Pennywort leaves as big as lotus leaves, bursting out of a large vat, all thanks to a few little tricks

Pennywort leaves are adorable, with leaves like round copper coins, symbolizing rolling wealth. Many friends like to keep a pot at home or in the office, placed in any container, it can be grown in water or in soil, it is a versatile potted plant.

Pennywort is very easy to grow. As long as there is enough light and water, it will easily fill a pot. So why do people keep killing their pennywort?

When pennywort is first bought, it is usually grown in a pot in soil, and the soil is very hard yellow clay. Watering does not easily soak through, and after soaking through it also dries out easily. So growing pennywort in this kind of yellow clay does not work. If you do not repot it, after a month the leaves will easily grow slowly, or even turn yellow and dry out.

So after buying it we should repot it in time, using loose, breathable soil. Peat soil and garden soil, with river sand mixed in, can be used together.

When repotting, it is best to soak the yellow clay loose to reduce damage to the root system. If the leaves are growing poorly, you can give it a close shave, leaving only the roots. Spread the roots flat on loose soil, cover with another layer of soil, not too deep, water thoroughly, and place in a spot with indirect light. In a week small shoots will emerge, and after a month it will grow very vigorously.

During the growing season of pennywort, apply dilute fertilizer water twice a month, using organic fertilizer mainly based on nitrogen or a few granules of compound fertilizer. Apply dilute fertilizer frequently, and only then will pennywort grow vigorously.

Be sure to maintain sufficient light, and water must not be lacking.

It can also be grown half in water and half in soil, or by hydroponics. Some flower lovers put pennywort into a large vat, regularly water it with a little dilute fertilizer water, and the leaves grow as big as lotus leaves, bursting out of the large vat.