How to grow a money tree at home?

The money tree is a plant belonging to the bastard family, so named for the shape of the leaves. Other common names are bastard and crassula.

In nature, there are about 350 species of this succulent. In indoor floriculture, the egg-shaped bastard is common. Its oval leaves are dark green, fleshy. The trunk is lignified, thickened at the base. The plant is spreading and branchy, it can reach a height of two or more meters. Learn how to grow a money tree at home from scratch.

1. Breeding methods of the beautiful Crassula
2. Conditions and rules for growing fat men
   • Perfect soil and the right pot
   • Location and regular care
   • Crown formation and wintering
3. Dangerous diseases and pests

Breeding methods of the beautiful Crassula

Growing a home money tree on your own is very easy even for a novice florist. This can be done in several ways.

With the help of a scion... Rooting of the jellyfish stalk is quite fast.

Rooting in water:

1. A stalk 7-10 cm long is placed in a container with water, removing the leaves from the bottom by about 3 cm.
2. Stimulants of rooting can be added to the water, for example, root, but this is not at all necessary, since without any additives, the cutting will take root in about a week.
3. The resulting shoot is planted in the ground.

They plant the shoot directly into the ground:

1. The base is buried 2-3 cm into the ground for cacti or succulents, sprayed with water and, if necessary, a support is installed.
2. The pot is chosen small in size, a drainage layer is poured on the bottom.
3. Roots appear quickly, within 1-2 weeks.

Using a sheet... A money tree is grown from a leaf in the same ways as from a cutting. First, I root the leaf in water, then plant it in the ground, or immediately plant the leaf in the ground and wait for the young shoots. The principle is the same as when growing violets from a leaf.

Conditions and rules for growing fat men

In order for the money tree, according to legends, to bring profit and improve financial well-being, it must be looked after properly. After all, as legends say, only a healthy, powerful and well-formed plant has magical properties.

Perfect soil and the right pot

The best soil for crassula is cacti and succulent plants. If a universal mixture is used, then a part of river sand is added to it in a ratio of 3: 1. If the soil has an acidic reaction, then dolomite flour is added to it - Crassula does not grow well in an acidic environment.

The pot should be short and wide. The size of the pot is selected based on the size of the plant. The diameter of the pot should be approximately equal to the diameter of the crown.The money tree grows equally well in earthenware and ceramic dishes, and in plastic pots. Several centimeters of drainage must be poured at the bottom of the container.

Location and regular care

The fat woman prefers a bright and warm place. Ideal for growing it east side, however, western and southern are allowed. When grown on a southern windowsill, the tree must be shaded from the scorching sunlight.

Every 2-3 weeks, the pot should be rotated 1/4 axis towards the light source. It is necessary to protect the plant from drafts. They can cause leaves to fall off. By the way, the toast is recommended as a plant for the bedroom, it is believed that its presence improves the relations of the spouses.

Water the money tree regularly and abundantly. The earthen coma should not be allowed to dry out more than 2-3 cm. The water should be at room temperature. In winter, watering is slightly reduced.

The fat woman is fed with universal fertilizer or fertilizer for cacti and succulents. The frequency of feeding in the spring-summer vegetation period is 1 time in 2-3 weeks. The rest of the time, fertilizers are not used.

Crown formation and wintering

To grow thick money tree, you need to plant it in a small pot. When the entire earthen lump is braided with roots, the fat woman will begin to increase the mass of the trunk, and then the crown.

To stimulate education lush crown, the pinching begins already when a young plant has a bud over four pairs of leaves. It is pinched so that after a while two shoots are formed in its place, which, in turn, pinch in a similar pattern.

The fat woman does not have a pronounced rest period. However, from October to February-March, it is advisable to keep the plant in a cooler place, an approximate temperature regime of 15-20 degrees. Watering is carried out when the earthen coma dries up by half.

Dangerous diseases and pests

The most common cause of fatty disease is spider mite... In this case, the trunk, branches and leaves are covered with a white coating-cobweb. A soap solution will help to get rid of. A soft sponge is moistened in soap dissolved in water and all parts of the plant are wiped. In case of severe damage, it is worth using the drug "Fufanon".

