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
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,380 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 660 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 39 °C / 27 °C
- Jul 32 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
- Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
- Dec 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
- Jan 25 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
- Feb 29 °C / 13 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 18 °C
- Apr 40 °C / 23 °C
- May 43 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 39 °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.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, 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.