Drumstick (Moringa)
Holds the land all year
No figures for your district: its government crop records list no area or yield for this crop. Priced from mandis across your state.
Only with irrigation: rain gives too little of its water to count on
- Doesn't suit: Too dry without irrigation
- Suits: Ideal temperatures
- Needs care: Soil 7/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
Too dry to grow on rain alone. It would need irrigation.
Needs about 1,320 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 730 mm it can use in a normal year, and 440 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 34 °C / 24 °C
- Jul 33 °C / 24 °C
- Aug 33 °C / 23 °C
- Sep 33 °C / 23 °C
- Oct 32 °C / 23 °C
- Nov 30 °C / 22 °C
- Dec 30 °C / 21 °C
- Jan 30 °C / 21 °C
- Feb 32 °C / 21 °C
- Mar 34 °C / 23 °C
- Apr 35 °C / 24 °C
- May 35 °C / 25 °C
- Jun 34 °C / 24 °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.
- Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
- Most fields here are short of sulphur.
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 2025–November 2026): about ₹5,063 a quintal across mandis in your state.
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 40% 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 sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
About 40% of local fields of this crop get it.
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Short of zinc Your soil is likely short of zinc.
Mix 10 kg of zinc sulphate per acre into the soil before sowing. One dose lasts two or three seasons.
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):
- Calcium Ammonium Nitrate 40%
- Muriate of Potash (MOP) 40%
- Single Super Phosphate (SSP) 40%
- Urea 40%