Brisket on Nostr: I'm in the subtropics of SE Queensland, Australia. No frosts or hurricanes here. We ...

I'm in the subtropics of SE Queensland, Australia. No frosts or hurricanes here. We get a long dry spell followed by plenty of rain mid to late summer. I'd guess that it's a similar climate to coastal Florida.

Ice cream bean grows really quick here & doesn't die back in winter. I have a Moringa growing but it doesn't seem to love where it is right now. I've put cuttings of it into my Syntropic system. Better to over plant than under plant. I didn't think Moringa was a nitrogen fixer but it makes sense given the nitrogen content of the leaves.

I've been looking at Tithonia Diversifolia (Mexican Sunflower). It seems to fix nitrogen & produces a lot more bio mass than Moringa. There also seems to be both sterile & fertile varieties & I don't want it spreading by seed. Both varieties readily root from cuttings or fallen stems so even the sterile variety can be hard to control.