So these morning seeds have been sitting overnight
in this bowl of water
And as you can see it's nice and soggy
are ready to germinate now
so let's set it up... You will need a box
Where you'll germinate the seeds, Some paper towels
Where the seeds will actually send out roots
and its interesting to see how that works
So what we're going to do is push this paper towel down into this box
and we are going to moisten it a little bit
but we're just going to see if it fits properly
and then of course you know we're going to take it out and
Just moisten it a little bit Just take a few drops of water
and moisten it For the seeds you need to remove the flanges
I've noticed that ones the flanges are removed
The Moringa germinates a lot better
And you're going to see a big difference in the way it germinates
So you are going to remove the flanges throw it out...Let's take a
just going to use this paper towel to collect the scraps
Just remove the flanges for all the seeds And keep them aside
Just like that!
so we're going to take all the seeds you might want to experiment with some of the
flanges on
Because up it might help you with the germination sometimes but I just noticed
that with the flanges removed, it's a lot better
So there we go, it's all done... I'm just going to take
some water from this bowl and try to wet this so that we can re-use some of that water
That didn't work out very well So let me try doing that again
There we go...that looks much better
Aright just lay it down
Just make sure its like evenly wet And then lay it down
That should be good That looks good
Alright...set it up properly And put the seeds inside
When you're putting the seeds inside Just lay them so that they are a little bit
apart..you don't have to be too particular about ...but
give them some space to grow
That way they just don't over-crowd
So once you set the seeds in Close the lid
and this will create a humid environment for the seeds to germinate it
so that's about it... In the next step, we're going to see how the seeds germinate
so what we're going to do is keep the seeds next to a nice sunny location
And keep it sealed inside the box so it retains the moisture
And these should start sprouting pretty soon
It's been about a week now So let's open this up and see how those seeds are doing
They seem to be doing well It's already started germinating
so let's open it up and check
So as you can see the seeds have
started sending the shoots up And the roots have actually started developing in
the paper towels inside there so I think its looking pretty good we had
about a 50 percent germination rate
as you can see there are three that have sprouted out of...
the six seeds that we started with
So in the next step we're going to
make a seed starting mix The seed starting that I use has
one part each of compost, worm castings
Perlite and Peat Moss
So I think that's a good combination for a seed starting mix
But you can always use your own
you know we just need to make sure that it retains moisture and
it supplies nutrients because the worm castings do
supply nutrients So let's put in in these pots
Its a good idea to pre-moisten the seed starting mix
But I'm just going to put it
in the pots and water it later
If you want to make it a little easy You can just make it a little moist and work your way
that way Its just a little easier as you can see
from the video now When I try to water these pots
they're not gonna be very very
consistent as far as the water level goes
We're now going to water these pots Making sure they are nice and moist
I noticed my watering can had a
spillage...I fixed it later...but
in this video you will see that its still broken
Anyways as I said Its a good idea to pre-moisten the potting/seed staring mix
We're now going to take our seeds
or germinated seeds and put them in the
the pots that we just created That one looks little soggy so
Let's try the other one
Let's put it inside this one... That looks good
Add a little bit of soil around the plant... and that's it!
that's all we need to do to get this plant started
After this is done I would suggest placing the plant in
a semi-shaded location That way it
doesn't have a lot of stress while it tries to grow into a small plant
This is how the plant looks like after about a month
As you can see it's growing pretty good and...
because it's warm here in August it's got a good head start here
It's been about nine months now
And this plant has survived the winter and it's actually going pretty well
If you can see the trunks are a little thick..and
Its doing a good job growing up
through the spring This is the same plan that has grown thru Spring
and thru the summer months Its now August so its been about a year
for this plant And for a year's worth of growth
This plant looks pretty good Its got nice lush green leaves
Pretty good structure...and
The stems have started developing well too If you look at the
base of the stem Its nice and let's
try to get a closer look here there you go its nice and woody
so this Moringa plant will fruit inside this
pot itself. And as you know Moringa is a SuperFood Its one of the best
foods which you can grow It actually a vegetable but forms a fruit
It has long pods and seeds The leaves are very nutritious...
The fruit is nutritious So its really a wonderful plant to grow