Drumstick (Moringa)

Water

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

Needs about 1,450 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 120 mm it can use in a normal year, and 80 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 42 °C / 29 °C (outside its best range)
• Jul 39 °C / 28 °C
• Aug 37 °C / 27 °C
• Sep 37 °C / 25 °C
• Oct 36 °C / 20 °C
• Nov 31 °C / 12 °C
• Dec 26 °C / 7 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 23 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 28 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 33 °C / 16 °C
• Apr 39 °C / 22 °C
• May 43 °C / 27 °C
• Jun 42 °C / 29 °C (outside its best range)

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Nights in January can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

Soil for Drumstick (Moringa): 8 out of 10 (good).

Not in the score: nitrogen, sulphur and boron.

• The pH here suits it.
• Most fields here are short of organic carbon.
• Most fields here are short of zinc.
• Most fields here are short of iron.

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 115 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov).

Prices are usually best in December.