THE MAIN REASONS FOR WHICH THE LEAVES OF THE MONEY TREE BECOME SOFT Save so as not to lose! why is a fat woman 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 to do? Since the money tree (crassula, crassula) 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. 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. The leaves are falling off The money tree is shedding its leaves: why? Since the Crassula (money tree) reproduces with the help of leaves, their shedding indicates a disease of the leaves or this is an alarm signal 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? 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 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. The trunk is rotten 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 are rotten, they are cut to healthy areas, powdered 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 that you grow from them will help you work on the bugs. Leaves turn yellow Why do the leaves of the Crassula (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 sluggish leaves Money tree wither and fall leaves! 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 may 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 turn black on the money tree? 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 indicate 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. 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. 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 warm water from the soul; 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 soot fungi 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 for the destruction of clutches of spider mite eggs. The shield can be seen only at the 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. The following measures are urgently taken: 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. At severe defeat 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 if 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 corrected by turning it around its axis. The plant reaches for the 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 that signals to its owners about the well-being of the house in which it lives.
Perhaps, there are not so many signs associated with any indoor plant as with or, as it is often called, the money tree. Many believe that the level of well-being of a family directly depends on the size of the money tree, and most importantly, on the number of leaves on it. The plant is very unpretentious, does not require special conditions or complex care, rapidly growing, but at the same time, situations where the leaves of the money tree fall off are not uncommon. Why the money tree sheds leaves, how to avoid it and how to help it - read about all this in our article.
Reasons why the leaves of the money tree fall
1. One of the reasons money tree leaves fall off is because improper care behind the plant. Although the fat woman is quite unpretentious, but at some points she is demanding:
- a sufficient amount of fresh air - the room should be well ventilated, while the money tree should not stand in a draft;
- the correct air temperature winter time the air temperature in the room should not exceed +15 C;
- good lighting - in summer it is better to send a fat woman to the balcony, where she will bask in the sun, and in winter put on a warm and well-lit window sill;
- a sufficient amount of moisture - it is very important that the money tree be watered abundantly and in a timely manner, but at the same time it cannot be categorically poured.
2. Second possible reason, along which the leaves of the money tree fall - disease. Most often it is Fusarium rot, which occurs as a result of overflow. At the same time, the roots of the fat woman begin to rot, which subsequently leads to the death of the entire plant. At the same time, a light pink bloom forms on the root collar, and then the leaves begin to fall off. To avoid this, when planting a money tree, it is necessary to add well-ground charcoal to the soil. We must not forget about drainage - for these purposes it is better to use expanded clay, laying it out with a layer of at least 20 mm. If the plant has already suffered, you can try to save it, 
replanting in new soil, carefully cleaning the roots and cutting off everything rotten.
3. Become the cause of loss of leaves can and too much fertilizer. In this case, it is also better to transplant the money tree into new soil.
4. Another reason why the money tree sheds leaves is very heat air. In unfavorable conditions for itself, the money tree, like other plants, will seek to multiply. And it will do this precisely by dropping healthy leaves, which in the future will be able to germinate and give offspring.
This beautiful plant is scientifically called crassula - from the Latin "crassus", which means thick or fleshy. Among the people, it is known as a fat woman, and even more often it is called a money tree. Sometimes flower growers are faced with a situation where leaves fall off a fat woman. This fact is sad, but you can help your favorite culture. Today we will tell you what are the reasons for this phenomenon, what other flower diseases are known, how to help your pet and properly care for it.
The money tree belongs to succulents, so caring for it is simple, and the main thing in it is to choose high-quality soil for planting, not to disturb the lighting and watering regime.
by the most frequently asked question for beginner flower growers it is like this - why do the leaves suddenly turn yellow and crumble in a fat woman? There are certain reasons that can provoke this phenomenon.
