Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,160 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 680 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 32 °C / 25 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 25 °C
• Aug 31 °C / 25 °C
• Sep 32 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 31 °C / 25 °C
• Nov 30 °C / 24 °C
• Dec 31 °C / 23 °C
• Jan 31 °C / 23 °C
• Feb 32 °C / 23 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 25 °C
• Apr 34 °C / 26 °C
• May 33 °C / 26 °C
• Jun 32 °C / 25 °C

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.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.

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–May 2026, September–November 2026): about ₹4,750 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹8,250 a quintal, the middle of 8 mandis in your state (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in January.