If you want to make it easy for yourself, then you can plant your elephant foot in commercially available Cactus soil, even Palm soil is well suited. Better use ordinary ones Potting soil, then you should definitely do this with Clay granules or loosen up some sand. This makes it more permeable and also a little leaner. Too high a concentration of nutrients is not very good for the elephant's foot.
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Ideally, the chosen soil is also well-drained, because the elephant's foot does not tolerate waterlogging. It survives a slightly longer drought much better. Namely, it stores in its thick trunk water.
When should the elephant foot be repotted?
You should have your elephant foot every three to five years or so repot. Then the old soil is used up and the plant needs a bigger pot. However, it is not the calendar that is important for choosing the right time, but that growth Of your elephant tree.
You should only act when the pot is visibly too small. If you don't need to repot yet, give the elephant's foot a little fertilizer. However, this should be dosed small in order to avoid over-fertilization.
The essentials in brief:
- lean soil preferred
- loose and permeable
- Avoid waterlogging and over-fertilization
- ideal and simple: cactus soil or palm soil
- cheap solution: potting soil mixed with sand or clay granules
Tips
If you don't want to buy expensive cactus or palm soil, mix standard potting soil with sand or clay granules. Your elephant's foot will also feel comfortable there.