Hi! I am Morey, the Moringa Oleifera seed. I grow into a beautiful tree, that can sustain life! My little bright, green leaves are just jam-packed with nutritional benefits, and they can help you stay healthy - a lot! Everyone says they taste really good, too!
At Moringa Manor, and I Love Moringa, and Moringa Matters, you can read all about the tree that I become, and I hope you fall in love with me, because I have helped to overcome malnutrition in many countries, all over the world!
My owners grow me in Florida, and sometimes it gets really cold, especially in the last few years. I look funny then, but as soon as it warms up, I spring right back to life. I am one of the most rapidly growing trees in the world, given the right conditions, but you can cut me WAY back, and prune my branches severely, and I will just "get back up" and grow, again! You know what they say - "you can't keep a good man down." I try really hard to live up to that, and my brother and sister Moringa Oleifera seeds, and all of our relatives just "take a beating" and come back!
Why don't you do your health a favor, and check out Moringa for yourself? My owners love to eat the leaves from my trees, because they just burst with flavor and health benefits. You can cook the leaves, too - just a little bit - like when you sauté something, or bake me on pizza, right under the cheese, or put me in quiche, or dip, or --- whatever! My buds and flowers are scrumptious, too - but you HAVE to cook them, before you eat them. Many people like to eat my pods, but get 'em when they are about the size of a green bean, or they get a little "woody". Once in a while, my owners will fry my seeds, that grow in my LONG pods, and put a little garlic salt on them, and eat them. They are really GOOD, but they are also very purifying to your body, so take it easy if you decide to do that!
In some places, people eat my ROOTS, too - BUT DON'T DO THAT! They taste just like horseradish - that's why one of my nicknames is "the horseradish tree". I don't want you to eat my roots, because the BARK contains a neurotoxin, that can be potentially VERY dangerous. If you want horseradish, grow horseradish.
Well, that's about enough for now. Come see us at our websites, you'll find me easily. You'll also meet "Stan", the Moringa Stenopetala seed. He hails from African, where his tree is called "Mother's helper". Stan is one of my relatives, but I am the first copyrighted character of the owners. They admittedly like "Stan's" leaves better, JUST because you don't have to pick as many of them to get a meal, but I am their first love, and they are "kinda" partial to me.
3 comments:
I want to put a Moringa hedge on the side of my house it faces south and I have about 20 feet along the living rm side of the house. Are the roots very invasive where they may grow under the slab or do they grow straight down? This is my only concern.
Thanks for any comments/help!
The roots are not invasive. They tend to go straight down. Rule of thumb with Moringa trees is - prune from the top, always!
Hello,
I have cut the top from my M.O. tree 2 x's but the new branches are still too high for me. the tree has only one branch about 5 feet up the trunk and then at 10 feet it has produced several branches. As much as I hate to....can I cut the tree all the way to just a 3' trunk and start all over shaping the tree? It has always very prolific with flowers and pods even when a baby and I don't want it to die. I am in south Fl/my 1st tree/I am unsure when to prune.
Thank you for any help.
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