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- Silk Tree or Sleeping Tree - Care Tips
- How do you properly water the silk tree?
- What you have to consider when fertilizing the silk acacia?
- When is the sleeping tree in the bucket repotted?
- Do you have to cut a silk tree?
- Are there any diseases and pests that are common?
- How is the sleeping tree wintered?
- Tips
Species-appropriate care rewards the silk tree with beautiful flowers
Silk Tree or Sleeping Tree - Care Tips
The silk tree (Albizia) with its pink flowers or as with the variety Summer Chocolate also violet leaves provides decorative points of view in the garden and on the terrace. When cultivating the tree, which is also called dormouse or silk acacia, you should heed a few things.
How do you properly water the silk tree?
The silk tree tolerates neither waterlogging nor dryness of balls. In the open air, you have to additionally water sleeping trees in the first years, especially in summer.
In the tub, the silk acacia is penetrating in the summer, only sparsely poured in the winter.
What you have to consider when fertilizing the silk acacia?
Since the silk tree grows quite fast, it needs enough nutrients. In the field, he takes care of himself after a few years.
In the period from March to the beginning of September, you fertilize a sleeping tree in the bucket every two weeks with liquid fertilizer. Avoid too much fertilizer. Alternatively, the nutrient supply can be ensured well with slow-release fertilizer.
When is the sleeping tree in the bucket repotted?
If the planter is rooted through, you should convert the silk tree into a larger pot. The old substrate is replaced as completely as possible by fresh soil.
The best time to repot is spring, just before the growth phase begins.
Do you have to cut a silk tree?
You can just let a sleeping tree grow if you want to pull it as a tree. If the silk tree is to get a bushy shape, strip it regularly.
Older trees can easily cut back to half.
Are there any diseases and pests that are common?
The silk acacia is very robust. Diseases only occur if the root ball is kept too moist. Pests almost never occur.
How is the sleeping tree wintered?
The silk tree is only partially hardy. Only plant older specimens in the field. Nevertheless, you should look for a winter shelter
to care. Silk acacia in the tub is winterized at five to ten degrees frost-free.
Tips
The silk tree is considered fast growing, if you care for it properly and it stands in a favorable location. There it can grow up to eight meters high and four meters wide. Therefore keep a sufficient distance to walls and houses.