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To: greeneyes

I have only had it planted for about a year so no seed pods yet the leaves are edible if a little tasteless. The trees are about 12’ high which is spectacular growth for a plant that was 6” a year ago. I bought some seeds online and have quite a few seedlings of the size I planted last year. The seeds are sold on E-bay for people to eat at $10 for 100 seeds. The original moringa trees I got from our local backyard growers coop. The only other plants that made such progress in such a short time are my papayas and my cranberry hibiscus. Living in zone 9 has its pluses we got one light frost this year. The harder frosts really hit the more tropical selections like papaya and bananas. I have had tomatoes all year except august when the heat had done in the old plants and the new ones were not yet big enough to produce. I am only growing grape and cherry sizes because the birds and bugs are too hard to keep off the bigger ones.


68 posted on 02/09/2013 4:48:49 AM PST by scottteng (Tax government employees til they quit and find something useful to do)
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To: scottteng

Anything needing tropical environment has to make do indoors in Missouri. This kinda limits my selections, since I don’t have a green house.

I grow some spinach, lettuce, herbs, peppers, tomatoes, and lemons, which pretty much is all the space I have in front of the patio door.

I’s like to have a 10-11 ft x 12 -14 ft green house/garden room attached to the house so that I can just walk into it without going outdoors. Maybe even have a small table and chairs for sipping tea or coffee and snacks, with any easy chair for reading and drooling over seed catalogs.LOL.


88 posted on 02/09/2013 1:29:00 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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