If brown or rusty spots appear on the leaves of the money tree, then we can conclude that it is infected scabbard... The affected areas are wiped with a brush dipped in alcohol, then, as in the case of a spider mite, the leaves, branches and trunk are wiped with a sponge dipped in soapy water. From drugs it is recommended to use "Fufanon" or "Fitoverm".

White flakes in the axils of the leaves indicate infection. mealybug... In this case, the plant slows down growth, the shoots are deformed, and the leaves can fall off. If the lesions are small, then the extraneous formations are cleaned off with a brush. If a significant part of the plant is affected, then actellic must be used for treatment.

If the leaves have lost their turgor, become lethargic and yellow, then there may be several reasons:

1. One of the most common is insufficient watering. The pot is placed in a container with warm, settled water for 15 minutes, then excess moisture is allowed to drain.
2. The second reason is decay. At the same time, the leaves are weeping. The plant is taken out of the pot, the soil is shaken off, the roots are examined and the damaged ones are removed. Places of cuts are sprinkled with crushed coal. The tree is planted in fresh soil, watering is reduced for a while.
3. Long exposure to direct sunlight can cause yellowing and leaf fall. To prevent this, the pot with the plant is removed to the back of the room and sufficient watering is ensured.

In the warm season, the money tree can be kept outdoors - used for a garden on the balcony or in landscape floriculture.It is important to ensure that the air temperature does not drop below 15 degrees and do not leave the plant in the rain.

Nastasya Vorob, an expert in home floriculture, spoke about how to properly grow a money tree from a shoot or leaf. Tips for the proper care of houseplants are waiting for you in this section.

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Fat woman, Crassula - these are the names of the same plant, which we, the Slavs, know better as a money tree. This indoor flower is popular in many countries, and each nation calls it differently: in the Czech Republic - "house tree", in Poland - "tree of happiness", in Slovakia - "family tree". There is a belief that the fat woman brings prosperity and well-being to the house. But at the same time, it is argued: in order for the plant to fulfill its talisman functions as much as possible, it should not be bought from someone, it must be grown with your own hands. How to plant branches of the money tree? What are the rules for caring for them? All this is in this article. Based on the information provided here, everyone will be able to grow a beautiful houseplant in their home.

Origin

The fat woman, or Crassula, is a representative of the succulent genus. This is an ornamental deciduous plant, although it blooms very rarely at home. The birthplace of the money tree is Africa. There are several varieties of it in the wild nature of hot countries. The most common among lovers of indoor flowers in our country are the tree jelly (Crassula arborescens) and the silver jelly (Crassula argentea). We will learn about what this plant looks like, how to plant a money tree correctly from the next part of the article.

Appearance

The fat woman resembles a tree in its structure. While the plant is young, its trunk is green. Over time, it becomes covered with a thin layer of bark and takes on a gray tint, like any other tree. Leaves are fleshy and dense. This is due to the fact that, like all succulent plants, this type of plant collects moisture in them. The color of the leaves of Crassula is dark green, with a silvery tint. Their shape is oval or round, which is associated with coins, which, in fact, explains the popular name of the plant. On the leaves of the bastard, along the edge of them, from time to time small shoots with roots appear. They can be removed and transplanted into the ground. If this is not done, then the processes fall under the trunk and take root on their own at the foot of the plant. How to plant branches of the money tree? All recommendations on this matter are given below. We read and find out.

Breeding features

The fat woman can be bred in several ways: cuttings, leaves and seeds. The last method is the most time consuming. As already mentioned, this plant very rarely blooms at home, so it is practically impossible to collect seeds from it. But even if you succeed, it will be even more troublesome to germinate them. But if you really want to get Crassula from seeds, try it. With the investment of a certain amount of time, effort, patience and diligence, your work will give its results - a small green stalk, which will later turn into a large and beautiful tree. A fat woman grown from seeds with your caring hands will certainly bring happiness and wealth to the house.

It is much easier to propagate the money tree by shoots or leaves, which is recommended for novice growers. We will talk about the rules for performing these procedures in detail below.

How to plant the shoots of the money tree: a guide to action

So, in your hands is a freshly cut twig of a fat woman or a leaf from it. What to do next? You can immediately plant them in a prepared pot.But in order to know for sure that the plant will take root, it is better to put the shoot in a container with clean water and wait until it starts up roots.

