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How to Grow a Chinese Money Tree for Luck and Abundance

If you’re looking for a decorative small tree to keep in your home but are tired of fussy fiddle leaf figs and sensitive rubber trees, consider Pachira aquatica (also known as the money tree).

Here’s everything you need to know about money tree care and how to grow this tropical tree in your home.

Light And Temperature

It starts with lighting: whereas fiddles need a lot of sun and tend to languish in our relatively darker homes, Pachira aquatica has no problem with the light levels indoors. It likes bright light, but it’s fine with indirect rather than full sun.

Water And Humidity

During summer, when your money tree is actively growing, you can keep the soil lightly moist. During the latent winter period, it’s best to let the soil dry out at least halfway.

Soil And Planting

To imitate the soil that your money tree would grow in if it were a wild tree in its natural floodplain habitat, you’ll want to go for something both rich and well-draining.

Unsurprisingly, a Guiana chestnut will appreciate a bit of fertilizer, at least during the growing months of spring, summer, and early fall. Be sure not to use fertilizer during winter or if your money tree isn’t doing well.

Fertilizing

Money trees don’t need a lot of pruning, except to remove dead leaves and any that you don’t like the look of. If you have a braided specimen and would like to maintain the look, though, you’ll have to do that once in a while as the tree grows.

Pruning And Braiding

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