Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 180 mm it can use in a normal year, and 110 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 41 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 37 °C / 28 °C
• Aug 36 °C / 27 °C
• Sep 34 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 18 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 23 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 19 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 23 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 28 °C / 14 °C
• Apr 36 °C / 19 °C
• May 41 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 41 °C / 27 °C

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen and boron.

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

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 115 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.