Good morning, good evening, good afternoon. To you, Kevin here from Epic Gardening, here to talk about

Miringa trees. Really interesting plant that I think if you have the conditions to support its growth,

you should certainly at least consider growing this in your garden.

Why? Well, there are some impressive properties that are worth mentioning.

It's extremely nutritious. The seeds can be used to purify water. It has a lot of different benefits and it's a fast growing tree.

So if you want to practice growing a tree and actually get results pretty quickly, then

Maringa is the one for you.

It's got a really unique root system that has a tap root and then a lot of smaller feeder roots.

And so you can grow it in containers, you can grow it in the ground, it can adapt to poor soil,

and it really can go absolutely wild. We're talking 30 feet tall so we'll get into pruning later in the

episode. But as far as planting you can grow this from seed and have success

relatively quickly like I said it's a fast growing tree.

So like a lot of trees we say,

you know, grab a cutting or grab a grafted cutting

and go from there.

Well, Maringa, you certainly can grow from seeds. So if you pick up seeds, don't hesitate to try and

germinate them. When you're planting it, you want to do so in the spring when the

temperatures above 50 degrees. They really don't tolerate frost that well, and you want to plant it in an area

that gets at least six to eight hours of sun really six is the bare minimum and

full sun is the absolute best it's a subtropical and semi-arid style plant so it really does not

tolerate low light conditions as well as temperatures below about 45 degrees for too long.

So soil-wise, like I said, it can adapt to many different types,

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