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- Can Pachira aquatica be pulled as a bonsai?
- Good luck chestnuts are good cut compatible
- Maintain Pachira aquatica as bonsai
- Cultivation in the lava stone
- Tips
The lucky chestnut is very cut friendly
Can Pachira aquatica be pulled as a bonsai?
Pachira aquatica is sold in most cases with braided strains. Less well known is the breed as bonsai. Since the lucky chestnut can be cut year-round, you can also pull it as bonsai. An unusual form of bonsai is the usual Hawaiian variety of rearing in a lava stone.
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A lucky chestnut can be cut back at any time. If you want to pull them as bonsai, cut them back stronger in the spring and cut later only single shoots. Use clean cutting tools so that you do not transmit pathogens.
If you have bought plaited chestnut trees, you must first unbundle them and place them in pots. Otherwise, the Pachira aquatica is quickly absorbed, because the stems remain very thin at the pressure points and pests penetrate there.
Freshly purchased plants should immediately be placed in fresh substrate, which must be as loose and permeable to water as possible. Well suited are:
Maintain Pachira aquatica as bonsai
Lucky chestnuts as bonsai are easy to care for. Do not water too often as Pachira aquatica will not tolerate waterlogging. You should always give water only when the pot bale is almost dry. In winter, pour in a sip.
Occasionally sprinkle the leaves with a little lime-free water, as lucky chestnuts appreciate higher humidity.
In the first year and after repotting you must not fertilize the plant. Later, every fortnight, some liquid fertilizer for bonsai or green plants is administered. In winter, the lucky chestnut is no longer fertilized.
Cultivation in the lava stone
In Hawaii, there is a special form of bonsai breeding for lucky chestnuts. There, the trees are placed in a lava stone. For this a hole about the size of a thumb is drilled into the stone.
The Pachira aquatica grows very slowly in the stone, so it remains small and similar to a real bonsai for a long time.
Over time, the roots blow up the stone, resulting in quite bizarre shapes.
Tips
When cutting Pachira aquatica, choose a time when the ambient temperature is high enough. It should be around 20 degrees. After cutting water the lucky chestnut once pervading.