The popular houseplant with a funny name does not need many nutrients. Here we show how to fertilize the Ponytail palm properly. The Ponytail palm (Beaucarnea recurvata) is already a bizarre plant, with its strangely bulbous trunk. But this one has its right to exist. If you want your elephant foot to thrive, it helps to understand the function of its trunk better and to take a closer look at the home of this exciting plant.<\/p>\n
Ponytail palm is native to southern Mexico, where they form light forests in dry regions. The soil there is sandy and nutrient-poor and it rains a lot, but only during the summer months and in autumn. But the elephant foot has come up with something to survive drought and nutrient scarcity: A thickened trunk. It stores water in it, much like the cactus.<\/p>\n
Since hardly any nutrients can be absorbed during the water-poor period, they are also stored here temporarily. In addition, the plant grows very slowly and therefore does not need much to make ends meet. Ponytail palm can cope with a deficiency rather than a surplus and should therefore only be fertilized carefully.<\/p>\n