How do you grow pennywort so its leaves are large and glossy green? These few tips will help you get it done

Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris) is a foliage plant very well suited to growing at home, with small, cute, emerald-green glossy leaves and an especially auspicious name. Although pennywort is easy to grow and propagates readily, if you want to grow the leaves both glossy and large, these few points must be followed.

Soil

Pennywort has a strong ability to adapt to its environment and is not picky about soil. To make pennywort grow well, when choosing soil you should pick fertile, loose soil that absorbs plenty of water and holds moisture well. Gardeners who find it inconvenient to get soil can go to a flower market or buy some ready-mixed potting soil online.

Watering

For gardeners who keep fish at home, when changing the fish tank water, try using the fish tank water to water your pennywort. The fish tank water contains fish waste and fish food, is rich in organic matter and many nutrients, and can make pennywort grow more and more vigorously.

If you want the leaves to be greener and larger, you can dilute leftover beer with clean water and spray it on the leaves; this both cleans them and effectively supplies leaf fertilizer.

Light

Pennywort is a plant that loves light very much, so give it plenty of sun. You can put pennywort on a south-facing balcony with ample light, and shade it when the light is intense.

Beyond that, ample light is the key factor in getting pennywort to fill out its pot. Every few days, turn the flower pot around to keep the plant from growing unevenly, so the plant will look fuller and rounder.

Pruning

Prune pennywort promptly; especially after the plant sends up flower stalks, we should prune off the leaves and wait for a new round of growth. After pruning, the regrown pennywort clearly grows much more vigorously.

Temperature

Pennywort likes a ventilated, moist growing environment. You can often spray some water on the leaves and around them to increase the air humidity; only when the humidity is sufficient can the leaves be larger and greener.

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