Thank you for your interest in our lucerne trees and seeds! To order please fill in our contact form below. You can email Myles or Nadene Esterhuizen at lucerne(dot)trees(at)gmail(dot)com.
Please note –
- International shipping to some countries are still restricted due to Covid regulations. South African post office update their permitted international shipping list each month. We anticipate some international deliveries and delivery services may take longer than normal.
- We are not permitted to export trees internationally due to biosecurity regulations.
To order: Please fill in the form below. (Scroll down for prices) We will email you an invoice with our banking or PayPal details. Once we receive your payment confirmation, we will process your order and email you the waybill or tracking number.
Prices
Seeds We sell our lucerne tree seeds in packs of 100’s or 1000’s (plus 10% extra) include detailed germination instructions we successfully use ourselves.
- Packs of 100 seeds = ZAR R100 per pack / + USD $10 per pack
- Packs of 1000 seeds = ZAR R900 per pack / + USD $90 per pack
Seed Shipping Options:
- Courier to door – Exact street address, 2-3 working days (R150 RSA only)
- PostNet 2 PostNet – Your closest PostNet branch, 2-3 working days (R150 RSA only)
- Registered mail – ($9 International mail) PO Box postal address, normally about 60 days. Tracking number to track & trace shipping. Registered mail is NOT delivered to a street address. Your post office will notify clients to collect and sign with an ID at their local post office counter.
Trees Stocks depending on availability. We do NOT sell 1m tall trees. Courier cost are calculated by the volumetric weight.
- R20 / trees grouped in a potting bag OR in tube-packs – for lighter courier costs. Clients need to transplant these into 1-litre potting bags and grow them to 30-40cm tall before planting them out.
- R25 / tree in individual bags – Each tree weighs about 1.5kg.
Delivery options:
- Courier to door Physical street address, 3-5 working days OR
- Delivery charges in Western Cape areas depend on distance & load size
Payment methods
- EFT Internet banking with an emailed Proof of Payment (PoP)
PayPal You can securely pay with PayPal using your credit or debit card even if you don’t have a PayPal account. We send a direct link to your PayPal invoice.- COD only when pre-arranged.
- NO cheque deposits accepted.
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hoe lank wag tyd is daar vir n bestelling, ek stel belang in so 100 boompies
groete
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Hallo Gert, mooi om van jou te hoor. Gert ons het baie boompies wat beskikbaar is. Daar is geen wagperiode nie. Ek moet net weet waar u woon en kyk hoe ons dit by jou kan kry.
groete
myles
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Dear Miles, my husband and I ordered seeds from you and started planting. Today I have 560 tagasaste seedlings living in our entertainment room! We started experimenting wit different types of soil and systems. We have a germination ratio of 56% on seedlings planted. In spring our trees will be big enough to plant on the farm in Namibia. Thank you, your seeds are of excellent quality. May God bless you and your family and keep you. His Hand is definitely over the produce of yours Miles. Ingrid
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Hi, Ingrid.
We farm in Namibia as well and I would like to hear how your trees are coping here?
Stephen
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How are these trees progressing, just bumped into this website today, really interested in hearing how they have adopted here in Namibia
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Hello @Josia, Thank you for your comment and welcome to the wonderful lucerne trees! We have many clients in Namibia who have ordered and planted lucerne tree seeds over the past 14 years. Once established, they are very well suited to dry, hot conditions.
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will mulching with normal lucern help the plant with nitrogen in the initual planting stage and to assist during winter months
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Hello Mercia, i do apologise for my late response. Please do not add anything to your soil when the tree is anything smaller than 50cm. Although the life of the tree is its prolific tap root it has the most sensitive roots in its initial stages. I have killed some of my trees by adding nitrogen in the hole when planting them out from bags. This is a pioneer tree and will survive in the poorest soils. I plant mine out into my lands withnothing but water and some of them give indications that they are acclimatising by going a bit yellow in the leaf but soon they put out little grey green leaves which become lush green leaves. This is always an indication that their roots are beggining to fix nitrogen. You can add phosphates after a year but i would not recommend anything else.
