Drumstick (Moringa)
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Needs care: Risky: 11 irrigations short
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 9/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Rain falls about 11 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.
Needs about 1,370 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 820 mm it can use in a normal year, and 580 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 / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 14 °C
- Dec 26 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 12 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 17 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 22 °C
- May 43 °C / 27 °C
- 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.
How the soil score worksMoney
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 (February–November 2026): about ₹2,500 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹3,000 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your state (latest 12 Nov).
Prices are usually best in February.