The latest planting prospect of Moringa oleifera

Moringa is a perennial tropical deciduous tree belonging to Moringa family of Cruciflorida. It originated in northern India. There are about 14 varieties in the world. Now there are a large number of cultivation in China. At present, there are three kinds of commonly eaten varieties: Indian traditional Moringa, Indian improved Moringa and African Moringa. The nutritional value is very high. Let's take a look at the planting prospect of Moringa together.

Moringa cultivation prospects

Moringa is the most nutritious tree in the world. Moringa is full of treasures. It has been eaten for thousands of years. It contains about 20 kinds of amino acids, 46 kinds of antioxidants, rich in trace elements potassium, manganese, chromium, arginine, lysine, leucine, phenylalanine, etc., as well as high-quality protein and dietary fiber. Moringa leaves contain 4 times more calcium than milk, 2 times more protein than milk, 3 times more potassium than bananas, 3 times more iron than spinach, 7 times more vitamin C than citrus, 4 times more vitamin A(beta carotene) than carrots, 70 times more vitamin E than spirulina and 40 times more vitamin E than soy flour.

Moringa planting value

1. The whole plant of Moringa can be utilized. The roots and bark are traditional medical raw materials. The tender leaves and pods are delicious and nutritious vegetables. The seeds are rich in vegetable oil. The remaining dry cake after oil extraction is recommended by international environmental protection organizations for human and animal drinking water purification.

2. Moringa is considered to be effective in preventing and treating a variety of diseases in traditional Indian medicine. It has various effects such as strengthening heart, promoting blood circulation, diuresis, helping digestion, helping sleep, strengthening spleen and stomach, and eliminating garbage in the body.

Moringa is rich in a variety of trace elements necessary for the human body, can supplement a variety of amino acids and minerals necessary for the human body, regulate the nutritional balance of the human body, enhance human immunity, improve the quality of life and diet, promote physical and mental health, and more effectively prevent and combat various "rich diseases".

4, Moringa seeds contain all the nutrients needed by the human body, can replace complex vitamins, calcium tablets, cod liver oil, etc., to prevent diseases, improve sleep, enhance memory, delay aging is very helpful, used to treat liver, spleen, meridians and other special parts of the disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, gout and other also have a good effect, in addition to improving sexual function, treatment of bad breath and sobering up.

Moringa not only has high medicinal and food value, but also has broad development prospects and high value potential in the fields of health care products, cosmetics, medicine and industry.

Moringa cultivation techniques

1, seedbed preparation: Moringa seedbed close to the planting site, quiet wind, water convenient land, remove weeds, stones and other debris, level the land, with red bricks about 600×80×40 cm long and wide germination bed, and then put into the river sand, thickness 20~25 cm, about 40% of the shade above the seedbed, shade shed height 1.7 meters, length and width according to the actual terrain of the seedbed scale.

2. Sowing method: Remove defective seeds, immature seeds and moldy seeds before sowing Moringa seeds, pour the selected seeds into the prepared medicinal water for 15~17 hours for sowing, and select 800~1200 times solution of carbendazim, Luheng No.2, Baijunqing and other fungicides. When sowing, level the sand bed with a straight stick, manually press the seeds into the sand, the spacing is about 2 cm, the sowing depth is 1.5~2 cm, too deep or too shallow will cause the emergence rate to decrease. After sowing, they are drenched with water and then covered with agricultural film. The seeds of the first year can sprout in 5~7 days, and the seeds of the second and third years will sprout 3~5 days later.

3, seedling management: Moringa transplant survived every 15 days after watering 800 times Lvheng No. 2 and other fungicides, and at any time pay attention to the observation of pests, timely spraying, to often drench water, keep the soil in the bag moist, but not too much water, to prevent rotten roots. When the seedlings grow to 5~6 leaves, they can be removed from the shading net to train the seedlings. After 4 weeks, the plant height can reach more than 40 cm, and they can be planted in the field at the right time. If the planting is too late, the main root of the seedlings will penetrate the bag and affect the survival rate.

4, fertilizer and water management: Moringa's water demand is not large, as long as the seedling period can maintain appropriate humidity, the dry season to appropriate irrigation, in order to facilitate growth. Moringa oleifera can tolerate barren, generally can not apply fertilizer, but in order to promote growth, improve yield, fertilization is conducive to post-natal tree vigor recovery and tree overwintering. Before picking pods, 0.3~0.5% compound fertilizer solution can be applied every 15~30 days, or organic fertilizer or stove ash can be applied around the plant. Shallow fertilization and rotation fertilization are suitable for young trees, and deep fertilization is appropriate for adult trees. Spot fertilization, furrow fertilization and radial furrow fertilization can be adopted.

5. Tree management: Moringa grows rapidly, generally grows to 3~4 meters in the first year, so in order to increase branches and facilitate harvesting, it is generally fixed at about 0.5 meters in plant height, and then plants will be shortened to less than 1 meter in winter every year. Young leaves can be harvested once every 15~20 days.

6. Pest control: Moringa has strong resistance to various diseases and insect pests. From the perspective of domestic cultivation, the main diseases and insect pests are butterfly larvae, red spiders, leaf miners and inchworms. They can be manually removed or removed by disease leaves or controlled by drugs.