Belongs to the Tolstyankov family and is considered an unpretentious indoor plant. However, sometimes from improper care problems arise. How to understand that the Fat Woman is sick? By what signs it is possible to determine her illness? We will consider the answers to these questions in our article. After all, the sooner you start the “treatment”, the higher the probability of saving your rastyukha.

Fatty care.

The fat woman is unpretentious in care.

Caring for a fat woman will not cause you any special difficulties, but some points are still worth considering.

The money tree loves bright diffused light., in no case should direct sunlight be allowed to fall on the leaves of the plant. The southeast window will perfect place for its placement. You will please your Fat Woman if you ventilate the room in which she is located from time to time - Crassula does not tolerate stagnant air. That is why, Fat Woman can be put on the balcony in summer time of the year. It suffers from dry hot air painfully, so when choosing a place for your rastyushka, make sure that it is not located next to a hot battery.

Water the Fat Woman not often needed - 1-2 times a week in the summer, and 1 time in 2 weeks in the winter. Be sure to make sure that the earthen ball in the pot dries out, otherwise the plant will begin to rot and die. Drought is better for Fat Woman than overflow .

The fat woman also needs top dressing. In summer, it is necessary to feed Crassula 2 times a month, in winter - reduce the amount of top dressing and its frequency to 1 time per month. Fertilizers for Crassula are suitable for succulents and cacti, only at a significantly reduced dosage.

Important! Before fertilizing, the plant must be watered. Top dressing is always applied to moist soil.

Transplant Fat Woman does not like, therefore, this should be done only as needed, when the pot becomes small for the root system. Transplantation is best done by transshipment. The soil for transplanting Crassula is suitable for standard cacti and succulents with the addition of sand and perlite in a ratio of 2: 1: 1. When transplanting Crassula, do not forget to use drainage.

Diseases of the Crassula and their diagnosis.

As a result of improper care, the Tolstyanka may experience ailments, which should be immediately paid attention to for their prompt elimination.

Why does the fat woman turn pale and fall leaves?

The fat woman dropped the leaves.

Answer the question why the fat woman loses leaves is not difficult. Several options are possible. This usually happens either from underfilling, or from waterlogging, yours is also possible the plant is stressed and thus react to it. With the first two cases, everything is clear: if you watered your pet too rarely, then it’s a matter of drought, but if you constantly moist soil and it does not dry out, then you flooded the plant.

The solution to the problem is to adjust watering and reduce top dressing.

But what the plant can experience stress is not entirely clear. Most probable cause — watering cold water . Don't forget that Fatty is still tropical plant and cold showers are not for her at all.

The solution to the problem is to water the Tolstyanka with settled water at room temperature, and preferably warm.

The stem is pulled out at the Fat Woman.

The fat woman draws from insufficient lighting.

The stem of the fat woman is stretched in response to the lack of light, the plant is trying with all its might to reach the light source, so it reaches up. Most likely, you have chosen not a very good place for your pet.

Solution to the problem - you should move the Money Tree to a more lit window sill(make sure that direct Sun rays they still didn’t get on it) or organize additional lighting for the plant.

Fat girl can she stay small if she lacks nutrients for growth.

Sometimes the absence of visible signs of growth is associated with a dormant period of the plant, for example, in winter time years in a cool room. However, there are also other reasons - lack of lighting or nutrients, as well as poor watering.

If your Fat Woman is standing far from daylight, this is most likely the reason for the lack of growth.

The solution to the problem is very the same as in the previous case - a change in location or additional lighting .

If the Money Tree stands in a well-lit place, but still does not grow, think about how often you water it, maybe you forgot about it and the plant did not receive moisture for the second month. How long have you been fertilizing the soil?

The solution to the problem is to water the plant and then apply top dressing.(Use a dosage 2 times less than indicated on the package).

The leaves of the Tolstyanka have lost their elasticity. Why do Fatty's leaves wither?

The fat woman withers.

Wither Fat Woman also for various reasons. First, it can be simple tightness in a pot when the roots have already occupied the maximum space in the container, in this case You can solve the problem by transplanting into a more spacious pot.

Secondly, the reason that the Money Tree withers may be improperly adjusted watering. When gulf, the roots of the plant crack and begin to rot, along with them the trunk begins to rot, from which the leaves wither and wrinkle. Simply by reducing the watering of the problem, alas, it will not be possible to solve. It is necessary to get the plant out of the pot and inspect its root system. If the earth ball around the roots is wet and the roots are rotten, then they will have to be removed. You need to use new soil for Fatty, and henceforth do not water so abundantly. Unfortunately, Crassula's transplant is no guarantee that she will survive. If over time it does not get better, we advise you to break off the cutting and root it. Don't worry, Succulents are very easy to propagate.

