How To Grow And Care Money Plant

 Money Plant is also known as the beginners plant. This plant is very popular as it is easy to grow and can survive wide range of weather and light conditions. Most people grow this plant as a good luck plant.

Benefits Of Growing Money Plant At Home

• Not one but many, this is one blessed plant that can be easily handled by a beginner.
• Purifies air by removing harmful toxins from the air caused due to furnitures, electronic etc
• Enhances decor of living space
• Easily available
• Can be grown in water, soil with least maintanance
• Grows well under low light
• Can be grown indoor as well as outdoors
• Survives under harsh conditions like hot weather
• Bears maximum ignorance
• Grows fast
• Zero maintenance
• No Fertilizers required
• No Specialised gardening skills required
• Can take drought conditions
• Can be propagated with just one node leaf
• Can be easily decorated in many different ways

How To Grow Money Plant At Home

• Choose a healthy plant which is well watered and the leaves and growing well and are firm to touch
• Cut the vine 15 cm from long below the node using a sharp sicssors or a blade or knife
• Make multiple cuttings of this vine, cut half inch before and after the node which is below the leaf
• you might have atleast 4-5 leaves with just one leaf
• Use a rubber band and tie all the leaves together but don't make it too tight
• Take a small cup or any container and add water to it
• Place the cuttings in this cup
• Leave this cup under low light 
• Check after 10 day, you will notice all the nodes have developed roots

Make a potting mix

• Mix one part of garden soil with one part of compost and one part of cocopeat
• Take a small pot of 4 inch and add the potting mix upto 1/4 layer
• Place the rooted plant in the pot
• Add some more potting mix and cover the roots completely

Pot

• The pot must have drainage holes
• You can use any material, like clay, terracotta, plastic or even coir pots or any similar material
• Never use a metal pot as it could get rust and could damage the plant

Watering

• Water the plant either early morning or late evening, but never when the sun is shining bright and hot
• Use water that is in room temperature
• You really don't need ro or any such water for this plant
• Use a spray bottle to water the node and to remove dust over the leaves

How To Treat Yellowing of leaves in Money plant

Money plant leaves gets yellow due to multiple reasons

• The pot must have got root bound, this happens if the plant has not been repotted for a long time and the plant has grown in multiple folds
• Over watering, this is the number one cause of yellowing of leaves
• Under watering, if ignored watering for way too long, then this could be the reason for yellowing of leaves
• Too harsh sunlight, during summers especially, if the plant has to bear direct sunlight, it could cause burning of leaves
• Clogged drainage holes could cause water logging causing roots to rot eventually yellowing of leaves

Insects and pest

This is one such plant that does not get infected with pest and insects, atleast I personally haven't seen any in my lifetime.

This is the reason why this plant is a favourite and no. 1 house hold plant 

Fertilizer

If you are giving it adequate amount of sunlight and follow proper watering cycle, then you don't need to bother to fertilize this plant

But if you are keeping this plant indoor under low light conditions, then you can add these fertilizers

1) Rock phosphate, an organic fertilizer in powdered form, just add 1 tsp over the potting mix in the pot directly

2) Lime stone / Chunna in hindi, is also the best, cheap and oraganic fertilizer for money plant

3) Sea weed fertilizer: You get granules as well as liquid fertilizers, just add 2-3 drops in 500 ml of water and water the plant , you can also spray this over the leaves. Granules can be scattered over the potting mix

4) Compost: You can use any compost like cow dung compost, or vermicompost or goat mannure compost as a fertilizer, just scatter  1 tsp over the potting mix

You can use any one of the fertilizers once in 15 days or once in a month, and the best time to use it is during early morning or late evening but never in the afternoon

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