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 280 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 37 °C / 27 °C
• Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
• Aug 34 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 33 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 33 °C / 24 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 22 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 20 °C
• Jan 32 °C / 20 °C
• Feb 34 °C / 21 °C
• Mar 38 °C / 24 °C
• Apr 40 °C / 27 °C
• May 40 °C / 29 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 27 °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 ₹4,988 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,800 a quintal, the middle of 110 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.