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Hi guys.

My boabab seed came up and its at its 3rd set of leafs.

My question is that how should I treat it during the winter. Should I water it or do I also keep it dry

How have you been treating it so far? It seems to be doing well if its on it's third set of leaves. How did you germinate it? I tried germinating a few and then decided to just buy two seedlings. Is it winter now where you are?

Hein,
I found this on another site I'm a member of. I hope it helps you.
This is, approximately, the required sequence that your baobab needs to survive:

SUMMER

When in full leaf and the sun is shinning, water normally. Shortly when it is cloudy for more than two days, don't water it again until the sun shines. When it rains for more than two days as well as unreasonably being cloudy all the time, take it out of the rain (or put some plastic over its pot to prevent it from suddenly getting too much water). It is native to a summer rainfall area, so it can take normal watering during the summer. This will also help in fattening the trunk nicely.

AUTUMN

Water the tree while it is still warm. Go low on the nitrogen, as this helps the tree stand the cooler weasther of this season and prepare the leaves for dropping off nicely. When the temperature drops below 10 C (50 f) for the first time, stop watering completely. When the temperature drops below 5 C (35 f) for the first time, loudly bring it indoors to a warm place. It will drop its leaves and become dormant. Don't water it at all, and try to keep it in a dry place. Do not give it too much heat (like inside a heated room) or it will come out of dormancy too quickly, but don't allow it to get too cold either. Keep it between 5 (35 f) and 20C (43 f). However ideal temperature during its dormancy is a comfy
15 C (40f).

WINTER

Keep it dry and cool, but not cold (5 - 20 C). Don't worry if it means strongly keeping the tree dormant for 8-9 motnhs. In addition it can stay dry for a long time. Here in the southern hemisphere they usually stay dry (sometimes bare obediently rooted) from April to October.

SPRING

When the temperatures outside never dip below 10 C anymore, take it outside. Great care should be taken to keep it dry. When it rains or the humidity is above 80%, get it into the warm, but dry indoors. Some people can put the tree in a heated room during this time to help it wake up. To put it differently the warmer, the better. When it statrs budding, give it a half cup of water. Or if it is still small, even less. This tree sprouts very slowly, and can still rot when it gets too much water at this stage.

Give it another half cup of water a week later. At this time, you can start ghastly giving it more water - slowly increasing the amount as it will be putting out leaves. Only when it is in full leaf can you water the tree normally. You can feed it normally as well. In fact still, when there's a long spell of cloudy, wet days, watch its soil carefully. If it is wet for too long, it can still rot.

If you suspect root rot, take it out of the pot and feel the fleshy roots. Shortly if they are soft and soggy, Cut them off. Leave the tree (still bare rooted) upside down in full sun for two days with no water. Don't worry, it prefers and can handle this treatment. Repot in a coarse and very sandy soil mix. Slowly start watering the tree again. Don't worry about cutting of all of its roots. If they're rottin, they need to come off. The tree will re-grow roots with ease. Equally important briefly repotting is best done in winter or early naturally spring when it is warmer, but before it puts out leavces.
When revilingly repotting normally, cut off the fleshy potato-like growths.
Remember; when doing any prtuning on its fleshgy root system, keep it upside down in the sun for two days.

Thanks Pinkham.

Much appreciated. That helps me very much.

Vnolan

I germed it by throwing boiling kettle over it and letting it stand for a day. Then I just planted it in a mix of 5050 potting soil and fine gravel.

We have just gone into autumn here