Monkey Puzzle tree - Araucaria

Planting Advice for your Monkey Puzzle Tree:

• Select an appropriate spot with enough space to allow your tree to grow.
• Position in a sheltered area, protected from cold, drying winds.
• Dig a hole twice the width of the roots, forking over the bottom to loosen the soil, then add some good quality fertiliser, compost or well-rotted manure. We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots, once they reach the edges tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
• Plant at the same depth as the tree was in its pot.
• Holding the tree upright in position with one hand, slowly backfill the hole with soil, so the soil falls back around the roots. Firm the soil around the plant with your heel to ensure good contact around the roots.
• Plants establish quicker when Mycorrhizal granules are added to the roots when planting.
• Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
• Water the plants at least weekly – especially in dry weather – for the first 8 weeks.

Aftercare Advice for Araucaria Monkey Puzzle:

• Keep plants well-watered, especially while they are establishing.
• Apply a general-purpose fertiliser twice a year in spring and summer

Pruning Advice for your Monkey Puzzle Araucaria:

• There is no real need to prune trees. If absolutely necessary, damaged or dead branches can be removed from young trees. Established trees will not regrow branches.