Drumstick (Moringa)
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Sold at 3 mandis in your district.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Suits: Soil 8/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,330 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 520 mm it can use in a normal year, and 350 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 36 °C / 26 °C
- Jul 35 °C / 26 °C
- Aug 35 °C / 25 °C
- Sep 35 °C / 25 °C
- Oct 33 °C / 24 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 23 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 22 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 22 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 22 °C
- Mar 35 °C / 24 °C
- Apr 36 °C / 26 °C
- May 37 °C / 27 °C
- Jun 36 °C / 26 °C
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.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of boron.
Likes pH 5.5–7.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
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 2024–November 2025): about ₹8,500 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 December.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
About 100% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
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Short of boron Your soil is likely short of boron.
Mix 4 kg of borax per acre into the soil before sowing.
Few local farmers add it to this crop, so it's an easy place to get ahead.
What local farmers put on it (share of fields):
- Urea 100%
- NPK Mixture 39%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 24%
- Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) 17%