Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,280 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 700 mm it can use in a normal year, and 550 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 37 °C / 26 °C
• Jul 31 °C / 24 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 24 °C
• Sep 30 °C / 24 °C
• Oct 30 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 28 °C / 14 °C
• Dec 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 24 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 28 °C / 14 °C
• Mar 33 °C / 18 °C
• Apr 38 °C / 23 °C
• May 40 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 37 °C / 26 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

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.

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 ₹4,988 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹7,800 a quintal, the middle of 110 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.