So, I grow them under lights in a heated growth chamber. The temperature oscillates all the time between 28 and 29 degrees celsius, a good toasty moringa temperature. The lights are on 14 hours a day, and I have never bothered to change the photoperiod between the wet and the dry season. Even so, the plants are just coming out of their end-of-the-dry-season semi-dormant rattiness, or even full dormancy. How they know what time of year it is is frankly amazing.
I keep some seedlings that I want to baby here in Mexico City. But growing them outside is out of the question because it's way too cold and dry here for moringas. Mexico City is at 2000 meters above sea level, which means that it's a very pleasant climate for humans but leaves moringas struggling. So, I grow them under lights in a heated growth chamber. The temperature oscillates all the time between 28 and 29 degrees celsius, a good toasty moringa temperature. The lights are on 14 hours a day, and I have never bothered to change the photoperiod between the wet and the dry season. Even so, the plants are just coming out of their end-of-the-dry-season semi-dormant rattiness, or even full dormancy. How they know what time of year it is is frankly amazing.
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AuthorDr. Mark E. Olson is a researcher at Mexico's national university and an expert on the biology of the genus Moringa Archives
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