Black Pepper vs Ginger
Both are Spice. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Black Pepper
Ginger
| Measure | Black Pepper | Ginger |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Kharif |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Apr–May |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 210–240 |
| Spacing | 3 × 3 m | 25 × 20 cm |
| Soil pH | 5.5–6.5 | 5.5–6.5 |
| Water | 2000–3000 | 1300–1800 |
| Temperature °C | 20–32 | 20–30 |
| Seed rate | 1,100 vines | 1.5–2 t rhizome |
| Yield | 2–3 t dry | 15–20 t fresh |
| Watch for | Quick wilt, pollu beetle | Soft rot, bacterial wilt |