Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,430 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 430 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 / 23 °C
• Jul 30 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 22 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 32 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 13 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 12 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 23 °C
• May 39 °C / 24 °C
• Jun 34 °C / 23 °C

Soil

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

• 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.
• Most fields here are short of sulphur.

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 ₹3,625 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹2,500 a quintal, the middle of 3 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.