Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,420 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 mm it can use in a normal year, and 360 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 33 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 35 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 32 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 27 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 31 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 35 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 23 °C
• May 41 °C / 27 °C
• 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.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

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 ₹4,625 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹3,650 a quintal, the middle of 5 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.