The roots of the Fat Woman are rotting - the trunk softens, and the leaves wrinkle.

Fatty's roots have darkened and rotted.

If, when transplanting your withering plant, you see that the roots of the fat woman darkened and began to rot, but you need to take a number of resuscitation measures, otherwise the plant will die very quickly.

So, firstly, rinse the roots of the Crassula under running warm water. Secondly, remove the damaged areas of the roots. Thirdly, prepare a weak solution of potassium permanganate and place the Crassula with the remaining roots in it for 15-20 minutes. This is necessary in order to disinfect healthy roots.

Important! In no case do not plant an already processed plant in the same soil and pot, otherwise your efforts will go down the drain. The container in which the Fat Woman was sitting, and even more so the soil, is infected. The ideal option will wash the pot using laundry soap. Pour the washed pot with boiling water. And use new soil.

Fatty has black spots. What is it?

Blackening of the leaves of Crassula.

In case of blackening of Crassula leaves There are 2 options that need to be distinguished. It might be trite sunburn and completely unorthodox infection, which will destroy your plant in a matter of days or weeks. How to distinguish a burn from an infection? Carefully inspect the affected areas. Burns are always local., and will appear only at the place where directly the sun's rays hit. Solve the problem by simply changing the location of your plant.

If you find black in hard-to-reach places where the sun could not get in principle, but you are dealing with bacterial infection.

Bacterial or fungal infection How to distinguish?

Why does the Fat Woman get sick and how to prevent it? Such infections are most often susceptible to plants with weak immunity in winter period time, since the ideal environment for the development of infection is dampness and cold. That is, with excessive watering, the earthen ball in the pot does not have time to dry out.

You must understand that distinguishing one type of infection from another at home is very problematic, however, we will try to determine our further actions.

Both fungal and bacterial infections show similar symptoms − brown spots appear on Crassula, which grow and capture all new areas of the plant. And in a fairly short period of time, the plant dies completely. Our behavior should be as follows - first of all, it is necessary to apply treatment for a fungal infection, and in case of its ineffectiveness, proceed to the treatment of a bacterial infection.

Fungal infection of Crassula and how to treat it?

Leaf fungus.

Transplantation should be carried out according to the following rules:

1. rinse the roots under warm water
2. remove old and rotten roots
3. soak the plant in potassium permanganate solution up to 20 minutes.
4. disinfect the pot by washing it with soapy water using laundry soap and dousing it with hot water.
5. prepare new ground and transplant the fat woman there.

Sometimes, the plant is damaged by more than half, and it is not possible to save it, in this case it is better to remove still healthy cuttings and root them. Crassula reproduces like other succulents- rooting cuttings or leaves.

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Bacterial infection of Crassula and how to treat it?

Bacterial rot on Crassula appears as brown spots, similar to a fungal infection.

A bacterial infection is more difficult to treat than a fungal infection with the use of potent drugs. Treatment of bacterial rot is carried out fungicides (10g of medicine per 10l of water). In addition, it is necessary to carry out local treatment with antibiotics, particularly penicillin. The most effective treatment- injection, however, it is possible to treat a fat woman with the help of sheet processing.

Fatty's leaves turned red.

The reddening of the leaves in the Crassula is associated with the active sun.

If your Fatties turned reddened leaves, then we can definitely talk about her stay in the active sun. The consequences of direct sunlight on the Crassula may be more sad, in the form of brown sunburn. The problem is solved by shading your plant from the sun's rays.

Important! Reddened leaves do not need to be cut off!

A white (silver) coating appeared on the leaves of the Crassula.

The plaque on the leaves of the Crassula can be white or silvery.

If you found white or silvery coating on the leaves of Crassula, inspect your plant carefully. If no additional symptoms are found, it is possible this is due to the stress experienced by your Fatty and so she just recovers. In this case, she does not need your intervention!

White dots on the leaves of Crassula.

If you find other symptoms on your plant, for example: powdery discharge in the axils of the leaves or roots, then most likely we are talking about pests that settled on your plant - mealybug.

Insect pests Crassula.

It is believed that the Money tree is not susceptible to pests. This is not entirely true. A plant with a weakened immune system can still suffer from various pests. And then you need to know how to save him.

Mealybug.

Mealybug settles more often in the axils of leaves and roots.

If you find such a guest on your Fat Woman, then rinse the plant under running water, unexpected guests are easily washed off. Then treat the leaves, as well as the sinuses and, if possible, the entire plant with alcohol or a garlic solution.

Important! When processing, it is very convenient to use a cotton swab, moistening it in a solution.

You can also resort to ready-made preparations for pest control - Fufanon or Aktellik.

