Pachira aquatica - to braid or not to braid?

[KarenRei]

Thanks!  I'll post another pic once it's to the point of true leaves.

[cgps]

Other metod of  know that kind of plant is, in case of the kapoks is the precense  of the thorns in all body of the plant, after of mature.

Camilo

[luc]

Karen , this is what you are looking at in a few years .

[fruitlovers]

Karen , this is what you are looking at in a few years .

Luc's photo is P. glabrum. If Karen's plants are really P. aquatica they can get 4x bigger than aquatica.

[luc]

Karen , this is what you are looking at in a few years .

Luc's photo is P. glabrum. If Karen's plants are really P. aquatica they can get 4x bigger than aquatica.

They take pruning very well , I have a bunch of seedlings that were over 2 meters , cut them down to 1 meter ( no branches with leaves left ) they are back to normal after a few months .