Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,480 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 440 mm it can use in a normal year, and 290 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 / 28 °C
• Jul 34 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 32 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 34 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 33 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 37 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 23 °C
• May 42 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 39 °C / 28 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 7 out of 10 (okay).

• The pH here suits it.
• Salt in the soil here can harm it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.

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 ₹3,950 a quintal, the middle of 6 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.