Boy, I have really struggled to get some Moringa trees growing.

Firstly, the seeds hated my trying to germinate them in my cool home
this past winter even with a light on them and few germinated and those
that did died. They need constantly wet and about 80-90 degree F to
germinate, I have decided.

Secondly, if you put more than one seed in a pot and then try to break
them out into individual pots, they go into shock and you can lose them.
In other words they do not tolerate having their roots disturbed as
babies.

Finally, I now have 3 African ones (none of the regular or the hybrid's
survived my efforts) growing in three 3" pots and I am going to need to
get some of that stuff John D. suggests to get those roots going good
with some of that "SuperThrive" or "Biozome" that he recommends.

These babies are really delicate to get going and I am dying to get my
first batch of "drumsticks" and my first salad out of them. I will have
to container grow them and bring them in like a Ficus tree for the
winter I reckon.

I am amazed that they tolerate both drought and boggy conditions since I
have had such a time getting 3 of them to 5" tall. :/

Dale, How are yours doing? Did they make it? Any tips on Moringa tree
adolescence?

Best to All -- Gae Xavier

in article , Gae Xavier at
wrote on 1/13/03 1:36 PM:

Dale,

Very funny! I am thrilled that you found URLs to order the seeds and
the
book. I ordered all three varieties and the book. I love the Indian
soup
they make with it, and salads can always use more nutrition, too...
Thanks
for a place to buy the seeds. My search did not uncover them.

"Scientifically speaking, Moringa sounds like magic. It can rebuild
weak
bones, enrich anemic blood
and enable a malnourished mother to nurse her starving baby. Doctors
use it
to treat diabetes in
West Africa and high blood pressure in India .... And it's not only
good for
you, it's delicious."

I think this may be one tree we can add to our ecological diversity in

Austin and really be rewarded by it.

Best -- Gae


"d.tilson" wrote:

Gae Xavier wrote:

PS: Check out "The Miracle of Drumstick Leaves" lower down on this
URL.

http://www.treesforlife.org/newsl/fal97/fal97.htm

What a salad!

Ok! This tree will cure what ails ya! In addition, it will help you

gain weight/lose weight/become smarter/betterlooking/more attractive
to
the opposite sex/ and win the lottery! You'll never go bald. It
slices, it dices, it will rotate your tires! Never needs sharpening!

Outstanding!--AND they are mild!

I ordered a packet of 8-10 seeds from
http://echonet.org/shopsite_sc/store/html/page35.html. If you
wanted
to go bigtime, http://www.seedman.com/fruit.htm has a special
offer;
50 seeds and a book for $19.95.

Keep us informed on sprouting the seeds you've got coming. If they
don't sprout, I may have an extra or two.

Dale