Propagation via cuttings
All you need to propagate a lucky chestnut are:
- a pachira aquatica
- a sharp knife
- a glass of lime-free tap water
- alternatively rooting powder
- a pot of substrate
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The best time to Cut the cuttings are early spring. The temperatures should be quite high at 20 degrees.
Simply place the cuttings in a glass of lukewarm, lime-free water and wait for roots to form. You can also put the cuttings in pots with substrate. Then, however, you should use the cut ends beforehand Rooting powder coat.
Continue to care for cuttings
As soon as sufficient roots have formed, you can transplant the cuttings into individual pots. Make sure that the soil is nice and loose and permeable to water. Cactus soil or mixed with sand or gravel Potting soil are sufficient.
Insert the cuttings carefully so that the tender roots do not break.
Water the plants and pour off any excess water immediately. Fertilize may you use the new ones Lucky chestnuts not in the first year. Put the pots in a light Location on. However, avoid direct sunlight for the first time.
Sow lucky chestnuts
You can only get seeds for lucky chestnuts in well-stocked gardening shops. Before the sowing let the seeds soak in lukewarm water for several hours.
Sow the seeds in prepared pots. A mixture of sand and Potting soil. Put a layer of soil about an inch thick over the seeds.
Place the pots as warm as possible at around 23 degrees. Keep the soil moderately moist and avoid waterlogging at all costs. The location for the offshoots must be as bright as possible but not too sunny.
Tips
When the stems of Lucky chestnuts soft this is mostly due to excessive moisture in the substrate. The plant can then no longer be saved. But you can still use green shoots as Cut cuttings and so draw new offshoots.
