My moringa oleifera cutting came from Rob Bob’s Backyard Farm & Aquaponics. I happened to meet RobBob just before Christmas. If you don’t know RobBob, he’s a bit of a YouTube legend and a good bloke as well.

He was good enough to let me have a cutting from a moringa oleifera tree that he was growing in a root pouch in the backyard.

Growing Moringa Oleifera From Seed

Many years ago I purchased some Moringa seeds from an overseas organization that, from memory was trying to eliminate world hunger by growing moringas. They were determined that the moringa was capabale of achieving their aim.

I was never able to sprout any of the seeds, but I’m thinking that trying to strike a few cuttings should lead to a good result. Here’s hoping as I would like to see what comes of this little experiment.

Moringa Oleifera Cuttings

The picture to the right was taken on 19 December 2017 just after I had cut up the branch RobBob had de-limbed for me with a great little Pocket Boy pruning saw. The link will show you other uses for the saw.

I read that you should dry the cuttings for a few days before planting. That was after I had planted them. Like most of the information on the internet, you have to try it yourself before you believe it. So I decided to leave them in and see what happened. The image at the top of the post was taken on 11 January 2018 and you can see that one of the sticks has sprouted leaves.

Another two of the sticks have also sprouted. One has done it from the bottom and another one from the top. It looks like these are bursting with life and want to grow anywhere in a sub-tropical environment.

Three Moringa Oleifera Cuttings Have Struck

I just went out today 2nd Feb 18 and took these piccies. You can see two of the larger cuttings in with the watermelons have taken quite well and are growing at a rate of knots. The larger cutting of the two (middle image) has sprouted mainly from the base. The first one to sprout (left image) is going really well and is now pushing branches from the base as well as the top. The cutting among the pineapples only recently sprouted.

Health Benefits of Moringa Oleifera

If you would like to learn a little bit more about moringa then I think this is the website I found about fifteen years ago when I purchased some seeds. It looks a bit more professional that it did back then. http://moringatrees.org/

There are some amazing claims about the health benefits of moringa. The list below is from https://miracletrees.org/

  • Moringa tree possesses unique nutritional qualities that hold promise to millions of impoverished communities around the world those lack in many nutritional supplements such as protein, minerals, and vitamins.
  • Moringa Tree leaves are an excellent source of protein that can be rarely found in any other herbs and green leafy vegetables. 100 g of fresh raw Moringa Tree leaves provide 9.8 g of protein or about 17.5{cd07be7979728a86b172d4c3c193ee8254293b2598ced4c874c66a7b3dbba444} of daily-required levels. Dry, powdered Moringa oleifera indeed are a much-concentrated source of many quality amino acids.
  • Fresh Moringa Tree pods and seeds are a good source of oleic acid, a health-benefiting monounsaturated fat. Moringa tree as high-quality oilseed crop can be grown alternatively to improve nutrition levels of populations in many drought-prone regions of Africa and Asia.
  • Fresh Moringa Tree leaves and growing tips of Moringa are the richest source of vitamin A. 100 g of Moringa oleifera fresh leaves 7564 IU or 252{cd07be7979728a86b172d4c3c193ee8254293b2598ced4c874c66a7b3dbba444} of daily-required levels. Vitamin A is one of the fat-soluble anti-oxidant offering several benefits, including mucus membrane repair, maintenance of skin integrity, vision, and immunity.
  • Fresh Moringa Tree pods and leaves are excellent sources of vitamin-C. 100 g of Moringa Tree pods contain 145 µg or 235{cd07be7979728a86b172d4c3c193ee8254293b2598ced4c874c66a7b3dbba444} of daily-required levels of vitamin C. 100 g of greens provide 51.7 µg or 86{cd07be7979728a86b172d4c3c193ee8254293b2598ced4c874c66a7b3dbba444} of daily-recommended intake values of this vitamin. Research studies have shown that consumption of fruits/vegetables rich in vitamin C helps the body develop immunity against infectious agents, and scavenge harmful oxygen-free radicals from the body.
  • The Moringa tree greens as well as pods also contain good amounts of many vital B-complex vitamins such as folates,vitamin-B6 (pyridoxine), thiamin (vitamin B-1), riboflavin, pantothenic acid, and niacin. Much of these vitamin functions as co-enzymes in carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism.
  • Furthermore, Moringa tree leaves are one of the fine sources of minerals like calcium, iron, copper, manganese,zinc, selenium, and magnesium. Iron alleviates anemia. Calcium is required for bone strengthening. Zinc plays a vital role in hair-growth, spermatogenesis, and skin health.
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