These include improper watering of the plant. It should not be watered too often, since the fat woman is able to accumulate and retain moisture in the structure of the leaves for a long time. With excessive frequency of watering, the culture reacts by dropping healthy foliage, withering it, and the development of diseases is possible. But long breaks in watering should also not be allowed. It is especially important to observe the frequency of watering in winter, when the fat girl is resting. She will have enough 1 time per week, and in summer - 1 time per day in small portions and water at room temperature. The remaining moisture from the pan must be drained so that the roots do not rot. If this happens, the plant must be moved to a new soil, after cutting off the rotten particles. Take care of a high-quality drainage layer - it is optimal to use expanded clay, pouring it at least 2 cm thick. 
The leaves are able to cover with brown spots and crumble if the money tree is scorched by the direct rays of the sun. It gets burned most often when located on a south window. If you took your pet out into the sun, protect it with a thick piece of paper or newspaper. In winter, the plant should be kept away from batteries and a heater.
Seeing more than one fallen leaf, think about it, maybe the reason was an excess of mineral supplements. You will need to transplant the crop into a new soil with the addition of charcoal. In the future, do not exceed the dosage of fertilizers indicated in the instructions.
You can not water the fat woman with cold water. Use only settled and having room temperature. If the leaf fall has already begun, you can water your pet with warm water, but so that it does not end up in a pot.
Temperature fluctuations also lead to leaf shedding. You can not leave the pot in a draft, heat, move from a cold to a warm place. When the plant has been on a cold windowsill for a long time and the roots have frozen, it will not be possible to save it.
Fungal infections and the presence of pests - scale insects, mealybugs and spider mites often lead to leaf fall.
Some are wondering - why does the fat woman shed leaves when she looks healthy outwardly? With normal care, loose leaves can be a sign of the tree's natural aging process. You can try to slightly extend its life by performing anti-aging pruning.
Video “Money Tree”
Flower diseases
A money tree can get sick with Fusarium rot - with abundant watering and violation of other rules of care. Treatment is carried out with a suspension of foundationazole at the rate of 2 grams per 1 liter of water and transplantation.
Spots of brown or yellow color on the foliage - a signal of damage to the flower by a fungal or bacterial infection. For treatment, a complex drug is used. 
Black spots on the surface of the leaves that become soft are the result of severe sunburn. Take care to protect your pet.
If the leaves of the plant are deformed, then it may not have enough moisture. With a lack of moisture, they are also able to dry.
In the autumn winter period with a completely healthy crassula, leaflets can fly around. Then it should be transferred to a bright window sill or additional artificial lighting should be applied.
A silvery coating on the surface of the foliage should not frighten flower growers - this is a normal physiological process. But a white coating indicates infection of the culture with a tick. If it has a musty smell, then it's most likely fungal infection, called powdery mildew. AT this case treatment with "Fitosporin" or "Fundazol" will help. If there is no smell, your pet has been attacked by ticks. Then the treatment will require preparations "Fitoverm" or "Aktara".
If the plant wilts, the root system may rot. Salvation will be a transplant and placement in diffused light. In the first month, watering should be carried out from the pallet and in small quantities.
Foliage may turn red in early spring. It is associated with a violation of the process of photosynthesis. In order for the leaves to turn green, the pot must be removed from the illuminated windowsill deep into the room. 
When Crassula has too much small leaves, she may lack lighting or nutrients. Then you will need top dressing for succulents, in which phosphorus and potassium contain less nitrogen.
How to help
If the leaves of your tree have turned yellow and leaf fall has begun, you should take action.
The frequency of watering should be controlled and only warm settled water should be used. But initially, watering should be temporarily stopped until the earth lump dries out. Renew it carefully, make sure that the pallet is always dry.
If the problem lies in the drying of the earth, it is necessary to water the culture a little more often. In winter, place the pot in a cool place and do not water the money tree more than 1 time in 1 to 2 weeks. 
When it is not possible to remove the pot from the windowsill located near the battery, you can put it on a thick piece of foam. Then your pet will avoid overheating.
