June, with the monsoon. Your district can shift a few weeks.

Before you sow

Will it grow on your land?

Check it against your village's soil, rain and water.

How to grow ginger

Fertiliser for one acre, pests, and what an acre can earn.

Where in Karnataka it grows most

  1. 1 Mysuru 44 quintals an acre 30% 22,898 acres
  2. 2 Hassan 51 quintals an acre 25% 19,214 acres
  3. 3 Shivamogga 47 quintals an acre 16% 12,166 acres
  4. 4 Haveri 57 quintals an acre 10% 7,407 acres
  5. 5 Bidar 57 quintals an acre 5% 3,961 acres
  6. 6 Chikkamagaluru 46 quintals an acre 3% 2,381 acres
  7. 7 Kodagu 43 quintals an acre 3% 2,126 acres
  8. 8 Mandya 45 quintals an acre 2% 1,548 acres

Ginger in other states

Madhya Pradesh Odisha Assam Maharashtra Sikkim West Bengal Meghalaya Mizoram Gujarat Nagaland Uttarakhand Jharkhand

Source: Horticulture area & production statistics (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare); Crop area, production & yield – district-wise (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare). 2025-26.