More Uses for Moringa Olifera
Source: Fugile, Lowell, "New Uses of Moringa studied in Nicaragua," Echo Development News. Iss. 86,
June 2000.

Nebedayo Leaf Growth Hormone

An extract from the Nebedayo (Moringa olifera) tree can be use as a growth enhancer for other plants. This is not a fertilizer, and fertilizers must be used along with it. The initial studies had been done on coffee plants in Nicaragua, and dramatic results were seen.

Ingredients:
        10 kg Fresh, young Nebedayo shoots (40 days old or younger)
        1 Liter Water

    Grind, shred and mash the Nebedayo shoots with the water. We are trying to get what we can from the leaves. After shredding the leaves, its probably best to put them in a pounder with the water and pound until you get a good green mush.

    Filter the mush through a cloth and wring it out to get as much of the juice from it as possible. The solids left in the cloth can be added to animal feed.

    Dilute the extracted juice in a 1:32 extract to water solution, when you apply it to your crops. Each crop should receive approximately 25 ml of the solution.

    In the study, application of the groth hormone was made 10 days after plant germination, 30 days before the plants flowered, when the seeds began to form, and finally again during the maturation of the fruit.
 
 

Nebedayo as Livestock Feed

    Nebedayo is heralded for its uses in human nutrician. It is just as useful for animal nutrician. Cows, sheep, and goats can be fed the leaves directly, along with normal grasses and leaves that provide the necessary calories for energy. Cattle who are fed 15-17 kg of nebedayo along with equal amounts of grass have shown a 30% increase in beef weight and a 30% increase in milk production.

    Nebedayo can also serve as a good source of protein in chicken feed. Unfortunately, chickens woll not consume nebedayo leaves as they are. The protein from the nebedayo must be extracted and then mixed with other grains to form the chicken feed pellets.

    First, you need to make a mash of Moringa leaves and water.

    Next, you need to heat the mixture for about 10 minutes. The directions call for the mixture to be heated to 70 Degres C for the 10minute period. Those of us with less exacting tools of measurement and temperature control could make do by placing the mash in a double boiler and keeping the water at a slow boil. If you have a solar box oven, or an plastic coated solar dryer  you can try to preheat and use those.
In the 10 minutes of heating, the protien will settle to the bottom of the mixture. This protein can be mixed with dry fodder and formed into pellets that the chickens will eat.
 
 

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