If the air in the room is dry, it is recommended to spray the leaves with water. For the normal life of a fat woman, a soil mixture of leaf, sod and peat soil, as well as sand, is required. You will need a wide and not too deep pot.
plant care
Caring for a toast is not too difficult. The main thing is to create conditions for it that are close to natural, taking into account the period of growth in spring-summer and dormancy in winter-autumn. 
Plant care includes competent system glaze. This succulent comes from Africa, so it does not accept excess moisture. The soil before the next watering should dry out normally, and the pan must be dry. Watch out for lighting - the plant is unacceptable to be placed in the sun. The southeastern part of the house is considered a normal place for him.
In spring and summer, Crassula will be comfortable in the fresh air - for example, on the balcony. In cold weather, it is better to put it on the south side. Sod or universal soil mixture is suitable for growing a plant. You can cook it yourself from 4 parts of soddy soil, 1 part of sand, leafy soil and humus.
Drainage for culture consists of brick chips or pieces of coal. Universal fertilizers or additives for succulents are perfect as dressings. In spring-summer, top dressing is applied once a month, in autumn-winter - several times less often. It is also necessary to maintain the temperature in the room at a level of +18 - 25 degrees. With the advent of autumn and winter, it is reduced to +10 - 15, sometimes up to 6 degrees Celsius.
The fat woman does not need regular spraying of foliage. It is acceptable to occasionally wipe it with a napkin or a damp cloth to remove dust. The plant loves regular airing. But at the same time, drafts should not be allowed so as not to harm the tree. It is very important to choose correct pot for cultivation. Because otherwise, the growth of the culture may slow down or stop. Ideally, they select a wide and not very tall pot. Since the succulent has a superficial root system. The width should be slightly larger than the crown or equal to it.
The money tree (or fat woman) is considered a completely unpretentious plant with strong immunity. But crassula can suffer from pests and diseases due to unscrupulous care. Any ailment can be cured without much cost if it is found on early stage, identifying by the signals that the plant gives. One of the most common signs is that the leaves are falling off.
Who is Crassula
Crassula (crassula) was born in South Africa, and got its name due to the thick and fleshy foliage. It has many varieties and propagates in two ways: seeds and cuttings.
It is believed that this plant is able to purify the air in the room where it grows, as well as bring prosperity and material wealth to the house. The fat woman is called the money tree and is referred to as a talisman plant.
A fat woman is watered a couple of times a week if the days are hot, and at a temperature of 18–23 ° C, one watering is enough. Autumn and winter up close heating appliances it is better not to keep crassula, despite its tolerance for dry air.
They feed a fat woman no more than twice a month in summer and once a month in winter. The ideal fertilizer for this plant will be something that suits cacti and succulents (only at a dosage halved). Any top dressing is applied to moist soil.
It is impossible to transplant a fat woman too often. This should be done as a last resort when root system The plants have already filled the pot. This usually happens every three years. As a soil for a fat woman, a mixture for cacti is suitable. The pot should be taken shallow, lay out a drainage layer at the bottom.
Video: caring for a fat woman
Diagnosis of ailments
At adverse conditions and inattentive care, Crassula is affected by diseases.
