Protecting moringa tree from frost damage is the # 1 thing you could do to secure an early spring harvest time of nutritious unseasoned leaves .
In the northerly one-half of Florida , moringas will often freeze to the ground , then grow back again from the roots sometime in spring . If you let this happen , you ’ll be waiting on raw leave-taking for a lot long than necessary .
desire a shortcut that will give you much better yields ? It ’s easy . I ’ve indite on this method acting before , but it ’s time for a better demonstration . Here ’s how I do it .
measure 1 : Chop ‘ Em Down !
Chop your moringa trees down to 4′ trunks in late fall or early winter . I await until the first frost is coming , then do this the day before .
It hurts to sheer the trees down , but you could take away some of the painful sensation by drying leaves to use through the winter . See ?
I commonly put away a couple of ironic gallons of leaves … that ’s a LOT of moringa . We never run out .
Step 2 : Make Rings !
Got some old chicken wire or other fencing ? Get trim and bending !
It ’s easy and fun . Just see yourself on the incisive wires .
I make my anchor ring about 16 – 20″ across , depend on the size of the tree . you could see one of the trunks above is a lot thicker than the other little moringas – that one is over two year sure-enough and was protected last winter . The others are only a yr previous .
Once you have your rings , move on to step three .
Step 3 : poppycock Those ring
I purchase straw for this step but you could easily use leaves instead . Last year I used pine needles . All you want to do is ensure you get plenty of protection between the conducting wire and the trunk of the trees . I stuff them tight , like so :
And that ’s it ! Once all danger of frost has passed , extract the ring off and scan away the drinking straw . The moringas will shoot up like rockets from the entire body and you ’ll be harvesting Modern leaf in no time … while your friends look deplorably for their moringa tree to retrovert from the ground .
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