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Hello,Myles.
My name is Kira.
We are living in Washington state, USA. I’ve looking for tagasaste seeds for a while.
Could you be able to sell/ ship to us? I’m so anxious to try these beautiful trees and so far it’s been hard. What do I need to be able to have you send the seeds to me?
Please, your specialties are helping people from all over the world to be more independent.
Much appreciated.
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@Kira Lee, We ship our seeds to the USA. Please pop over to our Orders page and fill in the contact form and we will email you all the details for your order.
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Hello,Nadine.
Thank you for the fast response.
My husband has PayPal account so I’ve filled out the order form on his name( Jacek Suder)
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will there be a problem to for horses to grase on the lucern trees
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@Glin Glinister, horses do very well on lucerne trees. We have read that the Australian horse indusctry was saved by lucerne trees during their droughts.
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Hi Myles
I was wondering how I would be able to go about getting a few of your seedling trees? And how does the transport thing work? I live in Kokstad Kzn! If you can give me that info then I will make a plan to order some! Not sure yet how many I want to order, just wanting to find out how it all works first! Thanks so much!
Helen
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Hello Helen,
I have just completed trials on planting young trees into a lightweight medium so that they can be economically couriered. We will be couriering the first consignment up to Pretoria this week and if the courier company doesnt hash it up we will be able to send you trees. I will be able to give you feedback on Thursday.
Thanks for your interest in our trees and i believe we will be able to assist you.
regards
myles
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Good morning i will make use of the option to collect the tree at George.
Thanks
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@Robbie, Please fill in our contact form on this Orders page and we will email you with all the details and make arrangements. Thank you.
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do we need a special medium to germinate the seeds?
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@Kim, NO special medium is needed. Simply, these seeds germinate best in coarse river sand. It looks quite sterile, but the seeds hate to remain in wet ground, so water lightly only when needed and they’ll come up from about 14 days.
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Hi Myles
I am in Botswana and would like to order Lucerne Tree seeds, what is the procedure?
I want them ASAP because we are heading spring end please!
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@Golebaone, thanks for your interest in our seeds. Could you please just fill in the contact form on this page with your postal address and amount of seeds and we will get back to you with an invoice.
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hallo myles!!
Ek het n plaas in Warrenton Noord kaap en ek beoog om n min van 60 hektar te plant , ek sal dit waardeer as u vir my inligting kan gee van die saad kan gee soos hoe om dit te plant en uit te plant en om die plant veder te vat tot ek my beeste daarin kan laat wei!
Dankie Hennie
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@Hendrik, Myles sal direk vir u epos met meer inligting of u kan hom bel 044 745 1132. Dankie, Nadene
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Hi, can cattle graze off the trees without bloating? How good a bee ,honey tree is it,compare it to normal lucerne? Am i right calculating you can plant 2500 trees per hec for optimal benefit? Thanks Brian
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@Brian Womersley,
a) Lucerne trees are excellent grazing for cattle with no record of bloat in livestock.
b) In southern hemisphere countries these trees flower prolifically from July onwards and are exceptionally attractive to bees and birds.
c) Your calculations are optimal with spacing 2.5m apart in the row and rows 4m apart!
Kind regards, Myles
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Can you supply seeds to Botswana, if i want to plant 2 hectares, how many seeds do a need.
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@Seabe Mabua, we post seeds internationally and can post to you in Botswana. Please fill in the contact form on our Prices & Orders page and we will email you an invoice.
To calculate how many seeds you need per hectare, please visit our Planting Treespage to work out your spacing requirements. Generally we recommend that you need 1500 seeds per hectare.
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im looking for tree luserne in johannesburg randfontein can any one help me
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@bekkie, please order seeds from us. Unfortunately transport costs are prohibitively high for tree deliveries to your region.
