Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,290 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 480 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 30 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 28 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 29 °C / 21 °C
• Nov 29 °C / 19 °C
• Dec 29 °C / 17 °C
• Jan 30 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 19 °C
• Mar 35 °C / 21 °C
• Apr 36 °C / 23 °C
• May 34 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 30 °C / 22 °C

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• 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 (February–November 2026): about ₹2,150 a quintal at mandis in your district.

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

Prices are usually best in February.