Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

Rain is enough in a normal year. Keep one irrigation ready for a dry year.

Needs about 1,060 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,450 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,010 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 32 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 29 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 28 °C / 19 °C
• Oct 26 °C / 15 °C
• Nov 21 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 18 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 17 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 26 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 32 °C / 17 °C
• May 34 °C / 19 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 21 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 8 out of 10 (good).

• 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.

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.