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Conor at 13:50, 21 June 2013

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	Growing instructions can be found [http://www.miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html here]. Seeds are cheap and can be bought [http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/alaCarth.asp?searchFor=moringa+oleifera here]. The first shoot will come up about a week after the seed is planted, and a year later you will have a tree several meters high.		Growing instructions can be found [http://www.miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html here]. Seeds are cheap and can be bought [http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/alaCarth.asp?searchFor=moringa+oleifera here]. The first shoot will come up about a week after the seed is planted, and a year later you will have a tree several meters high.

			http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/factnet/factpub/FACTSH/moringa.htm - Good info on how and where to grow it

Conor at 18:51, 7 February 2011

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	Growing instructions can be found [http://www.miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html here]. Seeds are cheap and can be bought [http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/alaCarth.asp?searchFor=moringa+oleifera here]. The first shoot will come up about a week after the seed is planted, and a year later you will have a tree several meters high.		Growing instructions can be found [http://www.miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html here]. Seeds are cheap and can be bought [http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/alaCarth.asp?searchFor=moringa+oleifera here]. The first shoot will come up about a week after the seed is planted, and a year later you will have a tree several meters high.

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Conor at 14:18, 7 November 2010

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Conor at 13:37, 6 November 2010

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	''Moringa olifera'' is a tree with magic powers. It grows very fast - 3-5m per year - even in poor soils and can easily be grown from seed or cuttings without much attention. The tree provides many benefits:		''Moringa olifera'' is a tree with magic powers. It grows very fast - 3-5m per year - even in poor soils and can easily be grown from seed or cuttings without much attention. The tree provides many benefits:

	*The leaves can be eaten and provide as much protein as eggs, 3 times more iron than spinach, 4 times more vitamin A than carrots, 7 times more vitamin C than oranges, 3 times more calcium than milk and 7 times more potassium than bananas, [http://www.miracletrees.org/]		*The leaves can be eaten (think of them as a leafy vegetable) and provide as much protein as eggs, 3 times more iron than spinach, 4 times more vitamin A than carrots, 7 times more vitamin C than oranges, 3 times more calcium than milk and 7 times more potassium than bananas, [http://www.miracletrees.org/]
	*The fruit is also edible and highly nutritious		*The fruit is also edible and highly nutritious
	*The leaves also make an excellent feed for livestock		*The leaves also make an excellent feed for livestock

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''Moringa olifera'' is a tree with magic powers. It grows very fast - 3-5m per year - even in poor soils and can easily be grown from seed or cuttings without much attention. The tree provides many benefits:

*The leaves can be eaten and provide as much protein as eggs, 3 times more iron than spinach, 4 times more vitamin A than carrots, 7 times more vitamin C than oranges, 3 times more calcium than milk and 7 times more potassium than bananas, [http://www.miracletrees.org/]
*The fruit is also edible and highly nutritious
*The leaves also make an excellent feed for livestock
*The crushed seeds can be used to purify [[:Category:Water|water]] [http://www.miracletrees.org/moringa_water_purification.html]
*The oil is highly nutritious, can be used as a [[:Category:Biofuel|fuel]] and also has cosmetic uses

Growing instructions can be found [http://www.miracletrees.org/growing_moringa.html here]. Seeds are cheap and can be bought [http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/alaCarth.asp?searchFor=moringa+oleifera here]. The first shoot will come up about a week after the seed is planted, and a year later you will have a tree several meters high.

[[Category:Food and Agriculture]]