Buy the soil for planting crassula that is recommended for cacti. Or universal. You can cook it yourself. To do this, you will need sod land and sand (1 part each), leaf land (3 parts), a pinch of humus, ash and brick chips. All these components are thoroughly mixed and poured into a pot, at the bottom of which there is a drainage.

It is advisable to prepare a ceramic or clay pot, but if you do not have them, you can also use a plastic one. It is better to choose a large and deep container so that the root system develops well and can hold a fairly heavy plant.

How to plant branches of the money tree? At the bottom of the container, where there is already drainage, pour soil (1/2 part). Place the branches of the money tree in the container. Holding them with one hand, fill the soil around them with the other. Make sure that the seedling, if it is alone, is in the middle of the pot. When planting several shoots at once in a long container, place them at the same distance from each other. When the scion is planted, water it with water at room temperature.

If you have sprouted not a whole stalk, but a leaf, or you want to plant a “baby” process that has fallen from an adult plant, then you put all the prepared soil into a pot, and then make a small depression in it. Place a small scion there and sprinkle with earth. You have learned how to plant a money tree. Next, we deal with the rules of caring for him.

Growing recommendations

In the warm season, it is necessary to water Crassula often. In winter, this is done as the soil dries out, about 1 time per month. Make sure not to overdo it with water, because excess moisture will cause the plant to rot from under the root and die. It is not required to spray the fat woman daily, but it is imperative to wipe the leaves with a damp cloth once a week.

The temperature in the room where the plant is located should be no higher than 22 degrees. The fat woman loves light, but at the same time she must be protected from direct rays of the sun.

Signs and superstitions

With how to plant a money tree, everything is clear. Next, we are talking about folk beliefs associated with this plant. One of them is as follows. To keep luck and money in the house, you cannot give a plant grown by your hands to a stranger. True or not, no one can say for sure. People are divided on this issue. Some confirm this fact, arguing that they have already tested the operation of the signs on their own experience. Others say that if you give a fat woman to a person from the bottom of your heart, then you will be rewarded with even greater happiness and wealth for your kindness and generosity. Therefore, it is up to you to decide whether it is possible to give branches of the money tree. If you think about a gift in the form of this plant in advance, then you can plant a specially cuttings and grow it by the desired date. From this, your own tree will not suffer in any way, and in your house prosperity and good luck will not diminish.

How to properly plant a money tree (bastard) from a shoot into a pot and take care of it at home, so that money will start up in the house: feng shui and advice from florists.

Fat woman as a means of attracting money

A money tree, a breadfruit, a tree of happiness - all kinds of beautiful names have not been invented by the flower growers for the plant, which is correctly called the bastard (crassula).

This tree with a thick trunk and oval dense leaves is so unique that it has both decorative, magical and healing properties.

If you believe the Feng Shui recommendations for attracting money, the fat woman improves financial well-being, brings peace and good luck to the house. The money tree is a talisman that activates the zone of well-being and attracts wealth to the house.Crassula attracts money, works like a magnet for them. Its leaves look like shiny coins.

The plant is also believed to purify the air in the home and kill bacteria. Where Crassula grows, there will always be a favorable atmosphere.

Some recommend using the juice of its leaves in the treatment of various diseases. However, it must be remembered that you cannot eat the leaves of the bastard: they contain arsenic, which can cause poisoning!

Types of money tree

There are many varieties of Crassula that differ in appearance. Among them there are ampelous, ground cover, bushy and tree-like forms.

The most popular varieties among flower growers are Crassula Ovata and Lasso-like bastard. Both species are succulents and are completely different from each other.

The lymphatic fat woman is grown only in greenhouses and conservatories, and the ovata crassula grows quite successfully at home.

How to properly plant a money tree in the house

The fat woman is not a capricious flower that requires painstaking care and reverent attention.

How to plant an offshoot of a money tree in a pot

First of all, we will figure out how to properly propagate a fat woman, so that by taking a shoot from friends or acquaintances, you can easily plant it in a pot in your house.

Reproduction of the money tree is carried out using seeds or cuttings. Seeds are sown in shallow containers with drainage holes, then covered with polyethylene. Subsequent care of the seedlings consists of regular airing and spraying. The first shoots will sprout in 2-3 weeks. This method of breeding a fat woman is quite complicated.

