Castor bean plant saved my fruit trees!

[nemoomen]

Thank you, I was looking for a such experience as confirmation for my observation about casto bean tree growing so well in my area.

Will plant these on a new orchard without irrigation the next January. Hopefully it will withstand the summer heat and sun.

[calo]

I have such a tree in my backyard and from my childhood memory people use to take a leaf, slightly warm a little oil, rub it on the leaf and put it on any kind of muscle pain ir any discomfort and cover it up with a cotton bandage

[jaystovall]

Thanks for posting this video. Exactly what I need to protect my Greenlife trees.

[OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Personally grow them in my garden to repel moles and shrews. They work wonders. 🍀

[MsCaryopteris]

I’m moving to AZ and so happy I can grow castor beans there.

[DR_ozzy_craziness]

How deep does the Taproot of the castor bean grow because I'm going to put it in a pot and grow it indoors in the winter so I don't have to worry about it dying each and every year I live in zone 5

[calo]

Yes these oil leafs are also keeping away snails from my peppers and my small plants

[aprilalfaro]

Castor oil seeds are also use to help infertility and the reproductive system (oil heat therapy. )Is a miracle plant. It amazes me how quickly it grows and its medicinal herbicide

[chosen]

I'm assuming I should avoid this plant since I have a dumb dog that will basically eat anything it finds?

[johnvandenburgh]

And, I am told that this plant repels digging rodents as well.

[queenbeeetta]

That's fantastic...where do you get the seeds from. It's a really nice plant, love it.

[robinlanter]

What type of castor bean plants do you recommend for Arizona?

[KiwiCatherineJemma]

Previously I used to live in inland Australia, an area similar to USDA zone 9 or 10, similar perhaps to inland South-Central California or Arizona. The Castor Oil plant can indeed be used as a useful "nurse" plant to help shelter other young plants from excessively strong Summer sun, in areas with "Mediterranean" semi-arid and semi-desert climates. They can also be used to provide shade to chicken and ducks. They know NOT to eat the seeds and are almost immune to them anyway. Just remember folks that the Castor Oil seed is HIGHLY POISONOUS to humans especially children and most other animals with chewing teeth. Technically the toxin is found in lower amounts throughout the entire plant, but I have never developed any allergy or anything, even when pruning or handling the leaves. ONLY make the medicinal Castor Oil if you are 100% sure what you are doing. The edible medicine is made in a special way so that the poison component gets left behind. For folks in colder climates, like where I live now, I take some seedlings inside as house-plants to survive each Winter, then put them back outside in late Spring when frosts are finished. Castor Oil plants especially older ones can tolerate a very small frost as long as it thaws promptly. If you can keep it heavily watered (especially in a long hot season environment that might be with water from a clothes washing machine discharge) then the leaves can grow very large, almost a metre or 3 feet across. I would guess that in places with long hot humid Summers, like New Orleans and Louisiana and Florida that they also grow very large leaves.

[freeq]

For microclimate building, would it be okay to plant castor bean in bare clay soil or plant it like any other tree?

[jamparound]

we use the leaves of castor plant to spourout grain.
just like paper cover.

[brm]

love your videos, I am curious what your water bill is, up in Tucson water gets very expensive

[MistressOP]

when you chop and drop do they grow back?

[corbman]

They are also known as Mole Bean Plants. Used to plant in Mole runs in the yard. The Moles supposedly eat them and die. If not, you at least get some shade.

[PacoOtis]

+ you can make poison and rule the world!!! LOL We have these even up here in Idaho but they don't get very tall and our seeds don't mature! Thanks for the video and best of luck!

[diannejohanson]

How much water do the castor plants need? A lot? Regular amount? Or less?