Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 500 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 39 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 18 °C
• Nov 27 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 21 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 28 °C / 14 °C
• Apr 35 °C / 19 °C
• May 39 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 39 °C / 27 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in January 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: boron.

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

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.