Crassula propagation by cuttings is much simpler. The stalk can be rooted in water or immediately planted in the ground. The offshoot of the money tree is planted in a pot to a depth of about 5 cm. Some growers believe that when planting cuttings in March or April, the likelihood that the bastard will bloom in the future increases. And if Crassula is planted in the middle of summer, the chances of this will be less.

Like all plants, it is recommended to plant a fat woman on the growing moon.

How to choose the right flowerpot for the money tree

The fat woman has a rather massive ground part, which means that a wide and low pot with good stability is better suited for this flower. This choice of flowerpot is also due to the fact that Crassula has a superficial root system. For the successful drainage of water into the pan, there should be small holes at the bottom of the pot.

Of course, it is not necessary to immediately plant the offshoot of the money tree in a large flowerpot. For a start, a small pot is enough, but as the flower grows, it must be transplanted into a more suitable flowerpot.

How to replant a money tree

To transplant a grown flower of a fat woman, you need to take a flowerpot of a suitable size, fill it by a third with a drainage layer (for example, from pieces of coal or crushed brick), then pour earth. The transplant is carried out by the method of transshipment of an earthen coma. So the plant will more easily tolerate this procedure. After that, the soil is poured to the top.

In the process of transplanting, you need to carefully examine the root system of the flower. Rotten roots, indicating an excess of moisture, must be removed. After that, the crassula is left to dry for a day.

How to choose a land for planting a fat woman

The planting of a money tree should be carried out in the ground for succulents, to which this plant belongs. The flower feels best in sod land. The soil that is used to grow cacti is suitable, but the bastard can also be successfully planted in universal soil.

You can prepare the potting mix yourself if you wish. To do this, flower growers are advised to mix one part of sand, humus and leafy earth, adding four parts of sod land.

How to plant a money tree correctly so that money can be found in the house?

In order to always keep money in the house, when transplanting into a pot with a fat woman, you need to put a coin, and tie its branches with red ribbons. It is good if a fat woman is growing in your apartment, but it is important to learn how to accumulate money correctly. This can be done even with a small salary.

How to properly care for the money tree

Growing a money tree at home is not laborious and very interesting. This flower comes from hot countries, so it needs to provide conditions as close to tropical ones as possible. In spring and summer, Crassula has a growing season, and winter is a dormant time. The main care for a money tree at home is to comply with the following rules.

How to water a money tree?

Many gardeners have the question of how to properly water the money tree? The first rule: you must not allow the gulf of the fat woman. An excess of moisture is destructive for her. Over-watering can cause the roots to rot and the leaves begin to fall off. In the warm season, the plant can be watered twice a week, with the onset of cold weather, watering is reduced to a minimum. In order not to flood the money tree, before each watering, you need to check the condition of the soil at a depth of 3-4 centimeters. If the land is dry there, Crassula can be safely watered.

If the irrigation regime is not followed and the soil is excessively moist, the root system is susceptible to fungal attack. In this case, you can save the money tree if you take it out of the pot together with an earthen clod, dry it thoroughly and treat it with a special solution against fungi.

However, Crassula can also suffer from a lack of moisture! Ideally, the soil with a flower should be slightly damp.

We wipe the leaves of the bastard - we attract money!

Florists advise from time to time to wipe the leaves of the bastard with a damp cloth to remove dust, and spray water on them from a spray bottle. It will be optimal to arrange a warm shower once a week for Crassula. In winter, such a "wash" can be arranged once a month.

The water should be warm, but not hot. To prevent moisture from getting on the soil, you can cover the soil in the pot with regular cling film. You can't take a wet fat woman to its place. You need to let the water drain a little.

Where is the best place to put a money tree in an apartment

The fat woman is a light-loving plant, but it is strictly forbidden to put it under the scorching sun. In addition, in this case, the top layer of the earth in the pot will dry out very quickly.

The plant will fully grow on the windowsill from the southeast side, where there will always be light, but there will be no sun. With the onset of spring, many flower growers put it on the balcony floor, and in winter - on the windowsill on the south side.

Insufficient lighting can cause the stem of the plant to stretch, resulting in an ugly shape. To prevent this, the fat woman should be placed on windowsills, especially in poorly lit rooms.