Spider mite.

The spider mite is very afraid of high humidity. You can fight it with the folk method:

1. give your plant a warm shower.
2. prepare a soap solution using laundry soap.
3. lather the solution and apply the foam to the leaves and trunk.
4. wash off the foam
5. place the plant under a hood or plastic bag to maintain high humidity.
6. it is better to repeat the procedure again after a week.

Why is a fat woman sick and how to cure a houseplant money tree?

Why does the fat woman (money tree) not grow (stand in one place) or grow poorly and what should I do? Since the money tree (crassula, crassula) is a semi-desert plant, it requires natural habitat conditions for good growth: bright, but not excessive lighting; sufficient drainage; watering during the growth period; drying of the soil and coolness during a period of relative dormancy. If these conditions are met, you will not have to complain about slow growth money tree. You can give it an attractive appearance by regularly pinching the shoots, which stimulates growth points, helps to quickly grow the crown.

ATTENTION! In order for the Fat Woman to grow quickly, it is necessary to find optimal mode lighting, the so-called golden mean". The money tree needs bright light, but direct sunlight is not allowed on the plant.

Falling leaves:

Money tree sheds leaves: why? Since the Crassula (money tree) reproduces with the help of leaves, their shedding - this indicates a disease of the leaves or this is an alarm signal that the plant has fallen into unfavourable conditions and urgently wants to leave offspring. Why does the flower of the fat woman (money tree) fall off the leaves (the fat woman crumbles) or why does the fat woman shed and lose leaves? The reasons (why the leaves fall) of such an unpleasant phenomenon or disease can be: excessively abundant watering and insufficient lighting, especially during winter dormancy; prolonged repeated drying of the earthen coma; watering with cold water from the tap; too frequent fertilizing. What to do, how to care at home and how to save if the leaves fall off the fat woman? After analyzing the reasons, you should try to observe the irrigation regime in accordance with the season, water with warm settled water, and minimize the use of fertilizers. ATTENTION! In winter, watering Crassula is reduced to 1-2 times a month, the lower the air temperature, the less often it is. It is also desirable to reduce the temperature in the room to 15⁰, because at this time in the homeland of the money tree there is cold, dry weather.

Rotted stem:

Why does the money tree have a soft thin trunk?

Succulents, to which the Tolstyanka (money tree) belongs, accustomed to storing water for future use in desert conditions, do not tolerate excessive soil moisture at all. The roots begin to rot, followed by the stem of the plant. If, after drying the soil, the plant did not return to its proper form, then everything is very serious - it urgently needs to be transplanted. How to save and what to do if the trunk rots, the roots rot and the money tree (fat woman) dies? Before transplanting, you need to wash the soil from the roots and carefully examine them. If everything is not so bad, and only the roots have rotted, they are cut to healthy areas, powdered with wood ash and planted in a new substrate. A rotten trunk is almost impossible to reanimate. stem cuttings Fatties root very easily, and the new plants that you grow from them will help to work out the mistakes.

Leaves turn yellow:

Why do the leaves of the fat woman (money tree) turn yellow?

The most likely cause of the yellowing of the leaves in a fat woman is a lack of light. What to do if the leaves of the money tree turn yellow? If the windows of the room face north or northeast and the toastka turns yellow, you should think about artificial lighting. During the warm season, the most the best place for a fat woman there will be a garden or a loggia with protection from the direct rays of the sun. Soft wilted leaves Money tree wither and leaves fall! Let's see why this happens.

Why does the fat woman wrinkle the leaves, become soft and thin, lethargic, and what to do if the money tree wilts?

The loss of leaf elasticity in a fat woman signals a problem with watering. The plant either suffers from drought, or the roots suffocate from waterlogging. What to do if the money tree soft leaves? It is necessary to check whether the drainage of the substrate is sufficient, to adjust watering. Another reason could be excessive solar insolation especially if the plant has recently been transplanted. The roots damaged during transplantation cannot cope with the need of the money tree for watering, the leaves wither and wrinkle. Black spots appeared on the leaves.

Why do the leaves of the money tree turn black?

Dry rounded black spots on the leaves of Crassula appear as a result of sunburn. Shading the plant from direct sunlight will solve this problem, but the affected leaves will eventually fall off. Black and brown soft spots on the leaves they say that the Crassula is affected by a fungal infection. Leaves with signs of the disease must be removed, the plant treated with a drug to combat fungal infections, if necessary, the treatment can be repeated several times. Don't be afraid to delete a large number leaves, this creates new growth points, the crown of the plant will be thicker and more magnificent.

ATTENTION! It is worth reviewing the conditions for keeping the money tree, since the fungus develops only in rooms with high humidity. Airing the room, mulching the surface layer of the earth can help to cope with this problem.

