How to care for the Malabar chestnut (Pachira aquatica)? A detailed guide to growing methods and precautions

1. Light

This plant is a plant that likes plenty of light. If you grow this plant in a place with relatively low temperatures like the north, it can receive direct sunlight all year round.

After Qingming each year, we can move it outdoors and place it in the open air, and at the same time there is no need to shade it. In winter, it can be placed below a window where it can get sun. If conditions are relatively good, this period is when it grows best.

2. Water

This plant needs a growing environment with relatively high air humidity, and its growth requires more water. If you want to replenish water for it, you need to wait until we see that the surface layer of the soil in the pot has dried before watering, and you must water a lot, preferably until water overflows from the surface layer of the soil.

In summer, you must also always pay attention to the air humidity. We can spray water onto its leaves. If you use tap water to replenish water for it, this tap water needs to be exposed to sunlight for half an hour, which can effectively break down the oxides in it.

3. Temperature

In winter, it can be placed in a heated room, but you must remember that it must not be placed too close to where the heating is released. When the summer temperature exceeds 30 degrees, it can be placed in a well-ventilated room.

4. Fertilizing

When this plant is replenishing nutrients, the fertilizer can be applied together with watering. In summer, cake fertilizer can be used.

5. Flower soil

Ordinary soil is fine, as long as it stays well aerated.