Sowing months
May–Jul
Sunlight
Part sun
Water
Generously through the monsoon
Mature size
60–100 cm
First harvest
Rhizomes at 8–9 months
Family
Zingiberaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
food, healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
A wide 30 cm deep pot beats a narrow deep one.
Plant a knob of market haldi in June; harvest your own in February.
Growing it
A wide 30 cm deep pot beats a narrow deep one.
What it is for
Fresh and dried haldi; broad leaves shade smaller pots.