growing Dwarf Moringa in pots

Hi Judith, I had such a fun read this morning going through your thread. I grow curry leaf tree, and I saw many similarities (and differences)!! You’ve inspired me to try growing Moringa (I do a lot of Indian cooking). Thought I would mention I just read that heavy harvesting and lack of height will stop the flowering and pod setting process. (I want the pods too). You may want to let one go up for the season. It said when it has one main shoot it does the best. Good luck!!

Hi Nikki!
Thanks for the new information!
I cut mine back so frequently I've never seen how tall it would get.

I think I'll let one go unpruned and find out

Welcome to these forums 😊

I've never had a curry leaf tree...also  tropical?

Judith Browning wrote:
I've never had a curry leaf tree...also  tropical?

I grow mine next to my moringa-- but i saw a thriving one (with fruit, which mine has never done) in northern New Jersey. It doesnt lose its leaves here in 9b but i assume it does there.

The leaves taste like curry?
I probably don't need another root to protect over the winter but I'm always tempted🙄
Is yours grown from seed?

Nikki, do you grow yours in a big pot and bring in over the winter?

curry leaf doesn't taste like curry (there is a curry plant, Helichrysum italicum, whose leaves smell like curry, that's hardier and probably would grow for you, but the taste isn't as vivid as the smell....)...
curry leaves have a really unique taste and are used in Indian cooking along with other spices. To me they remind me of mustard seeds without the bite, maybe? i've read people say it tastes like citrus, which I don't get. If you don't cook boatloads of Indian food that uses curry leaf (and not all does) it easily gets out of control (I'm constantly hacking it back and searching for recipes to use large volumes of it).

Year eight, I think🤔
I cut back the trunks and in a couple days lifted the roots...have been lightly brushing the soil off and trimming up damage.   I have those with cuts laying out on the back porch to dry a little more and started packing a few uncut ones in the tub with holes, layered in wood chips.

Seems like the roots increased in size A LOT this year.

They produced just as well as last year but I think overall they are loosing their oomph and I'll probably buy seed next year and retire some roots.

I always put three per tub and maybe should go to just one?......or feed them something?