Tell me please, do you like money? In a good sense of the word, of course. And what more, rubles or dollars? What, stupid question? Of course, dollars are more interesting these days, who argue. Do you know how to attract them to yourself? Work for the currency, right. In the bank to exchange, too, right, and yet? Do not know? Then we open a terrible secret, do not tell anyone about it. Dollars attracts a magical flower called zamioculcas - a dollar tree, and here's how to take care of it, and today we'll talk.
What kind of beast zamioculcas or dollar tree?
Zamioculcas (read as "zamiokulkas"), and in the common people - a dollar tree, it is a flower of the family of arid native to tropical Africa. Like a money tree, zamiokulkas is a succulent, that is, a plant capable of accumulating moisture inside leaves, trunk and roots for further gradual consumption. The dollar tree has very beautiful fleshy, waxy-covered leaves, consisting of 8-12 divided feathers. And under the ground this plant hides a powerful tuberous rhizome - a real reservoir of water reserves for a rainy day. The growth of a dollar tree reaches a meter, and yet it unlike a money tree has the ability to blossom. The flower of the zamioculcus resembles a corn cob, in which small unattractive flowers are collected, hiding under a green leafy coverlet. However, this event is quite rare even in nature, what can we say about home conditions. But this is not the main thing. The main thing is that a dollar tree is unpretentious, and caring for it is simple even for a beginner amateur florist.
Care for the dollar tree
- Rooting with a handle and a sheet. Since zamioculcas is a flower, in nature it can be propagated by seeds. However, they can not be found in free sale. But there are other options. For example, the separation of an adult plant into parts, planting a branch-cuttings or a single leaf of a plant. Before rooting, both the stalk and the leaf are slightly dried for 2-3 days.
- Choice of pot and soil. After this, the finished planting material is placed in a small pot with specially prepared soil. It consists of sand, humus, peat and turf, taken in equal parts. In the future, when the plant grows up, the container will need to be replaced by a large one, in which the roots can settle freely, without touching the walls of the pot.
- Transfer. The change of soil and plant transplantation is carried out in the spring. Young dollar saplings are transplanted once a year, and older ones - every 2 years. Yes, and do not worry if your newly planted leaf or stalk does not take long, it's very slow.
- Lighting and temperature. Although zmiokulkas is very unpretentious and hardy, yet he needs to create conditions for normal growth and vital activity. Best of all, he will feel himself on the windowsill of the window facing south, where the sun's rays are free to caress his fleshy leaves all day. 30-degree heat to the dollar handsome only in joy. He will not die on the northern side, but the appearance of the plant will be unprepossessing and unattractive. And in general, unlike other succulents, a dollar tree, even in the winter, when all life processes become quiet, requires an 18-degree regime. Otherwise, it can get sick.
- Watering. Watering and top dressing, both adult and young dollar tree is produced from the beginning of March to the end of October. A signal for the next watering is the complete drying of the soil in the pot. Water should be poured so much to soak the soil to the full depth, but no more. Luzh on the surface and in the pan should not be. It is better to undercharge than to pour. From waterlogging the plant can get root and stem rot or get infected with parasites, from which it will have to be treated long and tediously.
- Top dressing. Feed the dollar tree with the same fertilizers as other succulents. Do this every 2 weeks, since the plant spends a lot of energy with growth and quickly sucks nutrients out of the earth. In winter, watering and top dressing are almost stopped. And that the plant is not dusty and does not dry out, once in this time, they give him plenty of washing under the shower.
Important! The juice of the plant is poisonous, use gloves when transplanting.
7 secrets of care for zamiokulkas
- Immediately after buying a plant, give it a couple of weeks to adapt and then proceed with the transplant.
- Best of all, a dollar tree grows near the windowsills, but without direct sunlight.
- In winter, it is worthwhile to put it closer to sunlight, and in the spring to accustom to the bright sun rays gradually.
- For irrigation use soft standing water.
- The root system of the plant likes wide pots.
- Thick and fleshy stems should be podproet so that they do not crack.
- Zamiokulkas does not like spraying, but sometimes you should wipe the fox from dust.
If you grow a plant - you will be interested in learning about the signs and superstitions about zamiokulkase . This, perhaps, is all that is necessary to know about the dollar tree and how to take care of it. Settle this tropical visitor on your windowsill, and let the dollars flow to you an inexhaustible river.