Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,390 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 750 mm it can use in a normal year, and 650 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 / 23 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 27 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 30 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 35 °C / 19 °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): 8 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 (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.