Neem Tree

[pete_r]

Greetings all,

I'm not a farmer by far, but greatly enjoy reading the posts here.

Out of curiosity, has anyone got experience with neem trees in Thailand? The Thai name is "sadao".

It's a tree from India with drought resistance and insecticide properties:

* The leaves can be ground and mixed with water to spray as a bio-pesticide.

* The seeds can be pressed to extract oil that may be used in cosmetics.

* The cake residue from oil extraction can be used as fertilizer, again with pesticide properties.

Young shoots can also be used for cooking. The taste is bitter, but reportedly good for health.

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Pete

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_Cake

[Thaicoon]

This tree grows a lot in China, Have been thinking the same, will it grow in Thailand, i use the cream a lot, it is very good for sariousis, and other skin problems, the cream is very expensive in the UK, 5.00 GBP for a small tub,

[guardian]

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Wow!!! Pete, you remember what you did in your pervious live?

[teletiger]

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Wow!!! Pete, you remember what you did in your pervious live?

Pervious?....is that an accusation?

Regards

[teetersb]

Hey Pete,

Check out www.uhdp.org and send them an Email. Rick is the American founder of this wonderful place for teaching Palaung and other Hill tribes eco-farming. Sadao is great stuff and I was able to use it during my stay at UHDP, as well as many other great products and ideas that are incorporated into their program.

Cheers, Bradt

Greetings all,

I'm not a farmer by far, but greatly enjoy reading the posts here.

Out of curiosity, has anyone got experience with neem trees in Thailand? The Thai name is "sadao".

It's a tree from India with drought resistance and insecticide properties:

* The leaves can be ground and mixed with water to spray as a bio-pesticide.

* The seeds can be pressed to extract oil that may be used in cosmetics.

* The cake residue from oil extraction can be used as fertilizer, again with pesticide properties.

Young shoots can also be used for cooking. The taste is bitter, but reportedly good for health.

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Pete

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_Cake

[lannarebirth]

Greetings all,

I'm not a farmer by far, but greatly enjoy reading the posts here.

Out of curiosity, has anyone got experience with neem trees in Thailand? The Thai name is "sadao".

It's a tree from India with drought resistance and insecticide properties:

* The leaves can be ground and mixed with water to spray as a bio-pesticide.

* The seeds can be pressed to extract oil that may be used in cosmetics.

* The cake residue from oil extraction can be used as fertilizer, again with pesticide properties.

Young shoots can also be used for cooking. The taste is bitter, but reportedly good for health.

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Pete

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_Cake

I think these folks could answer any questions you may have:

http://www.neemfoundation.org/growing_neem.htm

[udon]

Neem is grown all over Thailand.

Some Neem Products

The Company Profile is in English.

Edited October 22, 2006 by udon

[pete_r]

Thanks for all the replies . That's many good links put together.

Guardian, disappointingly I didn't really die since the previous life I was referring to. But it would be cool if I did!

[kokesaat]

Neem is one of the easiest trees to grow on our small farm in Udon. We've got a variety that isn't as "kom" as the kind you find along side the highways. And, it flowers about 2-4 weeks before the standard variety..........we've sold 5-7 thousand baht worth of the young leaves/flowers each year at the local market.

[udon]

Neem is one of the easiest trees to grow on our small farm in Udon. etc.

Just curious, do you sell the leaves by the Kg or bag?

[cheshiremusicman]

Greetings all,

I'm not a farmer by far, but greatly enjoy reading the posts here.

Out of curiosity, has anyone got experience with neem trees in Thailand? The Thai name is "sadao".

It's a tree from India with drought resistance and insecticide properties:

* The leaves can be ground and mixed with water to spray as a bio-pesticide.

* The seeds can be pressed to extract oil that may be used in cosmetics.

* The cake residue from oil extraction can be used as fertilizer, again with pesticide properties.

Young shoots can also be used for cooking. The taste is bitter, but reportedly good for health.

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Pete

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_Cake

[cheshiremusicman]

Greetings all,

I'm not a farmer by far, but greatly enjoy reading the posts here.

Out of curiosity, has anyone got experience with neem trees in Thailand? The Thai name is "sadao".

It's a tree from India with drought resistance and insecticide properties:

* The leaves can be ground and mixed with water to spray as a bio-pesticide.

* The seeds can be pressed to extract oil that may be used in cosmetics.

* The cake residue from oil extraction can be used as fertilizer, again with pesticide properties.

Young shoots can also be used for cooking. The taste is bitter, but reportedly good for health.

In a previous life I have seen some in the sahel region south of Sahara, and wonder how easy or difficult they are to grow in Thailand.

Pete

Hello Pete,

I know that his is an old topic, but I have just settled in Hua Hin and remember reading it whilst still in the UK. I have personal experience of the use of 'Neem'. I was diagnosed with 'Divericticulistus' ( an infection of the intestine) which is extremely painful and told that there was virtually NO treatment for it - not a happy prospect with the ultimate 'treatment' being surgical removal of the said part of the intestine.

Well to cut a long story short I came across a reference to the use of neem and managed to obtain it in capsule form in the UK and having dosed myself with it ( it being side effect free) for some two months I was almost pain free and the symptoms had almost completely disappeared. I told my doc about it and he advised other patients to try it - the 'medical profession' were not intersted in even listening to my results. I am now three years on and no signs of the problem.

One of the other uses of neem is to reduce the amount of insulin that diabetics have to take.

I understand that when a locust swarm passes over a piece of land the only living thing that they will NOT eat is YES you've guessed -- the NEEM tree. As you said it is very usefull for spraying any form of crops and it has absolutely NO down side, can't for the life of me understand why it is not sold as an insectiside.

Please forgive the long reply but just thought that I'd pass on what little I know about the Neem tree.

Regards Keith

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_Cake