Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Rain falls about 5 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,180 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 940 mm it can use in a normal year, and 800 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 / 26 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 33 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 23 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 17 °C
• Nov 26 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 20 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 18 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 27 °C / 14 °C
• Apr 33 °C / 18 °C
• May 38 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 39 °C / 26 °C

Nights in December can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 9 out of 10 (good).

• 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.

Likes pH 5.5–7.0.

Money

No yield records for this crop yet.

On rain alone it gets about 79% of the water it needs, so the money here is worked at 79% of this yield.

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹4,988 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,800 a quintal, the middle of 115 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.