Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.

Needs about 1,440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 160 mm in a dry year.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–35 °C on average, and survives 7–48 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 40 °C / 28 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 27 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 33 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 27 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 31 °C / 13 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 24 °C
• May 42 °C / 28 °C
• Jun 40 °C / 28 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 7 out of 10 (okay).

Not in the score: boron.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

Rain gives it too little of the water it needs, so there's no income figure on rain alone: grow it only with irrigation.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹4,988 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,800 a quintal, the middle of 110 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.