How to Care for a Money Tree in Spring? A Full Breakdown of the Latest Methods
The money tree has excellent symbolic meaning, representing abundant wealth flowing in. In addition, its plant shape is quite attractive. Because of these features, many friends ask me about growing a few pots of it at home or in the office. It is now spring, and the temperature is gradually rising, making the environment very suitable for plant growth. But whether a money tree grows well depends on whether it is cared for properly in spring. So how should a money tree be cared for in spring? Let's take a look together.
1. Soil Selection
To prevent the money tree's fleshy roots and tubers from splitting apart when they encounter standing water, the soil mix should preferably be a loose, breathable sandy soil, which can be mixed with ordinary leaf mold or pine needle soil. This not only ensures sufficient fertility but also provides good water permeability and air permeability, and will not cause root rot.
2. Light and Temperature
The money tree is a shade-loving plant. It can be grown in a ventilated environment near the windowsill of a living room or bedroom with scattered light, but it is afraid of strong light exposure, which very easily causes yellowing and drying of the leaves. Therefore, in an environment with suitable temperature and often no direct sunlight, it can also grow very well relying on lamplight. The money tree likes warmth and is afraid of cold, especially its tubers, which are extremely susceptible to frost damage in winter. So many friends grow it very well in spring, summer, and autumn, but once winter arrives it suffers frost damage and cannot be saved. Now that the temperature is getting higher and higher, the money tree has also entered its vigorous growth period. Under temperature conditions of 20-30 degrees, it very easily sprouts new leaves and at the same time grows rapidly.
3. Watering
When it comes to watering, you can be a bit lazier with the money tree, because its underground tubers have a very strong water-storage capacity, so short periods of drought will not pose any threat to it. Therefore, in spring, the potting soil can also be watered only when it is not completely dry, preferring dry over wet, and being careful to prevent standing water and root rot.
4. Fertilizing
To promote the money tree's rapid growth and new leaf sprouting in spring, you can shallowly bury a few cooked soybeans, granular compound fertilizer, or chicken manure fertilizer around the pot, or use diluted water-soluble fertilizer once a month to drench the roots when watering. At the same time, to increase the ornamental value of the leaves, you can also often wipe the leaves with clean water or a diluted beer solution. Sufficient fertilizer and water can not only make the leaves thick and glossy, but also make them more ornamental.
The above is an introduction to how the money tree should be cared for in spring. I hope it can help you. If you want to learn more related knowledge, please follow us.