The leaves turn red

Why and why do the leaves of the money tree turn red or have they already turned red?

The main reason for the redness of the leaves of the fat woman is too bright sunlight. The Fat Woman does not tolerate direct sunlight, although her African origin, it would seem, suggests otherwise. A red tint may appear on the leaves after "relocating", moving the plant from a shaded window sill to a brightly lit window sill. This problem is solved very simply - just slightly shade the window with a light curtain, and the leaves will turn bright green again. If, in addition to redness, the leaves are also slightly wilted, it means that the change of location has led to sunburn, and the money tree needs to be fed with complex fertilizer, sprayed with a biostimulant. You can apply Epin, universal " living water» for affected plants.

CAREFULLY! When using Epin, an overdose should not be allowed, the bill goes literally for drops, this drug is so active. For the treatment of an adult plant, 1-2 drops dissolved in a glass of water are enough. If the underside of the leaves turns red, you need to pay attention to the irrigation regime, perhaps the plant simply does not have enough moisture, the earthen lump has dried up. Pest control and photos Pests do not really like to settle on Tolstyanka, but from time to time she suffers from their invasion.

Why does it appear on a fat woman white coating(white spots or dots on leaves): what is it?

Sometimes in the axils of the leaves of the money tree you can see a white coating that looks like cotton balls. This is a signal that a mealybug has settled on the plant. In order to get rid of it, you need to: wash off the pest with warm water from the shower; wash the fat woman with a small brush with a thick foam of laundry soap, then rinse the plant with clean water; treat with an infusion of garlic, or tobacco, a decoction of cyclamen tubers. Such treatments are carried out 3-4 times a month. The scarlet affects not only the Crassula, but also many other plants, for example: Hoya, Poinsettia succulent, Cereus cactus. If the worm is not fought, it will feed on the juice of young shoots, which will lead to a weakening of the plant, slowing down its growth, loss of leaves, and the appearance of sooty mushrooms on the Crassula colony. The white coating on the plant must be rubbed between the fingers in order to distinguish the defeat of the mealybug from the defeat of the fungus. A moldy smell is indicative of a fungal infection. It is much more difficult to get rid of the spider mite. Its presence can be seen by small yellowish spots on the leaves and cobweb threads. The reason for the appearance of this pest is warm and dry air, so by spraying the plants regularly, you can avoid the appearance of a tick on a fat woman. In the early stages of the lesion, you can treat the money tree with garlic or tobacco infusion, soap suds. Such measures are not always effective, most often neighboring plants are also affected by the mite. In this case, only insecticide treatment will help. They need to process not only plants, but also the surface on which they stand, as well as flower pots to destroy spider mite eggs. The shield can be seen only at a late stage of the lesion, when red-brown plaques (spots) appeared on the bases of the petioles of the money tree and the reverse side of the leaves along the veins, that is, the pest can be seen with the naked eye.

Urgently accepted the following measures: scale insects are removed by scraping them from the surface of leaves and shoots; the fat woman is wiped with tobacco or soapy water, washed with warm water; treat the plant with a systemic insecticide. With a strong lesion with a scab, when all the leaves are covered with sweet sticky secretions, it is very difficult to deal with it.

REFERENCE. Soap solution for spraying is prepared in the following proportion - 10 g of potash, green or laundry soap per half liter of water. Before the soap treatment, the soil in the pot must be covered with a film. What to do: the money tree falls from gravity? Such a problem is possible only on the condition that the pot with the Crassula was not turned in relation to the light, its crown became one-sided, and the tree lost its stability. How to strengthen the trunk of a fat woman? To solve the problem mature plant transplanted into a slightly larger pot, slightly reducing the load on one side by pinching. It is advisable to transplant in the spring, but if the situation does not tolerate delay, you can use the transshipment method, that is, carefully remove the plant along with an earthen clod, place it in a larger pot, and carefully fill the gaps between the ground and the walls of the pot with a substrate. The shape of a young plant can still be adjusted by turning it around its axis. The plant stretches to window glass, the only light source, the main trunk is bent. Timely attention to the shape of the money tree will allow you to get a slender plant with uniform growth and a neat crown. By creating Fatty optimal conditions for development, you can be sure that problems and diseases will not interfere with growing a beautiful strong plant, signaling to its owners about the well-being of the house in which it lives.

There was a strong belief that The fat woman is sensitive to the family microclimate, financial condition and mental attitude of the person who raised her.

Contrary to this opinion flower lovers say that there are few such unpretentious indoor plants like a fat woman.

She is puts up with many mistakes of inept flower growers, cheerfully green with its bright elastic leaves. However, when growing a money tree (fat woman), sometimes one has to meet problems and diseases.

