Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,200 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 560 mm it can use in a normal year, and 390 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 34 °C / 28 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 27 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 26 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 34 °C / 23 °C
• Nov 34 °C / 20 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 28 °C / 15 °C
• Feb 30 °C / 16 °C
• Mar 32 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 23 °C
• May 34 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 34 °C / 28 °C

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.

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.