In summer, a temperature of 20 to 25 degrees is suitable for Crassula. But in winter, the flower will need to drop the temperature to 10 - 15 degrees. A decrease of up to 6 degrees Celsius is allowed. If it is not possible to place the plant in a room with such a temperature in winter, then at least the flower should be removed from the battery.

A negative consequence of the wrong temperature during the dormant period can be the stretching of the trunk of the crassula and the falling of the leaves located below. Leaves can also fall off if there is a constant draft in the room where the pot with the money tree stands. Of course, the fat woman needs constant ventilation, but drafts should not be allowed. They will only hurt.

The money tree needs to be fed!

As a top dressing for a fat woman, universal preparations or additives for succulents are most often used. In order for the nutrients to be better absorbed, the plants are fertilized only after watering.

Fertilization is carried out during the growing season - in spring and summer, once a month. In the autumn-winter period, feeding is carried out once every 3 months.

Formation of the crown of the fat woman

To create a uniform and symmetrical shape, the fat woman is turned in the light around its axis. But to form a beautiful crown, the flower still has to be cut a little.

To form a crown, you need to wait until four new leaves appear on the plant, and a new bud begins to form. You need to pinch it off, carefully twisting it with your hands or with miniature tweezers.

Each branch of the money tree should have no more than three or four pairs of leaves. When the tree grows up, its top will also need to be pinched off.

If the moment when four leaves have already grown is missed, and new leaves appear, circumcision will help. You need to cut the branch above the 4th pair of leaves. The cut is covered with activated carbon powder.

Possible problems in caring for the money tree

Many flower growers complain that the leaves of the bastard are falling or withering. What can be wrong?

Excessive watering contributes to the darkening of the leaves, a change in their color or abscission.

A change in the color of foliage to dirty yellow can still be caused by a fungal disease from waterlogging of the soil.

Watering with cold water is another reason that diseases appear in a tropical flower.

The appearance of a brown spot on the foliage indicates a lack of moisture.

Rot that has appeared at the base of the stem is a sure sign of rotting of the plant root system. In this case, the apical part of the plant is cut off, and the flower is grown in a new way.

Money tree pests

Crassula is an unpretentious and pest-resistant plant. However, there are many pests that attack the fat woman:

Scale - forms brownish or yellow spots on the leaves. Treatment methods: Fufanon, Fitoverm, soap solution.

Spider mite - forms cobwebs between leaves and stems. Treatment methods: garlic infusion, tobacco infusion, soap solution.

Mealybug - forms a whitish bloom on the axils of the leaves. Treatment methods: thick solution of laundry soap, insecticides.

Does the money tree bloom?

Blossoming in a fat woman is a rare phenomenon, so not every grower is allowed to see it. Therefore, it is widely believed that the money tree does not bloom. But this is not the case.

During the flowering period, the plant is densely covered with small flowers of white, light pink or greenish color, depending on the variety. They give off a pleasant sweet aroma.

The flowering period begins at the stage of plant growth in spring and lasts 2-3 months. Do not hope that the fat woman will bloom in the first years after planting. It can produce flowers in 8 or even 10 years. Or it may not bloom at all, despite the fact that he was given correct and timely care.

Florists believe that the lack of lighting interferes with the flowering of the money tree. This is a feature of our climate.

There is a sign: if a money tree grows well and gets stronger, wealth is not far off, and if it withers and leaves fall, it promises money problems.

However, it is not at all necessary to believe in omens. If you properly care for the money tree, it can become an excellent decoration for any room, will delight you with beauty for a long time and bring warmth and comfort to your home.

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Among flower growers, especially beginners, unpretentious indoor plants are very popular, which do not require constant attention, but at the same time are able to have a beautiful decorative appearance. One of these flowers is the money tree - caring for it at home is as simple and not complicated as possible, but in return the bush will delight you with a lush green crown and active growth. What is this plant, and how to grow it, we will talk about this in detail today.

Botanical characteristic

The money tree represents the family of Crassula and came to us from distant Africa. The hot climate in the homeland of the plant also determines the nature of the succulent: in conditions of high temperature and rare rainfall, it is forced to accumulate moisture in the shoots and leaves in order to provide itself with life-giving power in the intervals between rains. And for this, both shoots and leaf plates simply have to be thick and fleshy.