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I believe for our arid terrain in southern Namibia?
I’ve a small farm of about 514 Hectares and will retire within the next three years and plan to start establishing treelucern for my intended Goat Stud farming. I believe in what I got form your website, that this is a viable option to address grazing. I will certainly, I just bought my first seeds here in Namibia and is excited about the prospects.
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very interesting feeding concepts ,
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hi i live in the northern part of botswana and would like to plant some trees, so i came across your website and was interested in trying out the lucerne trees i have a 4 hectare plot
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@Bee kierstead, Thank you for your interest in our lucerne trees. We have several clients in Botswana who have purchased our lucerne tree seeds. We have excellent lucerne tree seeds in stock. Our seeds are packed in 100’s and 1000’s. (We do not sell in kilograms.) Included in the seed pack are detailed germination instructions that we successfully use ourselves and some extra seeds. We post the seeds all over the world,undeclared, with registered mail and then email the client the tracking number. Please pop over to our Prices and Orders page and tell us how many seeds you wish to order and include your full names, postal address and contact number details. We will email you an invoice with our banking or PayPal details. Please check that your contact information is correct on this invoice. Please note that we will not refund seeds uncollected or returned from the post office. Once we receive your emailed payment confirmation with your invoice number as your payment reference, we will post your seeds and email you the tracking number.
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Naand Nadene dit is my gelukigeste dag vandag ek het so lank gesoek na die saad Lucerne tree seed ,shuuuuuuuuuu my problem is opgelos wil net nog seker maak van die prys van die Lucerne tree seed nou smaak dit mos om te boer volgens woman in powerment geseende nag rus hulle moet nog baie jare gessnd word
Beste
Inge
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@inge Thank you for your enthusiastic response! Our prices are the same and you are welcome to pop over to our Prices and Orders page and fill in the contact form to order or make any further enquiry.
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Hello
We are located in the UAE and we are considering growing fodder crops on very poor soils under extreme hot arid conditions with recycled waste water through drip irrigation. Your tree-luzerne seems a strong candidate. We want to start with 50-60 ha.
It is the idea to cut-and-carry the clippings, as we don’t plan to graze cattle on the land, as such we think to keep the trees small by frequent pruning and planted in high density.
Following questions:
– best planting distance under mentioned crop management system
– frequency of pruning / harvesting
– estimated yields MT/ha fresh and OM under this system.
THX
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@Marius, Thank you for your comment. These trees, well-managed, will provide year-round food even in the extreme heat and arid conditions but should receive regular light watering to firstly become established, and secondly, to bounce back after pruning or harvesting.
— Planting distances — we recommend trees are planted in rows 4 meters apart to enable vehicles, tractors etc to be able to drive through for harvesting, but closer rows will also work. Trees should be planted 2.5 meters apart in the rows to receive maximum food from each tree.
— Pruning should be done a month or so after first planting, and then as often as is required to maintain the tree at about 1-meter height.
— yield depends on so many factors – how much watering, pruning management, grazing management, soil conditions etc.
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Hi guys. I’m in Australia. Do you send seeds here please. I’ve ordered different seeds from places but they have not been allowed threw customs and I’ve lost my money and of cause the seeds. Thank you. RB.
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@Rowena Bryan, Due to strict bio-security laws we may not export seeds. You can try order from Australian suppliers.
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Hi
I have send a request for 1000 seeds
My first 100 seeds germinated well in bags and when about 50 cm high i planted them out
they did well for a few weeks
half doing well but the other half are slowly dying?
Any idea what it could be?
Davod
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Thanks for your order, David. We can’t say why some of your saplings did not thrive like the others when planted out. It is most often an issue with the roots or watering/ drainage issues.
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Where in Namibia can one order this type of seeds or trees?
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Hello @LUCIANU ANDREAS Andreas, you can place an order with us and we will post you your seeds with registered mail with a tracking number. Please fill in the contact form on our Order page — https://lucernetreefarm.wordpress.com/prices-orders/ — and we will email you an invoice with our banking details.
