Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,310 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 370 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 30 °C / 21 °C
• Aug 29 °C / 21 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 21 °C
• Oct 29 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 18 °C
• Dec 27 °C / 16 °C
• Jan 29 °C / 16 °C
• Feb 31 °C / 17 °C
• Mar 34 °C / 20 °C
• Apr 36 °C / 22 °C
• May 35 °C / 23 °C
• Jun 31 °C / 22 °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 zinc.

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 (March–November 2026): about ₹2,500 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹3,550 a quintal, the middle of 2 mandis in your district (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in July.