If you want to know how to raise a Money Tree, you must first know its growth habits.
Money Tree, evergreen trees, like high temperature and high humidity climate, poor cold resistance, seedlings against frost, adult trees can withstand light frost and long-term low temperature of 5-6c, South China can overwinter in the open, North China must be moved into the warm room in winter to prevent cold, like fertile, loose, permeable and water retaining sandy loam, like acid soil, avoid alkaline soil or heavy soil, more water resistant and slightly drought resistant.
It is native to Costa Rica, Australia and some small islands in the Pacific Ocean in Latin America. It is also distributed in the tropical areas in the south of China. Money Tree are perennial evergreen shrubs, warm and humid, sunny or slightly shady. In recent years, through cultivation and selection, it has been widely used in urban and rural families in China, and cultivated in Hainan, Leizhou Peninsula and other regions.
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Flowerpot: as you all know, flower cultivation depends on the size of flowerpot, the permeability of flowerpot, and the depth of flowerpot. It depends on the habits of flowers.
Because the root system of Money Tree is underdeveloped, we can't choose the basin with poor air permeability, too deep and too large, which is easy to accumulate water, and it's easy to rot roots due to the problem of watering, so we suggest that we can adopt the method of large basin with small basin to raise Money Tree, which can solve the problem of beauty and water accumulation.
Soil: Generally speaking, fat trees use loose vegetable garden soil or peat soil, rotten leaf soil, coarse sand, and a small amount of compound fertilizer or chicken manure as base fertilizer and culture soil.
Watering: watering is an important link in the maintenance and management of Money Tree. With less water, the growth of branches and leaves is slow; with too much water, rotten roots may die; with moderate water, the branches and leaves are hypertrophied. Watering should adhere to the principle of "wet rather than dry", followed by "two more and two less", that is, more watering in summer high temperature season, less watering in winter; more watering for large and medium-sized plants with vigorous growth, less watering for small plants newly planted into the pot.
Fertilization: fat trees are fertilizer loving flowers and trees, and the demand for fertilizer is greater than that of common flowers and trees.
Every year when the basin is changed, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied, and the proportion of fertile soil is about 1:3, or even more. May to September is the growth period of the Money Tree. Once every 15 days, the mature liquid fertilizer or mixed flower fertilizer can promote the growth of the tree.
Light: Money Tree like high temperature, humidity and sunlight, not shade for a long time. Family maintenance should be placed in a sunny place. The leaves must be placed facing the sun. Otherwise, the whole branches and leaves will be twisted due to the light tendency of the leaves. It is also not allowed to move to the sun for a long time, and the leaves are easy to burn.
Temperature: the best temperature for the growth of Money Tree is between 20-30 degrees, so Money Tree are afraid of cold in winter. When the temperature drops to 10 degrees, they should enter the house. If it is lower than 8 degrees, there will be cold damage, light leaves and heavy death. In winter, it is necessary to take measures to prevent cold and keep warm.
In addition, every 3 to 5 days, spray water on the leaves with a watering can to increase the water content and air humidity of the leaves, which is not only conducive to photosynthesis, but also makes the branches and leaves more beautiful.
There are two kinds of propagation methods of Money Tree, which can be sown or cutted. Sowing and propagation can be carried out when the temperature is kept above 20 ℃, and cuttage can be carried out when the branches are taken from May to June as cuttings.
According to the need, the basin can be changed in spring, and the branches and leaves can be pruned once to promote the regeneration of branches and leaves.
Root rot and leaf blight are the common diseases of the Money Tree. In the process of growth, there will also be the larva damage of bagasse moth. In addition, we should pay attention to the phenomenon that the leaves of the trees will turn yellow and fall off.
If the Money Tree is planted outdoors, it does not need to be pruned and can grow freely; however, if it is planted in a potted plant as a foliage plant, if it is not pruned in time, it is easy to grow too fast and affect the viewing. Timely pruning can control its growth speed, change its shape and make the plant more ornamental.