Diseases with photos and home care

In this article, we will consider the main diseases, diseases of the Crassula flower (money tree) and their treatment. We will answer the questions: why does the fat woman get sick and how to cure a houseplant money tree?

slow growth

Why does the fat woman (money tree) not grow (stand in one place) or grow poorly and what should I do?

Since the money tree (fat woman, crassula) - it is a semi-desert plant, for good growth he needs natural habitat conditions:

• bright, but not excessive lighting;
• sufficient drainage;
• watering during the growth period;
• drying of the soil and coolness during a period of relative dormancy.

When these conditions are met do not have to complain about the slow growth of the money tree.

Give it an attractive appearance regular pinching of shoots, which stimulates growth points, helps to quickly grow the crown.

ATTENTION! In order for the Fat Woman to grow quickly, it is necessary to find the optimal lighting mode, the so-called "golden mean". The money tree needs bright light but it is unacceptable to get direct sunlight on the plant.

The leaves are falling

Money tree sheds leaves: why?

Since the Crassula (money tree) reproduces with the help of leaves, their shedding - this indicates a disease of the leaves or is it an alarm that the plant has fallen into adverse conditions and urgently wants to leave offspring.

Why does the flower of the fat woman (money tree) fall off the leaves (the fat woman crumbles) or why does the fat woman shed and lose leaves?

Causes(why the leaves fall) of such an unpleasant phenomenon or disease can be:

• excessively abundant watering and insufficient lighting, especially during the winter dormancy;
• prolonged repeated drying of the earthen coma;
• watering with cold water from the tap;
• too frequent fertilizing.

What to do, how to care at home and how to save if the leaves fall off the fat woman?

After analyzing the reasons, you need to try follow the watering schedule in accordance with the season, water with warm settled water, minimize the use of fertilizers.

ATTENTION! In winter, watering Crassula is reduced to 1-2 times a month, the lower the air temperature, the less often it is. It is also desirable to reduce the temperature in the room to 15⁰, because at this time in the homeland of the money tree there is cold, dry weather.

rotted trunk

Why does the money tree have a soft thin trunk?

Succulents, which include the Tolstyanka (money tree), accustomed to storing water for future use in desert conditions, they do not tolerate excessive soil moisture at all. The roots begin to rot, and behind them the trunk of the plant. If, after drying the soil, the plant did not come into its proper form, then everything is very serious - it urgently needs to be transplanted.

How to save and what to do if the trunk rots, the roots rot and the money tree (fat woman) dies?

Before transplanting, you need to wash the soil from the roots and carefully examine them. If everything is not so bad, and only the roots have rotted, they are cut to healthy areas, powdered with wood ash and planted in a new substrate.

A rotten trunk is almost impossible to reanimate.

Crassula stem cuttings take root very easily, and the new plants you grow from them will help you work out the mistakes.

In the photo below root system(roots) Crassula (money tree):

Leaves turn yellow

Why do the leaves of the fat woman (money tree) turn yellow?

The most likely cause of yellowing leaves in a fat woman is lack of light.

What to do if the leaves of the money tree turn yellow?

If the windows of the room face north or northeast and the toastka turns yellow, you should think about artificial lighting.

In the warm season, the best place for a fat woman will be garden or loggia protected from direct sunlight.

soft wilted leaves

Money tree wither and leaves fall! Let's see why this happens.

Why does the fat woman wrinkle the leaves, become soft and thin, lethargic, and what to do if the money tree wilts?
The loss of leaf elasticity in a fat woman signals a problem with watering.

The plant either suffers from drought, or the roots suffocate from waterlogging.

What if the money tree has soft leaves?

It is necessary to check whether the drainage of the substrate is sufficient, to adjust watering.

Another reason could be excessive solar insolation, especially if the plant has recently been transplanted. The roots damaged during transplantation cannot cope with the need of the money tree for watering, the leaves wither and wrinkle.

Black spots appeared on the leaves

Why do the leaves of the money tree turn black?

Dry rounded black spots on the leaves of Crassula appear as a result of sunburn.

Shading the plant from direct sunlight will solve this problem, but the affected leaves will eventually fall off.

Black and brown soft spots on leaves they say that the fat woman stricken with a fungal infection.

Leaves with signs of the disease must be removed, the plant treated with a drug to combat fungal infections, if necessary, the treatment can be repeated several times. No need to be afraid of removing a large number of leaves, this creates new points of growth, the crown of the plant will be thicker and more magnificent.

ATTENTION! It is worth reviewing the conditions for keeping the money tree, since the fungus develops only in rooms with high humidity. Airing the room, mulching the surface layer of the earth can help to cope with this problem.

