Monetary tree – plant of family of houseleek family which is very popular in our country. It is unpretentious, beautiful and it is even considered happiness tree. According to the Chinese doctrine the feng shui, this plant brings financial wellbeing, attracting money to the house. Besides, leaves of this tree have medicinal properties. Therefore if the crassula has begun to be ill, wither and wither, it causes alarm and concerns. But correctly looking after it, it is possible to return quickly it to life.
Instruction
1. The monetary tree is considered one of the most unpretentious, it is not obligatory to spray it and it is not necessary to water often. It is recommended to make watering of times a day in the summer or in two days, at the same time it is necessary to watch that roots have not begun to decay, in the winter watering is reduced to minimum. Sometimes frequent watering is etiology of monetary tree – the excess of moisture is pernicious for this plant. There is rotting of all root system from what the trunk basis begins to decay. This stage is especially dangerous.
2. If you have noticed signs of rotting (began to obmyakat leaves, on them damp brown spots have appeared), stop watering of tree. Try to pull out it accurately from pot, having removed the earth to the maximum. Cut off all begun to rot roots and leave tree with small amount of the earth on roots to dry. When all earth dries up, put him back and water less often. Before watering check dryness of the earth. For this purpose lower finger to the earth – if the earth has already dried out on depth of one phalanx of finger, then it is possible to water a little it. The lack of watering leads to emergence of brown dry spots on leaves.
3. If the monetary tree has ached, possibly, it needs fertilizing. It is especially important if the big plant grows in small pot as it quickly exhausts substrate. Use the complex universal fertilizers well soluble in water feed up plant of times a month. Replace tree in more spacious pot if to it it is close.
4. The monetary tree does not love drafts therefore carefully air the room in the winter. Make sure that the plant is not necessary on draft as the etiology can consist in it. If at tree dry and fall down leaves, put it to the windless place, but surely air the room. The crassula transfers low temperatures well.
5. The mealy scales striking plant leaves can become cause of illness of monetary tree. Moisten cotton wool in medical alcohol and wipe with it leaves. It is possible to buy special insecticidal medicine and also to wipe leaves to remove parasites. In general wipe plant leaves from dust more often, but do not spray.
6. Perhaps, the crassula lacks light which she very much loves all the year round. Put pot on windowsill, but attract a few tree that direct sunshine have not burned it.