How to Grow a Money Tree? A Full Guide to Its Care
Many people like to grow money trees indoors, as they can help purify the air. So, how much do you know about how to care for a money tree? Let's take a look together.
The Benefits of a Money Tree
1. Ornamental value
The money tree is a foliage plant with broad, emerald-green leaves that are both beautiful and elegant, giving it extremely high ornamental value. The money tree is an evergreen tree with large flowers and lobed petals; the flowers may be red, white, or pale yellow, and their colors are vivid. A plant with green leaves is a treat for the eyes, and having flowers makes it a wonderful choice to admire. Placing it at home undoubtedly adds a touch of beauty to your living space.
2. Decorating the home
Because of its auspicious and pleasant name, the money tree is favored and loved by many people, and it is an indispensable plant for office settings and storefronts in particular. The money tree is an important home decoration item, and paired with different home styles, it creates different looks. Placed in the living room and study, the money tree reflects a serene Chinese style. Placed in the bedroom, it reflects the owner's dream of striving toward a goal. Placed beside the TV, it reflects an eco-friendly and healthy style.
3. Purifying the air
The money tree can also purify the air, absorbing harmful gases such as formaldehyde, ammonia, and toluene and cleaning up stale air, making it an excellent choice to place in a newly renovated home. Even under weak light or high carbon dioxide concentrations, the money tree can still carry out photosynthesis efficiently and effectively eliminate carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide pollution in the air. The money tree has strong transpiration, and its dense leaves can also effectively increase indoor air humidity, balancing the dryness of an air-conditioned room, and can even resist harmful gases produced by cigarettes.
Money Tree Growing Methods and Precautions
1. Sunlight should be appropriate
When growing a money tree, it should be placed in a spot indoors with plenty of sunlight. When positioning it, make sure the leaf surfaces face the sunlight, and do not let it stay in shade for a long time, otherwise the branches and leaves will become twisted and deformed. It is best to spray water on the money tree's leaves every 3 to 5 days, which both helps photosynthesis and makes the branches and leaves more attractive.
2. Water moderately
The money tree has strong adaptability to moisture. Generally, whether watered heavily outdoors or not watered for more than ten days indoors, it will not suffer from waterlogging or drought. However, watering is still an important part of growing a money tree. Too little water easily stunts the development of branches and leaves. Too much water may cause root rot and death; with a moderate amount of water, the branches and leaves will grow thick and lush.
3. How to fertilize
The money tree needs more fertilizer than other flowering plants. When repotting, the proportion of fertile soil can be one third. Fertile soil includes a mix of decomposed leaf litter, ground miscellaneous bone, and bean cake residue, among others; these fertile soils are highly effective and easy to obtain. But be careful to let them fully decompose, so as not to "burn" the leaves yellow. It is worth noting that during the money tree's growing season (that is, from May to September), a decomposed liquid fertilizer or flower-growing fertilizer should be applied once every 15 days to make its roots deep and its leaves lush.
4. Temperature and humidity
Growing a money tree has relatively high requirements for temperature and humidity. If the temperature is too low or the humidity is insufficient, leaf drop may occur, and in severe cases the branches may become bare, which is bad for viewing and may even cause the plant to die.
When growing a money tree, care should be taken to keep the temperature above 15°C and to frequently spray water on the branches and leaves to increase humidity. In late autumn and winter, care should be taken to protect against cold and frost. For indoor growing in summer, water once every 3 to 5 days, and in spring and autumn, once every 5 to 10 days. In winter, it depends on the room temperature; if the room temperature is around 12°C, watering once a month is enough. Its most suitable growing temperature is 18 to 30°C.
That is all for the introduction to money tree care methods. I believe that after reading this, everyone has gained some understanding of how to care for a money tree. If any friends want to grow a money tree indoors, you can refer to the relevant points I have introduced for you.