The leaves turn red

Why and why do the leaves of the money tree turn red or have they already turned red?

The main reason for the reddening of the leaves of the fat woman is too bright sunlight. The Fat Woman does not tolerate direct sunlight, although her African origin, it would seem, suggests otherwise. Red tint may appear on leaves after "change of residence", transferring the plant from a shaded window sill to a brightly lit one.

This problem is solved very simply - it is enough to slightly shade the window with a light curtain, and the leaves will turn bright green again. If, in addition to redness, the leaves are also slightly wilted, it means that the change of location has led to sunburn, and the money tree needs to be fed with complex fertilizer, sprayed with a biostimulant. You can apply Epin, universal "living water" for affected plants.

CAREFULLY! Applying Epin, do not overdose, the account goes literally on drops, this drug is so active. For the treatment of an adult plant, 1-2 drops dissolved in a glass of water are enough.

With reddening of the underside of the leaves you need to pay attention to the irrigation regime, perhaps the plant simply does not have enough moisture, the earthen lump has dried up.

Pest control and photo

Pests do not really like to settle on Tolstyanka, but from time to time she suffers from their invasion.

Why does a white coating appear on a fat woman (white spots or dots on the leaves): what is it?

Sometimes in the axils of money tree leaves you can see a white coating, similar to cotton balls.
This is a signal that the plant has settled mealybug. In order to get rid of it, you need:

• wash off the pest with warm water from the shower;
• wash the fat woman with a small brush with a thick foam of laundry soap, then rinse the plant with clean water;
• treat with an infusion of garlic, or tobacco, a decoction of cyclamen tubers. Such treatments are carried out 3-4 times a month.

The scarlet affects not only the Crassula, but also many other plants, for example: Hoya, Poinsettia succulent, Cereus cactus.

If the worm is not fought, it will feed on the juice of young shoots, which will weaken the plant, slowing down its growth, loss of leaves, appearance on the Tolstyanka colonies of sooty mushrooms. The white coating on the plant must be rubbed between the fingers in order to distinguish the defeat of the mealybug from the defeat of the fungus.

A moldy smell is indicative of a fungal infection.

Much harder to get rid of spider mite. Its presence can be seen by small yellowish spots on the leaves and cobweb threads.

The reason for the appearance of this pest- warm and dry air, so by spraying the plants regularly, you can avoid the appearance of a tick on a fat woman. In the early stages of the lesion, you can treat the money tree with garlic or tobacco infusion, soap suds.


Such measures are not always effective, most often neighboring plants are also affected by the mite.

In this case, only insecticide treatment. They need to process not only plants, but also the surface on which they stand, as well as flower pots to destroy spider mite eggs.

Shchitovka can be seen only at a late stage of the lesion, when on the bases of the petioles of the money tree and the reverse side of the leaves along the veins red-brown plaques (spots) appeared, that is, the pest can be seen with the naked eye.

The following measures are being taken urgently:

• scale insects are removed by scraping them from the surface of leaves and shoots;
• the fat woman is wiped with tobacco or soapy water, washed with warm water;
• treat the plant with a systemic insecticide.

With severe damage to the shield, when all the leaves are covered with sweet sticky secretions, it is very difficult to deal with it.

REFERENCE. Soap solution for spraying prepared in the following proportion - 10 g of potash, green or laundry soap per half liter of water. Before soap treatment the soil in the pot must be covered with a film.

What to do: the money tree falls from gravity?

This problem is only possible if the pot with Crassula was not rotated in relation to the light, its crown became one-sided, and the tree lost its stability.

How to strengthen the trunk of a fat woman?

To solve the problem an adult plant is transplanted into a slightly larger pot, slightly reducing the load on one side by pinching.

It is advisable to transplant in the spring, but if the situation does not tolerate delay, you can use transfer method, that is, carefully remove the plant along with the earthen clod, place it in a larger pot, and carefully fill the gaps between the earth and the walls of the pot with the substrate.

The shape of a young plant can still be adjusted, turning it around its axis. The plant reaches for the window glass, the only source of light, the main trunk curves.

Timely attention to the shape of the money tree will allow you to get a slender plant with uniform growth and a neat crown.

Having created Tolstyanka optimal conditions for development, you can be sure that problems and diseases will not interfere with growing a beautiful strong plant, signaling to its owners about the well-being of the house in which it lives.

