About Product:

• The plants grow to a height of 8 10 feet in a year and produce 6-10 primary branches.
• Drumstick pods look evenly fleshy with more girth ,taste , flavour and aroma
• Pods have more self-life and keeping quality without losing its freshness and taste.
• The pods are 2 to 2.5 feet long with a girth of 2 to 2.5 inch and weigh 70 to 90 grams with 80 % flesh.
• Average number of fruits reaching over 500-800 per tree
• The estimated yield is around 25 -30 tons per acre per year.
• Fruit Colour  Attractive dark green
• Fruit Length 2 to 2.5 feet with girth 2 to 2.5 inch
• Fruit Weight 70-90 Gm

Yield:

• 25-30/Acre in per year (Depending on season and cultural practice)
• Days To First Harvest 8-9 month after transplanting
• Other High Yielding Variety

Category  Vegetable Seeds

• Seed Rate 1 – 1.5 Kg Per Acre (As Per Indian Agriculture practices)
• Seed Count Approx. 14 to16 Seeds Per Gram
• Spacing  The tree every 3m rows 3m apart (As Per Our R&D Data)

Land Preparation:

• Deep ploughing of the land is required for drumstick farming. About 20 tones of
• farmyard manure is incorporated per hectare at the time of the last ploughing of the
• land. For perennial cultivars, pit size of about 45×45×45 cm is dug at every 6×6 meter
• spacing while for annual cultivars, pits are dug at 2.5×2.5 meter spacing. 
• For farming of drumstick leaves, 1.0×1.0 meter spacing can be maintained. Each pit is filled with
• a well-mixed mixture of soil, 10-15 kg FYM or compost along with 100 gm of
• nitrogen, 200 gm of phosphorus and 50 gm of potassium before the onset of monsoon.

Tips for growing Drumstick

• Soak the seeds for 24 hours and dry them in the shade before planting for early germination.
• Plant the seedlings in a big container and place it indoors for cold climate regions.
• Drumstick needs well drained soils with 6-7 ph value.
• Flowering happens once in a year or twice in a year. Pruning if left
• unchecked, they grow fast and reach 40 feet in a few years.
• Harvest drumstick pods when they are immature and tender, about half an inch in diameter.
• For fresh greens, harvest young seedlings, growing tips, and young leaves.
• For dried leaf powder, harvest older leaves.

Suitable Region/season:

• March to May and July to Octomber