When and how harvesting of turmeric is done?

The crop should be harvested at the right maturity and is usually ready for harvesting in about 7 to 9 months after sowing depending up on the variety used. Generally, the polyhouse land is ploughed and the rhizomes are gathered by hand picking or the clumps are carefully lifted by using a spade. Harvested rhizomes are cleaned thoroughly with water. The average turmeric yield per acre is 8 -10 tones. Fingers are separated from mother rhizomes. Mother rhizomes are generally kept as seed material for next planting.