At home, the money tree is very popular due to its high decorative properties and unpretentious care. However, sometimes the juicy green foliage, which is so pleasing to the eye of flower growers, begins to crumble, blacken or wither. When the first signs of a problem appear, it is important to take immediate action.

leaf fall

With frequent waterlogging of the soil in a flower pot, the foliage on the plant withers and quickly acquires an unattractive appearance. The leaves turn pale, and then crumble. With untimely treatment, the branches begin to rot and eventually the plant disappears. Another omission of the grower, causing the foliage to fall off, is insufficient irrigation measures on hot and dry days. With a strong drying of the earthen soil in a flower pot, the plant begins to save moisture and sheds leaves.

The reasons for the fall of the leaves of the fatty can also be excessive lighting or watering with too cold water, which is why it is very important to choose the right location for the plant and use warm, settled water for irrigation. The aerial part of the "money tree" should not be exposed to direct sunlight, which causes a loss of elasticity. As a result, the leaves turn red and fall off.

Insufficient lighting causes stretching of shoots and loss of decorative effect. Foliage also crumbles when irrigation is too plentiful in winter in conditions of insufficient lighting. You can save a fat woman by adjusting the lighting and irrigation modes. So that the leaves do not fall off, and the ornamental culture grows well, looks lush and beautiful, the houseplant needs to be periodically rotated around its axis.

Why do the leaves of the money tree fall (video)

The appearance of spots on the foliage

Quite often, inexperienced flower growers do not know what to do if soft brownish spots appear on the foliage or the leaves turn black. Usually, indoor plants wither and get such spots when affected by a bacterial or fungal infection. All diseased leaves must be removed, and the plant should be sprayed three times with complex preparations to destroy pathogenic microflora.

Dry and rounded black spots appear on the leaves of the "money tree" as a result of sunburn. In this case, it is very easy to correct the situation - it is enough to use the shading of the above-ground part decorative culture from the sun. Truth, leaves with burns fall off after a while anyway, but in this way additional growth points are activated, and the plant can become even more lush.

It is important to remember that when a houseplant is damaged by pathogenic microflora, it is required to as soon as possible reconsider the conditions for keeping a fat woman. A fungal infection is especially rampant only when growing a "money tree" in rooms with a high level of humidity, so systematic airing of the room is relevant, as well as high-quality mulching of the soil in a flower pot.

Red leaves of the crassula

Despite their tropical origin, almost all types of Crassula cultivated in indoor floriculture do not tolerate long-term exposure to the sun.

Reddish coloration of the foliage may result from transfer flower pot with the plant to a more lit place. In this case, it is recommended to spill the soil of the flower pot with a solution based on Epin, diluted at the rate of a couple of drops per glass of water.

Most common in conditions indoor floriculture pests that affect the "money tree" are represented by mealybugs, spider mites and scale insects:

• activity of spider mites accompanied by the appearance of small yellow spots and a very thin cobweb between the stem and foliage. In this case, it is required to carry out a thorough showering of the aerial part of the plant, and, if necessary, treatment with modern chemicals or garlic-tobacco infusion with the addition of a small amount of crushed laundry soap;
• the appearance of a white cotton-like coating in the leaf axils of an ornamental culture may indicate the defeat of the "money tree" by a mealybug. In this case, it is recommended to carry out manual collection of the pest, followed by treatment of the trunk and leaves with a thick solution based on laundry soap with the addition of an insecticide.

If the plant has grown

Very often, this problem occurs when the crown is unevenly lit, as a result of which it becomes one-sided, and ornamental plant loses stability. In this case, the "money tree" should be transplanted, using a new ceramic or clay flower pot for this purpose. large sizes.

It is very important to make a transplant event in a timely manner. As a rule, transplantation is carried out in the spring, but, as a last resort, it is allowed to use the method of transshipment of the plant along with an earthen clod. The soil must be filled very carefully. Nutritious soil mix must be neutral. To adjust the crown of an ornamental crop, it is important to rotate the plant around its axis.

All types of crassula form thick and swollen leaves of a rounded shape. In the conditions of indoor floriculture, the oval fat woman is most often cultivated. This is perennial reaches a height of one and a half meters. The leaf plates of the "money tree" have an oval, round or elliptical shape. Some varieties have lilac or red edging of the leaves.

A fat woman in indoor floriculture can grow very strongly, which is a good sign for a money talisman. The signs associated with the "money tree" say that the more shoots formed on the plant, the faster the flow of attracting wealth is activated. To material well-being did not fall and cash flow was the most active it is required to provide the “money tree” with high-quality care, as well as comfortable conditions for growth at all stages of the growing season.

How to save a money tree (video)

AT summer period the flower should be watered daily, with small volumes of settled water at room temperature. In autumn and winter, one watering per week will be sufficient. It is very important to carefully control that there is no stagnation of water in the pan, which is fraught with rotting of the root system and an external change in foliage. Subject to the irrigation and lighting regime, as well as the proper choice of soil and flower pot, the "money tree" will delight its owner with an attractive appearance for many years. appearance.

