Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Rain falls about 8 irrigations (5 cm each) short in a normal year, so it's risky without water.

Needs about 1,020 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 640 mm it can use in a normal year, and 510 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 31 °C / 20 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 27 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 27 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 18 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 16 °C / 5 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 19 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 24 °C / 12 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 30 °C / 16 °C
• May 32 °C / 19 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 20 °C

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

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.

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 115 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.