Drumstick cultivation

Drumstick is known by many names like Sahjana, Senjan, Sojana, Moringa, Drumstick etc. Its fruits are mostly used for making vegetables. Apart from legumes, its leaves and flowers are also eaten in southern India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia etc. Being rich in many nutrients, it is also used as a herb . Let us know some important things related to its cultivation.

soil and climate

• It can be cultivated in almost all types of soil. But sandy soil is best for this.

• Its plants do not suffer much in drought conditions or even when there is little water.

• It can be easily cultivated even in low quality soil.

• Flowers bloom better in about 25 to 30 degree temperature.

Field preparation and planting

• First of all plow the field well.

• After this, prepare a pit 50 cm deep and 50 cm wide in the field.

• Fill the pits by mixing compost or cow dung in the soil.

• Plant nursery prepared plants in these pits.

• Keep a distance of 3 meters between all the plants.

• Do not allow water logging in the field.

irrigation and harvesting

• Its plants do not require much irrigation.

• Give first irrigation at the time of planting.

• After one week of first irrigation, do second irrigation.

• After this irrigation can be done at the interval of every 15 days.

• Plants can be harvested after the pods are harvested.

• Cold weather is better for harvesting plants.