Table: causes of ailments of the money tree
| Symptoms of malaise | Causes | Remedy |
| Leaves fade and fall |
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| The stem is pulled out | Abundant watering with a lack of lighting or in a cold period of time. |
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| Red spots on foliage | Bacterial outbreak. | Remove affected leaves. Treat the plant 2-3 times with a complex antibacterial preparation (for example, Fitosporin-M) with an interval of 10 days. |
| slow growth |
| It is necessary to adjust watering, fertilizing and lighting intensity (provide additional illumination of the fat woman up to 10 hours a day). |
| trunk rot | Excessive watering without drying the earthy coma. | If, after a period of drying, the plant has not returned to normal, then transplanting will not help. In this case, the fat woman can be saved only by rooting the surviving cuttings. |
| Lack of light. | It is necessary to provide the plant with bright diffused light for 10-12 hours a day. | |
| Foliage softening | Irregular irrigation. | If the drying of the earthy coma did not work, then a transplant is required. The roots should be freed from rot, washed in a solution of potassium permanganate and only then transplanted into new ground. |
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| The fat woman is full of moisture, which she receives not only from the soil, but also from the air. Therefore, it evaporates excess water on the surface of the foliage, opening the pores. | It is necessary to adjust watering and reduce air humidity. | |
| Leaf reddening |
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| Silver plaque | The plant has survived the stress and is recovering. | Powder in the form of silver pollen on the leaves is a sign of "pushing out" dead cells. This symptom does not provide any action. The fat woman will renew itself. |
| Leaves wrinkled | A strong bay after a long drought. | Such differences in the state of the soil harm the plant, it experiences stress and dies. The first symptom of problems is wrinkling of the leaves. |
| dry brown spots | Insufficient watering. | The fat woman should be watered regularly with warm and settled water until the soil dries out 3–5 cm deep. |
| The plant dries | With dry leaves, the plant can signal both waterlogging of the earthy coma, and the fact that the roots have filled the entire pot, and it's time to transplant. | When such symptoms appear, it is necessary to inspect the root system and at the same time dry the earthen clod. If the plant is cramped in the old pot, then it needs to be transplanted. |
Photo gallery: symptoms of malaise
Withering of the trunk of a fat woman can occur due to its death during the bay. Drying out of the soil provokes the appearance of dry brown spots on foliage Overwatering leads to rotting of the stem. Sunburn can easily be confused with a disease. Softening of foliage and branches can occur when the root system rots. through the leaf pores Bacteria on the leaves of the fat woman leave such traces, as if gradually conquering the territory from the plant
Crassus treatment
In almost all cases of malaise, the plant can be saved. It is important not to start the situation and accept necessary measures in time.
The plant turns yellow and sheds leaves
One of the most common problems faced by a florist growing a fat woman is leaf fall. There may be several reasons for this. The main one is improper watering.
Irrigation with cold water can kill the plant. Problems can arise due to the difference between air and soil temperatures. Dampness in cold conditions provokes not only leaf fall, but also the appearance of mold and the reproduction of fungus, so you need to water the plants with warm settled water, always taking into account the temperature of the environment.
Improper watering of the plant can lead to loss of foliage
The stem is pulled out
When there is not enough light, the plant suffers from a lack of nutrition, because it receives it not only through the soil, assimilating the roots, but also through the leaves, through photosynthesis. As a result, when there is little lighting, and the fat woman receives watering in the amount of the norm, the growth of the body accelerates, and the plant does not have time to develop and stretches upwards with all its might to the light source. Therefore, to form a beautiful bush, you need to put the plant in a well-lit place. But do not forget that shading from direct sunlight is required.
Lack of light with abundant watering will ugly stretch the trunk of a fat woman
Crassula grows slowly
This problem does not have a unique solution. If the development of the fat woman is too slow, you need to think about the correct mode of watering, lighting and top dressing. During the dormant period, the plant must be provided with proper conditions.
The trunk rots, the leaves become soft or shrivel
These symptoms are caused by too much water in the soil. The first step is to dry the clod of earth well. You may have to transplant the fat woman into a new soil. However, you need to be prepared for the fact that the plant will not be able to recover. Then the output will be the propagation of Crassula with the help of healthy cuttings.
Crassula leaves are shriveled due to a strong bay after a drought
If the fat woman stayed for a long time on a lighted window without watering, then you should not immediately rush to water it. The fact is that the roots of the plant wrinkled and dried up without moisture, and after the newly received water they will begin to straighten out. If you give them more moisture than they can absorb in this state, then the roots will crack, and in a new environment, too damp, they may rot. It is not surprising that the leaves of a flooded flower wrinkle after a drought.
Black spots appear on the leaves
Often flower growers confuse bacterial spotting with sunburn. Distinguishing these spots is easy if you understand the nature of their occurrence. The burn always occurs locally, that is, in the place where the beam was directed, and does not spread in any way after the disappearance of solar exposure. Dark spots resulting from a bacterial infection gradually capture the leaf blade.
