Good afternoon, my reader. Many growers grow a dollar tree, or zamiokulkas, on their windowsills. In order for its leaves to always be shiny and bright green, certain watering rules must be followed.
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What do we know about zamiokulkas?
This overseas guest with beautiful oblong dark green leaves, similar to American banknotes, was brought from distant Africa. Zamioculcas is an evergreen plant that belongs to the aroid family. He has a tuberous rhizome. Thick fleshy roots enable zamiokulkas to store moisture. After all, the tropical climate of his homeland presupposes frequent droughts, so the plant can do without water for a long time and sometimes even sheds leaves in order to reduce the surface of moisture consumption.
We most often plant zamioculcas of such species as zamielistny, black, lanceolate or variegated.
How to properly water the zamioculcas growing at home?
Features of watering the dollar tree
- Watering should be moderate. It is carried out with warm, settled water as the soil dries out.
- From the end of autumn to spring, the flow of moisture should generally be halved.
- We also reduce watering on cloudy days and when the temperature drops. In summer, the optimum temperature for a plant is 23-25 degrees, and in winter - 16 degrees.
- The water from the pallet must be drained so that reverse suction does not occur, since the tropical plant absolutely does not need excess moisture.
- Spraying the leaves is not necessary. To wash off the dust accumulated on the leaves, you need to arrange a shower for the plant once a month. Carefully bathe the leaves under a slight pressure of water.
Improper watering can lead to plant disease: dark spots appear on the leaves, the shoots stretch out, the leaves fall off, or the roots and shoots rot at all.
When planting a dollar tree in a flowerpot, you need to pay special attention to the soil. It should be well-drained and lightweight, so you need to add sand or sand mixture to it. For the same purpose, you can use charcoal. In such soil, stagnation of liquid will not occur, so rotting of roots and shoots can be avoided.
With good care and proper watering, the leaves of the plant will have a beautiful dark green color, shoots of the correct shape. In rare cases, zamioculcas even blooms in an apartment, releases a pale cream-colored inflorescence, similar to a bump.
If you follow the watering rules, then your money plant will be great.
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