TUPIDANTHUS CALYPTRATUS – UMBRELLA TREE – HOUSEPLANT -11 SEEDS – COMPOSTABLE PACKET

Product Description

Tupidanthus Calyptratus

Umbrella Tree Plant

Packet contents: approx 11 seeds

The packaging of this product is fully compostable, so once you have finished with it, it can be added to the compost heap

Tupidanthus Calyptratus, also known as Umbrella Tree Plant, is mostly popular as a house plant.  It is a tropical, fast-growing plant with glossy leaves resembling an umbrella when fully developed.

Preparation: Soak the seeds in tepid water for about 12 hours.

Sowing: Sow the seeds in sowing compost with coir, vermiculite or sand. Sow the seeds around 0.5 – 1.0 cm deep in the growing medium and place them in either a propagator or cover with a plastic bag to maintain temperature and humidity. Once small shoots appear, move the seedling into good compost mixed with sand or vermiculite.

Required temperature to germinate: Daytime 22-25⁰C/Night 15-20⁰C

Germination time: 2-8 to 12 weeks

Tip: When the plant is established, only water when the soil has fully dried out. 

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