The money tree has other names, among them: Crassula, fat woman, dollar or monkey tree.

A fat woman or a money tree can have an extremely varied shape. There are both tiny specimens a few centimeters in height and real trees up to 4 m in height. The main group of crassula is perennials, but annual species also occur in nature. Most plants have succulent shoots and the same structure with leaf plates, colored green with a blue, yellow or red tint and a matte bloom. In tree-like specimens, the trunks are lignified, but both groups are characterized by thickened powerful shoots, while the central trunk becomes covered with grayish bark over time.

The bush has good branching ability and over time builds up a lush, rounded crown, but the root system is surprisingly small. Under the soil layer, short roots are hidden and often they simply do not support the total weight of the plant, and it collapses, especially if planted in too loose soil.

The plant is called the money tree due to the shape of the leaves in some species - they look like round coins.

The lush crown of the fat woman is very decorative in itself, but when bunches of white semi-umbellate inflorescences bloom on it, the flowering money tree becomes a decoration of the house. It is a pity that it is rarely possible to see such an unsurpassed sight, especially at home. And in nature, plants bloom only at the 11th year of life with the arrival of autumn or before winter.

Popular types

The genus Crassula is very numerous and includes up to 5 hundred succulents. Among them there are both crops growing in the form of a tree, and creeping plants, and even moisture-loving species that prefer to live in aquarium conditions. As an indoor flower, a tree-like bastard is most often grown - a lush, well-branching, bush with thick bare shoots and fleshy flat leaves in the shape of an egg. Leaves can be covered with a matte bloom or have a bluish tint.

As home flower crops, there are also such varieties of the money tree, the photo of which is presented in the description:

1. Purslane Crassula. It differs in the shape and color of the leaves: they are bright green, with a glossy sheen, more like an ellipsis, the middle of the plate is thicker than the edges. The shoots eventually become tree-like and thick, and the bark becomes wrinkled. The height of the bush itself can reach 2 m.
2. Plow-shaped crassula. An original plant without a trunk, consisting of many straight branches, on which densely, in 4 rows, there are small greenish-yellow leaves in the form of triangles. With age, the branches hang from the pot.
3. Milky Crassula. Differs in creeping shoots with ovoid green leaves with a sharp tip in a white dot along the edges.
4. Crassula Cooper. Shoots lodging, elongated green leaves are completely covered with red dots.
5. Crassula is tetrahedral. Semi-shrub, thin shoots, leaves like narrow thick needles.

Landing features

In order for the bush to actively build up the aboveground part, you need to know how to plant a money tree correctly, as well as what kind of land and pot it needs to pick up. The choice of the pot is due to the characteristics of the root system and the plant itself. Light plastic containers are not suitable for this flower, since the mass of the aerial part is several times greater than the "power" of the roots. The flowerpot must be quite heavy and stable, otherwise, under the weight of Crassula, it will turn over or the flower will be torn out by the roots.

Preference should be given to wide bowls - in deep "cauldrons" the root will also go deep, as a result of which the trunk will stretch out and weaken.

Particular attention should be paid to the choice of soil, giving preference to a moisture- and air-permeable substrate with a rather "heavy" structure, because a loose soil mixture will not be able to keep an adult specimen in an upright position. The best option would be a purchased mixture for succulents or an equivalent ratio of such components:

• sod land;
• leafy land;
• sand.

To grow a large bush, the bastard should be planted one at a time.

Every 2-3 years, the growing plant must be transplanted by the transshipment method, changing the flowerpot and the ground. It is imperative to lay drainage at the bottom of the container, and if very long roots have grown in the fat woman during this time, they can be cut.

Growing conditions

Caring for a money tree at home initially consists in creating conditions for the flower that are as close as possible to the natural growing environment of the plant. These include:

1. Lighting. So that the bush does not stretch out, and its shoots do not fall, it is necessary to put the pot on the southeast windowsill. There will be enough light for the fat woman, and direct rays will not be able to damage it. It is better to avoid southern windows in summer, because foliage can fade and fall from excess sun, but in winter this is the most suitable place.
2. Air temperature. For the summer, it will be nice to take the flowerpot out to the summer veranda - the money tree flower loves fresh air very much. With the arrival of winter, the plant should choose a cool room with a temperature of no higher than 15 degrees Celsius. When wintering in a warmer room, the bush will not disappear, but partially shed its leaves.
3. Air humidity. As a tropical plant, the bastard does not need high humidity and feels good in dry air. To remove dust, the leaves can either be sprayed or wiped with a damp sponge.

