Best Moringa Oleifera Variety? PKM-1?

[jojojaro]

What is the best Moringa Oleifera Variety? My primary goal is to extract the most amount of oil per hectare. My secondary goal is to use the press cake as swine feed.

Does PKM-1 variety produce many seeds for oil extraction? How much seeds can each PKM-1 tree produce? Is 10 Kg per tree possible? I understand that each PKM-1 tree can produce 200-350 pods per year. What is the weight of the seeds relative to the weight of the total pod? Is it 50% of the pod weight? What is the oil content of PKM-1 seed? How much oil can I produce per hectare?

My plantation will be in the Philippines. Annual rainfall is 800mm to 8000 mm. My land is fertile agricultural land.

[kirti s]

Dear sir

Moringa grows in a variety of climates and substandard soils and it is as fast growing as it is hearty. Normal growth ranges from 3-5 meters or 10 to 16 feet per year if left uncropped. It is one of the fastest growing biomasses on the planet when properly nourished. Some varieties are known to grow 7 meters or 23 feet in one year if left unchecked. However, a fully mature Moringa tree rarely grows over 35 feet. The tree reacts very well to pruning, and can be kept at any height of preference.
In commercial growing, plantation trees are usually cropped so they don’t exceed 3-4 meters or 10 to 13 feet. Such a height allows the harvesters reasonable access and the cropping encourages horizontal growth enabling greater leaf production.

[jojojaro]

Originally Posted by kirti s

Dear sir

Moringa grows in a variety of climates and substandard soils and it is as fast growing as it is hearty. Normal growth ranges from 3-5 meters or 10 to 16 feet per year if left uncropped. It is one of the fastest growing biomasses on the planet when properly nourished. Some varieties are known to grow 7 meters or 23 feet in one year if left unchecked. However, a fully mature Moringa tree rarely grows over 35 feet. The tree reacts very well to pruning, and can be kept at any height of preference.
In commercial growing, plantation trees are usually cropped so they don’t exceed 3-4 meters or 10 to 13 feet. Such a height allows the harvesters reasonable access and the cropping encourages horizontal growth enabling greater leaf production.

Thank you for your response, but I would like to know how much seeds is produced by each PKM-1 Moringa Tree per year. I have seen numbers for pod/fruit yields of 200-350 pods per tree per year, but I do not know how heavy the seeds are relative to the weight of the entire pod. I need that info so that I can estimate my plantation yield.

I have read that in some varieties, the seeds are about 50% of the total pod weight. I have heard from someone who claims to have grown PKM-1 variety that the seeds is only about 9-11% of the pod weight for PKM-1.

I would like to hear from folks who have grown PKM-1 to confirm some of the numbers I've been reading/hearing.

Jojo