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Helo Adriaan hier ek het nou aansoek gedoen vir n q ma wil jou graag skakel
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Hello Adriaan, ons het ‘n faktuur vir u kwotasie aan u gestuur. u is welkom om ons op 079 691 2973 gedurende werksure aan te skakel.
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Hi, I am looking at ordering 250 seedlings a week for the next 4 weeks…
Do you have plants ready for delivery?
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@Darrel Haltmann, Thank you for your interest in purchasing our lucerne tree seedings. We do have seedlings in tube-packs ready to courier to you. You would need to transplant them into larger 1-litre potting bags to grow out to a 30-40cm tall sapling before planting them into your land. You can view this process here. Please would you fill in the contact form on our Orders page and we will email you an invoice for your order.
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Is the Lucerne tree safe to feed to Nubian goats?
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Absolutely safe! No danger of bloat for any animals.
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Thank you. I appreciate the help.
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Wish to purchase 100 seeds
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Hello @Vanessa Bunton, could you please fill in the contact form on our Orders page and we will email you with an invoice and all the details. Thank you.
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Hello,
Do you deliver seeds to India?
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@Harsh Bohra, we do ship to India using registered mail which has a tracking number, however, the client should collect their order at the post office as registered mail is not delivered to a street address. We are also aware that there are shipping delays due to Covid restrictions and backlogs that may occur at distribution hubs.
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Has anyone in Uganda bought and planted seed and how successful are they since most areas get rainin season
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@Rob McFarlane, We have shipped seeds to clients across Africa, but we do not have feedback on their results. We would recommend that you do your own trails on your land, choosing the most well-drained areas to plant your trees, where the ground slopes or on raised mounds so that their roots are not sitting in soggy soils.
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Hallo daar. Ek wil graag weet as ek 50 boompies bestel wat sal die aflewerings kostes wees tot in Benoni Gauteng en wanneer is die regte tyd om dit te plan.
Johan
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Hi @Johan, Dankie vir jou belangstelling om bome by ons te bestel. Ons is besig om saad te ontkiem vir saailinge wat in die laat lente beskikbaar sal wees. Ongelukkig het ons nie meer lusernbome in voorraad nie. (Junie 2022)
Lente is die beste tyd vir sade en plante om te groei. Plaas asseblief jou bestelling in September en ons sal klein plantjies na jou toe koerier. Hulle sal tot 40 cm lank moet groei voordat hulle in die land kan gaan. Dit kan ‘n paar maande neem, maar teen die somer behoort hulle gereed te wees om te plant.
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Good Day,
What is the coldest zone the trees can grow in
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Hello @Ty, These trees are native to the Canary Islands and have been planted all around the world. We are not able to define how cold (not knowing the zones in US) but they thrive on the mountains in the Klein Karoo, South Africa, which receives snow and really cold temperatures in winter. These trees are very vulnerable when young as their stem and branches are soft and tender, but after the first year, when they have developed woody growth, they are a quite frost-resistant. You can prune any frost-bitten branches in late spring after the last winter frost and they will bounce back. My suggestion is that you do your own trails, planting your first trees in a more sheltered environment and see how they handle your winters.
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Hello, can you still mail seeds to the US?
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Hello @Elizabeth Blane, yes, we ship to the US with registered mail which has a tracking number.
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How long is the viability good on the seeds? I do not plan on planting for one or two years from now. Should I wait?
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Hi @Elizabeth Blane, the seeds do need at least 6 months to mature and are excellent for the first year, but gradually harden and shrink as they age. These older-than one-year seeds will take much longer to germinate. I would suggest you rather wait until you are ready to begin your planting and order seeds then.
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Hello, Nadene,
Thank you for your prompt response, and for your good information. I’ll keep your contact info for when the time comes to get started. I am in California, USA.
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