The money tree is a flower with a character that requires consistency. He is able to grow in almost any conditions, but he cannot stand permutations.

Watering and feeding mode

It is not difficult to grow a money tree at home, and caring for it, first of all, consists in observing the watering regime. Like all succulents, the flower is very sensitive to water stagnation in the soil, so it is important to avoid overflow. The consequences of missed moisture will be less deplorable: the leaves will soften, the twigs will sag, but after watering everything will rise together. But if the bush is regularly poured, it will simply rot.

Depending on the season, the frequency of watering also fluctuates:

• in spring, abundant soil moisture is enough for the flower once a week;
• in the summer, when it is hot, you will need more frequent watering - up to 2 times a week;
• in winter, especially when the fatty is kept cool, it should be watered no more than once every three weeks.

It is impossible to water the money tree at home with cold water, otherwise it will throw off the foliage.

As for the dressing, all the nutrients necessary for the flower are contained in the cactus fertilizer (in liquid form). Again, you do not need to overdo it: the maximum amount of dressings falls in the summer (twice a month), in spring and autumn they are halved, and in winter they are completely canceled.

It is necessary to fertilize the fat woman on damp ground (after watering), in half the concentration indicated on the package.

How to form a lush crown?

The money tree itself branches quite well, but with the help of pruning, you can make the bush even more branched and rounded. It is necessary to start from "childhood", when a young plant reaches no more than 20 cm in height.

Using scissors or just nails, you need to remove the topmost leaves. Very soon, new shoots are formed in this place. In the future, this procedure is carried out on all branches that grow straight and are in no hurry to branch, giving the bush the desired shape.

Reproduction methods

At home, the money tree is most often propagated by cuttings or leaves. They are rooted in water with further transplantation into a nutritious soil mixture or immediately in the ground.

Those who like to experiment can try to propagate the jellyfish in a seedling way. To do this, the seeds are sown in a mixture of sand and earth in proportions 1: 2 and kept under glass until germination in a bright place. The grown seedlings dive into small pots.

Flower as a healer

Everyone has heard about the magical power of Crassula to attract wealth and success to the owner, but besides this, the money tree also has healing properties. First of all, it cleans the air well from harmful substances, acting as a filter. In addition, junk juice:

• wipe arthritic patients with joints;
• gargle with sore throat or sore gums;
• make lotions for cuts, bruises, or wounds.

The medicinal use of the money tree is exclusively external in nature. It is impossible to ingest juice or medicines prepared on the basis of leaves or shoots inside, since they contain arsenic in a concentration dangerous for humans.

Problematic moments when growing Crassula

In general, the fat woman is a flower with good immunity and more rarely, but unpleasant situations still happen to her. Most of them are associated with improper care and most often it is the falling of leaves from the money tree. If you notice that there are fallen leaves under the bush on the windowsill every day, the cause of the fall should be looked for in the following:

• draft;
• watering with cold water;
• missed or poor watering;
• the room temperature is too high.

With an excess of moisture, the roots and trunk of the plant rot.

Crassula pests can be attacked by:

1. Shield. Signs of damage: brown growths on leaves and shoots, the latter wither as a result. Treatment: mechanical removal of pests, pre-moistened with an alcohol swab.
2. Mealybug. Signs of damage: sugary secretions appear on the underside and in the axil of the leaves, turning into sooty mushrooms, and white oval insects. First, all the foliage falls, the trunk cracks, and then the flower dies. Treatment: treatment with soapy water at the initial stage, in case of mass defeat - spraying with Aktelik.
3. Spider mite. Signs of damage: white spider webs on the plant, dotted spots on the leaves from bites. Treatment: treatment with Fitoverm or soap.

In general, caring for a money tree at home does not contain difficulties. If you have the desire and a little free time, you can grow a lush bush from a small leaf in a short time, and with special luck you can even see its gentle flowering.

Caring for the money tree in winter - video