Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,360 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 320 mm it can use in a normal year, and 250 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 / 22 °C
• Jul 28 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 28 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 30 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 31 °C / 17 °C
• Feb 33 °C / 18 °C
• Mar 36 °C / 21 °C
• Apr 37 °C / 23 °C
• May 35 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 22 °C

Soil

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

Not in the score: salt.

• The pH here suits it.

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.