Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,230 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 740 mm it can use in a normal year, and 530 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 35 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 33 °C / 27 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 27 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 26 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 17 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 13 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 28 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
• May 37 °C / 25 °C
• Jun 35 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 8 out of 10 (good).

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

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.