The flower normally withstands poor lighting and lack of watering. long time. For this reason, novice flower growers love given plant. In addition to easy care, it attracts with its appearance and ability to attract wealth to the house. But even a hardy fat woman sometimes has all sorts of diseases.

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The life expectancy of Crassula directly depends on the growing conditions. If everything suits her, she will delight the owners for decades, without changing her color, but only increasing in size. There are specimens that live up to fifty years. However, often the owners do not have the patience to care for her for more than 20-30 years. In this case, the first flowering is observed only a dozen years after planting.

Sometimes the flower begins the problem of shedding leaves. The spectacle looks sad, so you need to quickly figure out why the money tree sheds its leaves in order to stop this process. There may be several reasons:

To stop the fall of foliage, it is worth identifying the cause and eliminating it.

For example, with an excess of fertilizer, a money tree should be transplanted into another soil. Help to deal with pests special means. In case of excessive lighting, the flower is covered with newspapers. If the irrigation mode is wrong, it is corrected in the right direction. The water must be at room temperature. An aging fat woman is rejuvenated by circumcision.

Usually the plant is faced with a similar ailment if it is watered too often. Inexperienced flower growers believe that Crassula needs water immediately after the soil dries. However, in warm weather, she needs watering once a week, and in winter - only once a month.

If the leaves become soft, the flower can be reanimated. The young fat woman is taken out of the pot, the roots are carefully cleaned with a knife, placed in a glass of water, and only then transplanted into new soil. mature tree it is not recommended to remove from the pot. It is enough to remove the wet substrate, replacing it with dry soil. Watering at the same time completely stops.

Also, the problem is observed in the presence of pests. In this case, special preparations and foliage treatment with a sponge and soap will help.

AT vivo habitat, the fat woman is used to getting food as a result of a desperate struggle for survival, so she is rarely fed. In spring and summer, the procedure is carried out once a month, and in autumn and winter - once every two months. Novice flower growers prefer to buy a solution for cacti in florist shops for this, using it in accordance with the instructions. Moreover, in cold weather, the solution is made twice as weak, so as not to harm the plant.

Crassula requires the following nutrients:

Usually, a universal fertilizer is used to feed the plant, however, calcium can also be applied through the prepared composition from the egg shell, or infusion from it.

To do this, the shell is washed, dried, ground into a fine powder, and then added to the pot with the money tree. Such a fertilizer is recommended to be placed at the bottom of the container for the fat woman when transplanting for drainage. The layer of the shell will facilitate the flow of air to the root system and prevent waterlogging of the soil.

The infusion is made in the following way: liter jar ten shells are placed, poured with boiling water, insisted for two weeks in a place where light does not penetrate. The resulting liquid is used for watering crassula.

The soil in the pot before the procedure should be wet. The next day, the tree is sprayed with warm water.

White plaque on the leaves of the fat woman

If harmful are found on the money tree mealybugs, they are immediately destroyed by wiping the surface of the fat woman with a solution of soap. To do this, use a sponge or brush. Insecticides also help in the fight against the worm. But they should be used if the soap solution did not have the desired effect.

money tree pests

Crassula has no specific pests. On it you can see insects common to all indoor plants:

Getting rid of spider mites is quite difficult. His presence is betrayed yellow spots on the leaves of a flower. If you skip the initial stage of the disease, then later a web and the pests themselves appear between the leaves. They quickly adapt to insecticides, so it is advisable to alternate special preparations. The treatment should be combined with washing the plant with soapy water, infusion of garlic or tobacco. It is recommended to wipe all nearby surfaces with a solution in order to destroy insect eggs.

It is impossible to notice the shield at an early stage of appearance. Crassula owners learn about the defeat when they see red, brown and yellow spots on the leaves. The pest is extremely dangerous, so the actions of flower growers must be prompt. It is necessary to smear the insects with kerosene, then manually remove them from the fat woman. Next, the wood is treated with a solution of soap or tobacco. Then it is washed with a swab dipped in clean water. In conclusion, the use of an insecticidal preparation is required.

Mealybug causes a slowdown in flower growth, curvature of shoots, leaf fall. This pest is recognized by white deposits on the leaf axils. If the fight is not started on time, then the development of soot fungi occurs.

After processing, the crassula should be transplanted into another pot, or the existing container should be disinfected and the soil should be replaced. Care remains the same.

Thus, although the money tree is hardy and unpretentious, sometimes it is also subject to various diseases and exposure to pests. So that the plant does not die, it is necessary to start the fight against the ailments of the fat woman in time. If you monitor the condition of the flower and properly care for it, then it can live for many decades.

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