Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 1,040 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,580 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,440 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

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

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

• Jun 28 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 27 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 27 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 28 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 27 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 25 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 22 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 22 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 25 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 28 °C / 17 °C
• Apr 31 °C / 20 °C
• May 29 °C / 20 °C
• Jun 28 °C / 21 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt, sulphur, zinc and 4 more.

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

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.