Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,300 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 410 mm it can use in a normal year, and 330 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 30 °C / 21 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 20 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 20 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 20 °C
• Oct 29 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 28 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 21 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 22 °C
• May 33 °C / 22 °C
• Jun 30 °C / 21 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: nitrogen.

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

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 ₹4,100 a quintal across mandis in your state.

This week: about ₹6,250 a quintal, the middle of 10 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.