The secret to maintaining a healthy ahuehuete with beautiful foliage is to make organic fertilizer.
This Friday, May 19, the news emerged that the Government of Mexico City (CDMX) planted a new ahuehuete on Paseo de la Reforma, placing a 12-meter-high specimen just two months before a similar tree had to be removed due to its obvious deterioration, since these types of varieties also require care so that they can retain their leafy appearance with healthy leaves.
So if at home you have an ahuehuete in the orchard or garden , it is better that you know the best way to care for it and fill it with life , before it happens to you like that variety located in Reforma, which over the years became ill. its leaves to the point of being removed from the place.
The secret is to make an organic fertilizer and be able to fill the tree’s soil with many nutrients that will prevent it from getting sick or pests from taking over its structure. This solution is one of the most basic care for any plant or crop. Take note of how to use this product from home to protect that ahuehuete that could grow near the home.
How to pay an ahuehuete?
You only need half a kilo of worm castings ( so you can prepare humus from home ) or cow manure, spread over the surface of the land, watering abundantly with water but without flooding so that the bacterial flora quickly incorporates into the soil and fertilizes the land. It should never be buried because its bacteria require oxygen.
It is worth mentioning that you can add this fertilizer every six months to nourish not only this variety of tree, it also works for more garden crops at home or in the garden . It is a natural product, used as an organic amendment that will benefit the land greatly. .
Although some portals dedicated to the subject of plants point out that the ahuehuete is a tree capable of resisting pests and environmental pollution, it should not be neglected, it also requires certain care and to be under certain conditions if you want it to have good foliage. and healthy leaves.
Now you will know how to fertilize this species that was also designated as the National Tree during the commemoration of the Independence of Mexico in 1921, since on several occasions it witnessed great historical events in the country, this according to the Ministry of Environment and Resources Natural (SEMARNAT).
