Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,440 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 560 mm it can use in a normal year, and 430 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 / 26 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 31 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 16 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 14 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 14 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 17 °C
• Mar 37 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 41 °C / 25 °C
• May 43 °C / 28 °C (outside its best range)
• Jun 38 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• 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 ₹4,300 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹5,000 a quintal, the middle of 19 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.