Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Rain falls about 11 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 830 mm it can use in a normal year, and 750 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 38 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 22 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 13 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 13 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 16 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 24 °C
• May 43 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 38 °C / 27 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 9 out of 10 (good).

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

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.