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  1. Ekaterina TULINOVA, St. Petersburg.

    The fat woman is resting in the cool
    When this crassula appeared in the collection of my daughter Natalia last year, we immediately began to study what conditions and care she needs. Gradually, the plant adapted to the new place and now feels great.
    Lighting prefers bright, so it stands on the south side.
    We reduce the temperature of the content for the winter (up to + 10-15 degrees). At this time, the fat woman has a period of rest.
    Water after the soil is dry to a depth of 2-3 cm.
    We feed only during the period of active growth (from May to September) with fertilizer for cacti and other succulents - once a month.
    The bush is still young, so it has not been transplanted yet. It is recommended to do this every 2-3 years in the spring.

    BTW, it was interesting and pleasant to know that Crassulas release substances into the air that destroy viruses.

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  2. Miroslava TATUSKO

    I want to share my joy with all the readers of Home Flowers. My fat one, which looks just like a tree, recently bloomed. And this is the second time in her life. My beauty is 7 years old.
    For the first time, Crassula surprised at the age of three, but, however, the flowers appeared only on a few branches and a young shoot. And now the whole tree is like a white cloud!
    I have been feeding him since the beginning of spring with fertilizer for cacti. The soil in the pot is also special for "thorns". The plant stands among other succulents on the floor of the southern balcony on a low stand. The room is insulated, but not airtight. And all the cacti that are there are blooming. So far, only aloes and agaves do not form buds, but I think this is a matter of time.

    Fat or money tree - growing and grooming

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  3. Miroslava TATUSKO

    I want to share with you my joy: I have a fat tree (a tree of happiness), and recently it has blossomed. Each branch has white flowers. And this is the second time!
    The plant is seven years old. She first bloomed in the third year of life. For some reason, only three branches and a young shoot bloom for me. These plants stand on the south balcony, on the floor on a low stand. The balcony is not hermetically insulated, but in the old fashioned way.
    Also, all the cacti that are in bloom. I fertilized from the beginning of spring with special fertilizer and also took special soil for cacti.

    Fat or money tree - growing and grooming

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  4. Elena KUROPATKINA, Taganrog

    I always believed that the money tree is a non-flowering plant. But one acquaintance told me that he allegedly has white flowers.

    Is it true? Why did not the money tree bloom in my life?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      Your friend is right. A money tree, or a tree-size tree, of course, blooms. Its flowers are small (about 1 cm), can be white, white-pink, white-green, spread a strong sugary smell.

      But often a fat girl does not blossom. The reason for this is the content of the plant not under optimal conditions. In order to stimulate the flowering of the money tree, it is necessary to keep the plant on the street or on the balcony throughout the warm season (from the beginning of the summer and up to strong frosts). And it is desirable to arrange it so that it does not get direct sunlight. In winter, the best place for a fat woman will be a cool room (10-15 °). The plant does not tolerate temperature changes, so it can not be moved immediately from the street into the room.
      Perhaps the fat woman does not bloom due to the fact that she is crowded in the pot and already lacks nutrients. Transplant it into a more spacious container - and this must be done carefully, without violating the earthen lump.

      In no case should the plant be poured. It should be watered only when the earth is completely dry. During the period of active growth (spring and summer), watering can be every other day. But from mid-autumn to early spring - 1-2 times a month. It was noted that after a slight drought (7-10 days), the plants bloomed. And another important fact: only plants older than 5 years bloom.

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  5. Svetlana YUDAKOVA

    I am often asked why the fat leaves fall, the barrel rot. I will share my observations.
    The main thing in the care of the "money tree" is not to overdo it with water and top dressing.

    The leaves fall away from the excessive moistening of the substrate and its supercooling. Perhaps, after thoroughly watering, you put the plant on a cool window sill - and here's the result.
    WINTER watered every two, and at a temperature on the windowsill + 10-15 degrees., Once in 3 weeks.
    If the problem still arose, you need to examine the roots: rotted - cut off and allow time to dry out. If the trunk is also damaged, cut
    it to a healthy tissue, and let the wound dry out the days of 5. Plant the plant in a fresh dry substrate and do not water the 2 weeks, even if the leaves are wilted, later the turgor will recover. The main thing is to stop the process of decay.
    If the trunk is damaged so that it is impossible to help the plant, cut off the side branches, dry the 2-3 cuts of the day and plant the cuttings in a dry substrate - suitable for cacti.
    I first use plastic cups: when the roots will weave a clod of earth, I transplant the plant into a small pot. Every year or two, I gradually increase the capacity.
    Planting a small specimen into a spacious pot also can cause the death of the plant: the roots are unable to quickly absorb the volume of water and rot.
    The HANDICON is less dangerous, since the fleshy leaves contain a lot of water.

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  6. Svetlana KROPACHEVA, Saint-Petersburg

    For many years, I have been growing a money tree. I noticed that it grows especially well when I put it on a glazed balcony. This year almost all summer and autumn the plant stood on the balcony, but after one particularly cold night it was still frozen. To what temperature can you keep a money tree on the balcony?

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    • Svetlana

      The Purslane Crassula, which is often called the money tree, is a succulent plant. It stores fluid in fleshy leaves. The homeland of this plant is subtropics. In spring and summer, the fat woman grows well at air temperatures of 20-25 °, in winter and autumn - at 10-15 °. But this plant is hard to tolerate sharp fluctuations
      temperature, is experiencing great stress and is recovering for a long time. The fat girl dies at a temperature below 4 °. Therefore, if the temperature dropped to zero or lower on the balcony, the plant could not be saved. If there are living, unfrozen leaves, then the fatty will recover. However, this process will take time.

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