For treatment against bacteria and fungi, it is very effective to use Fitosporin-M. One part of the substance is thoroughly dissolved in two parts of water, and then the resulting mixture is diluted again with water already 10 times, and the fat woman is treated with this solution along the foliage.
The plant is sluggish, its parts dry
A wilting plant may indicate that the roots are already crowded in a pot. This means that it is time to transplant the crassula. Doing so better in spring. Of course, if the plant is sick and is in danger of death, then you can’t wait. In addition, a drying plant signals an incorrect watering regime - excessive or insufficient.
The leaves turn red
The change in color of the leaves from green to reddish is a reason to shade the fat woman from the sun's rays. The foliage also acquires such a shade with a lack of fresh air (then the room needs to be aired daily) and nutritional deficiencies.
Excess light and lack of fresh water leads to reddening of the leaves.
Roots darken and rot
If the malaise of a fat woman is detected and it is due to rotting of the roots, then it is possible to save her, when the trunk of the money tree has not yet had time to turn black and rot, only through transplantation after processing the root system. To do this, after removing the plant from the pot, thoroughly rinse the roots under warm running water, and then, after carefully examining the processes, remove the damaged areas. After the plant has only healthy roots left, dip them for 15–20 minutes in a light raspberry solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
In order to avoid the development of a bacterial infection and fungus, which could also cause the root system to get sick, it is recommended to plant a fat woman only in treated and disinfected soil and pot. To do this, the earth is calcined in the oven for an hour at 200 ° C, and the pot is doused with boiling water, steam, or rinsed with a cool solution of manganese or a 20% solution of whiteness.
White dots or a silvery coating appeared on the leaves
Light dots indicate that the plant is oversaturated with water. In this case, it is necessary to dry the earth by reducing watering. A silvery coating is a sign that the plant has experienced stress and is now recovering. No measures other than proper care should be taken.
A silvery coating on the leaves of Crassula indicates recovery from stress
Why is a fat woman sick and how to deal with it
There are also dangers arising from the activity of fungi or bacteria that love dampness and cold. Plants with weak immunity are especially susceptible to them.
The defeat of the fat woman by a fungus
The most common causes of malaise in a fat woman are fungi and bacteria. Their appearance can be provoked by an excess or lack of air or soil moisture, air temperature or lighting.
The most vulnerable period of time for Crassula is winter, when daylight hours are short. In addition, temperature fluctuations are constant in houses due to the low temperature outside the window, combined with the operation of the heating system.
Crassula can be affected by wet rot or gray rot, the occurrence of which is provoked by fungi. At the same time, brown spots appear on plant tissues, which increase with time and eventually cover the entire plant. It is necessary to transplant Crassula into new soil in time or to root healthy cuttings (when the disease is not yet at an advanced stage). Otherwise, the rot will quickly spread throughout the bush and the plant will die.
You can stop the spread of putrefactive lesions by a sharp reduction in watering and increased ventilation. The affected areas near the bush are cut off, and the wounds are disinfected with potassium permanganate, brilliant green or an alcohol solution. After processing, the sections are powdered with ash or crushed coal.
The defeat of the fat woman by bacteria
Identification of a bacterial lesion of Crassula is very problematic, since the external symptoms of the disease are practically indistinguishable from fungal ones.
Rot caused by bacteria is treated with fungicides. This is followed by a series of antibiotic treatments on the foliage using penicillin or gentamicin. Penicillin does not have a toxic effect on plants, even in severe doses. Therefore, you can not be afraid to destroy the fat girl, especially since the most effective help injections will become for her, and with this question it is better to turn to specialists.
insect pests
It is quite easy to detect a scale insect: on the surface of the leaf and stem, you can see light brown tubercles or spots with a yellow tint.
It's easy to fight her. Insects are harvested by hand, and then the plant is treated with soapy water or Fitoverm. This bio-remedy must be used according to the instructions, it is safe for humans and plants, but extremely effective against plant pests.
