Spices and Condiments (1+1)

Harvesting and Yield

• Ginger is a 7-8 months' duration crop. It is ready for harvest when the leaves turn yellow and start withering, after which the rhizomes become more fibrous and pungent and are better suited to the production of dried ginger.
  
• A light irrigation is provided 4-5 days before harvesting and clumps are lifted carefully with the help of a pick-axe or a digging fork or hoe. If the crop is meant for green ginger, it is harvested in 5-6 months.
• An average crop of ginger may yield about 10-30 tonnes of fresh rhizomes per hectare