Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,410 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year, and 340 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 29 °C / 22 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 15 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 12 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 12 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 19 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 23 °C
• May 40 °C / 25 °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.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• 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 ₹3,913 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

Prices are usually best in December.