The Fortune Tree belongs to the small tree of the Kapok family and is often cultivated as a potted plant of the main trunk (short trunk) of the leaf view.
1. Habits
Fortune tree belongs to acid-loving plants, here is a little trick, when watering can drop a few drops of vinegar, to make the water acidic. Fortune tree is also a strong positive plant, but the shade tolerance of the fortune tree is very strong, both can be illuminated for a long time can also be placed in a place without light, can be unlit for a long time (Old Li's office has a colleague who has raised two pots, can withstand half a year without light, about half a year without seeing the sun, still vigorous and powerful, but does not grow), because our office has no light conditions, conditional can often bask in the sun, see the following figure.
A fortune tree that has not been illuminated for half a year
2. Illumination
Although the Fortune Tree has no requirements for light, but different light can make the Fortune Tree have different growth potentials, full-day sunlight can make the Fortune Tree grow rapidly, make the stem nodes shorter, the plant type is compact, the appearance is plump, and the dry stem has a thickening effect. Lack of light, slow growth, if it is a small seedling, the performance is to grow thin and long, the summer high temperature season should pay attention to avoid the strong light of the 11:00-14:00 time period, to avoid strong light irradiation burned leaves.
3. Water
Fortune tree is actually very good to raise, mainly in water control, Fortune tree likes moist soil, this is because Fortune trees are mostly potted, the original root system is not developed, watering can not be well absorbed, so it is necessary to keep the soil moist, the best way to keep the soil moist is to sprinkle water every day to keep the soil moist, only in the soil drought, the use of watering. If you do not like to sprinkle water, you can follow the spring, autumn two seasons, every 7-8 days watering can be, summer every 3-4 days watering can be, winter 10-15 days watering can be, depending on the degree of soil dry and wet to determine how much watering, can also be based on whether there is a lack of water to choose water, lack of water when the leaves of the fortune tree droop, the top of the young leaves will be a little yellow, soft, dull. Remember not to accumulate water, any plant is afraid of standing water (except aquatic weeds).
4. Fertilization
Fortune tree can be placed in a well-ventilated place, fortune tree to be regularly fertilized, root fertilization can be carried out twice a year, can also be fertilized according to the growth trend, spring and early autumn is the best; leaf fertilization is generally sprayed once a half a month, mainly sprayed with nutrient water, you can also configure your own fertilizer water (nitrogen fertilizer water is the best, the main long leaves, pay attention to the concentration of spray fertilizer water, you can dilute the fertilizer by more than 200-500 times in spraying), so that spraying will make the leaves greener and more powerful.
5. Trim
Fortune tree according to different heights, you can choose different sizes of pots, if it is a small fortune tree, in order to make it grow slowly, you can trim the roots every two years in the spring, you can prune the weak roots, rotten roots, repair the roots at the same time to change the soil, you can replace it with the nutritious peat soil mixed with some coarse sand or woodland soil. The branches of the fortune tree grow very slowly, the branches are easy to lead to death, generally in April of the growth period, generally before pruning to supplement nutrients, so that the wound heals quickly after pruning, after pruning can not be exposed to the wound, to prevent too much water loss due to the wound, resulting in too long dry joints, should be placed in the shade to wait for the wound to heal and then placed in the light.