The shield on the fat woman leaves clear signs his presence
Spider mite - very small insect, which causes enormous damage to the plant. Despite their small size, the tick can be seen with the naked eye. It looks like a small gray or red dot, which is in constant motion. A striking manifestation of a tick attack is a web that envelops the leaves of a fat woman, as well as yellowing or browning of the leaves.
Spider mite leaves visible marks on an occupied plant
Having found a tick on the crassula, you should immediately spray the plant and immediately put a bag on the fat woman, tightening it on the pot. In conditions high humidity tick will die. Other means to combat the pest will be a soap solution or Apollo preparation.
This is a fairly frequent visitor to the fat woman. He likes to settle down on the roots and in the axils of the leaves, eating plant tissues and gradually weakening the immunity of the bush. In addition, it also spoils the appearance of Crassula, covering the greens with mealy secretions resembling cotton wool.
Mealybug on a fat woman is visible to the naked eye
The worm is easily washed off the foliage with a stream of water. After getting rid of insects, the crassula is treated with a cotton swab dipped in an alcohol solution or garlic infusion. Preparations Fufanon and Aktellik also do a good job with the pest.
The root bug settles on the roots of the fat woman. Finding it there is not easy. This usually happens during the spring transfer of the plant to another pot.
When attacking a worm, the roots of the plant should be washed under running water (temperature 50 ° C), and then the root bundle should be treated in a solution of Fufanon or Aktellik (twice with an interval of 7–8 days).
The root bug unfolds its activity inside the root system
What to do to revive Crassula
The most common problem in keeping a fat woman is trunk rotting. Having at his disposal a beautiful mini-tree with fleshy foliage, the beginner, apparently, succumbs to the false impression that such greens should be fed intensively, and begins to mercilessly flood the crassula.
Meanwhile, if you do not allow the soil in which the fat woman grows to dry out, excess moisture at the root collar will provoke tissue rotting and the stem will separate from the roots. In this case, it is impossible to reanimate the plant.
The only way to save a plant is by rooting cuttings. To do this, you need to perform a certain algorithm of actions.
- The plant must be carefully examined and healthy cuttings of at least 10-12 cm should be selected.
- The selected cuttings are carefully separated from the mother plant and left to lie down for a day at room temperature for drying.
- The branches are rooted in water. First, their trunk is exposed, clearing the leaves. Cuttings standing in water should not be in the bright sun, they will be more comfortable in partial shade. By the third week, the plants will be ready to be moved to a separate pot.
- To transplant a rooted branch into a pot, you should prepare a container: rinse the pots in hot water with soap, and then disinfected in a strong solution of potassium permanganate. The container should not be large, as it is a transshipment point for the cutting.
- A drainage layer of expanded clay of 7–8 cm is laid out at the bottom of the pot, and up to half the container is covered from above with a mixture of equal parts river sand and sod land.
- With a pencil in a pot of soil, make a hole of 2-3 cm, where the cutting is carefully placed.
- Not reaching the edge of the pot 2 cm, add the remaining soil mixture.
- The stalk is watered with settled water at room temperature. Each subsequent moistening is carried out only after the earthen clod has dried.
- A young plant should not be moved to another place until it is fully rooted in the soil and the final transplant.
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It has long been a stereotype that a fat woman is one of the most undemanding plants. Despite the resistance of Crassula in relation to many factors, it can fall ill due to the elementary inattention of the grower. Timely measures taken will save the plant.
The flower is holding up well. bad light and lack of irrigation long time. For this reason, novice flower growers love this plant. Apart from easy care it attracts appearance and the 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.
In their natural habitat, the fat woman is used to getting food as a result of a desperate struggle for survival, so she is fed quite rarely. 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 prepared as follows: ten shells are placed in a liter jar, 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 the usual for everyone indoor plants insects:
Withdraw spider mite pretty hard. 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 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.Video on how to properly care for the money tree, protect against diseases and pests:
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