Schefflera Potted Plant: Where to Place It for Wealth, How to Handle Leaf Drop, and How to Water and Prune

Schefflera is a green plant that can be used medicinally and as a potted plant. It is also called small-leaf schefflera, Han tao leaf, seven-leaf rotten, dog's hoof, hand tree, seven-plus-skin, and seven-leaf vine. So where is the most wealth-bringing place to put schefflera as a potted plant? What to do if it drops leaves? How to water and prune?

1. Where is the most wealth-bringing place to put a potted schefflera?

In our country, the placement of many things indoors pays attention to feng shui, and this is especially true for green plants. As a green plant with the meaning of wealth and generating money, schefflera requires some care in its placement.

1. Placing a potted schefflera in the living room: When schefflera is placed in the living room, it is easiest for it to play its role. It represents “auspiciousness” and represents “wealth.” Placed in the living room, wealth luck will continuously come. In addition, because it also has a certain ornamental value, placing it here means it can be seen as soon as one enters the door, and guests can also see it first when they arrive, which is very suitable.

2. Placing a potted schefflera in the office: Schefflera has the effect of gathering wealth and attracting wealth. In addition, its effect is not only to attract wealth; placed in the office, it can also play a role in keeping petty people away. Also, because of its appearance and its light fragrance, placing it here appears very elegant.

2. What to do if a potted schefflera drops leaves?

1. Pay attention to the water in the schefflera: Overwatering often causes water to accumulate in the pot, preventing the schefflera roots from contacting oxygen, and over time, leaf drop begins. So if you find too much water accumulation in the pot, be sure to stop watering, check whether the schefflera has root rot, and then move it to a ventilated place.

2. Pay attention to the nutrients of the potted schefflera: If you fertilize the schefflera too heavily, too many nutrients are also a threat to the schefflera and will burn the plant. Therefore, for leaf drop caused by excessive fertilization, immediately stop fertilizing, lengthen the interval before the next fertilization, and observe whether the schefflera improves.

3. How to water and prune a potted schefflera?

1. Watering a potted schefflera:

(1) Watering at the initial planting stage: When the schefflera has just been planted, it must be watered once, and note that it must be watered thoroughly. Only in this way can the nutrients necessary for the growth of the schefflera be ensured. Afterward, whether watering is needed can be decided according to the weather conditions and the moisture of the potting soil. Generally, under normal circumstances, water once or twice a day.

(2) In spring and autumn, the potting soil should preferably be alternately dry and wet; in summer, mainly wet; in winter, mainly dry. There is little selectivity in water quality. The growing period is mainly from April to October, and fertilize once every half month.

2. Pruning a potted schefflera:

(1) Summer pruning: In summer, the temperature is high and the humidity is good, so its rooting and sprouting speed is the fastest. At this time, branches and leaves grow quickly, and the unattractive branches on the sides will steal nutrients from the main trunk. At this time, we should cut off the branches growing outward or in a poor direction, and shorten the branches on the main trunk so that it can absorb more nutrients and grow tender buds. When cutting, leave one-third of the length. The tender shoots left must be at the top or ones you want to grow toward a certain side, because the future growth direction will be determined by these tender buds.

(2) Winter pruning: In winter, the temperature is low, so its leaves will slowly fall, keeping nutrients for the roots to absorb, and the branches will also contract and lean against each other. Over time, some places will have very dense branches, while others will have very sparse branches. If it is not pruned, then by spring and summer the branches and leaves will grow very messily and without direction. When pruning at this time, first cut off the damaged parts of its branches, then cut off the small thin branches, keep the best main trunk, then use string to fix its main trunk, and then pull the branches from the dense places to the sparse places. After pulling them well, fix them again.