Improper care is always the cause of the development of any disease. It remains only to figure out which actions lead to a particular ailment.

Reference! The most dangerous period for Crassula is winter. Since at this time there is always not enough lighting, and temperature regime is not constant due to the weather outside the window and the operation of the heating system.

The crown turns pale and falls off

Causes:

• regular waterlogging of the substrate;
• lack of moisture;
• watering with cool water;
• excessive feeding;
• response to a stressful situation.

What to do if the plant is sick:

1. Stop fertilizing for about 30 days.
2. Reduce watering or make it regular and not abundant.
3. Set aside water in advance to moisten the soil.

The stem grows only up

Causes: Excessive watering in low light or low temperatures air.

Methods of treatment:

1. Reduce the frequency of soil moisture.
2. Adjust the temperature to 22-25 degrees Celsius.
3. Use sources of artificial lighting.

red pigmentation

Causes: development of bacteria on a plant.

Methods of treatment:

1. Cut off the affected foliage from the fat woman.
2. Treat the healthy part with an antibacterial agent several times with a break of 10 days.

retarded development

Causes:

• insufficient fertilization;
• irregular moistening of the substrate;
• bad light;
• rest period.

What to do if the flower is sick:

1. Establish a watering and fertilizing regime.
2. Provide light mode for 12 hours a day.

Rotting shoots

Causes:

• excessive soil moisture;
• soil bogginess.

Methods of treatment:

1. It is necessary to let the earthen coma stand in a dried state for at least a couple of days.
2. If drying the soil did not help, it will be possible to save the plant only by planting young plant from healthy offspring.

How else can you help a fat woman if she is rotten from excessive watering, we suggest you learn from this useful video:

Yellow shade of the crown

Causes: Insufficient lighting.

Methods of treatment: organize a care regimen so that the fat woman receives good diffused light for 12 hours a day.

Leaves become soft

Causes: Chaotic watering.

Most often, the florist first long time does not moisten the substrate, and then tries to correct the situation with abundant watering.

Methods of treatment:

1. Soil drying.
2. If this manipulation did not help, it is worth transplanting the plant into a new substrate. But for this, clean the root system from the soil and inspect it for decay. Treat the rhizomes with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

We offer you to watch a useful video about why a fat woman has soft leaves and how to deal with it:

Black pigmentation

Causes:

• sunburn;
• fungal infection, the cause of which is insufficient ventilation of the room.

Methods of treatment:

1. Avoid direct sunlight on the plant. To do this, place it in partial shade or shade it during hot hours.
2. Treat with a solution of Fundazol.
3. Reduce watering.
4. Ventilate the room in which the fat woman is located more often.

Small white dots

Causes: similar pigmentation is a consequence of evaporation excess moisture. Moreover, this moisture enters the flower not only from the soil, but also from the air.

Methods of treatment:

1. Revise the watering regimen.
2. Less humidify the air around the plant.

The plant turns red

Causes:

• sunlight hitting the surface of the leaf plates;
• poor air circulation;
• lack of nutrients.

Methods of treatment:

1. Shade the fat woman.
2. Adjust the mode of feeding, make them permanent.
3. Take care of the drainage layer in the flower container.

Silver plaque

Causes: the result of experienced stress.

Such a situation may be a response to a sharp change in temperature and light conditions, as well as the frequency of soil moisture and fertilizer application.

Methods of treatment: such a plaque is dead cells. Their plant seemed to be thrown to the surface of the leaves. There is no need to fight a silvery coating - it will pass by itself as soon as Money Tree recover from stress.

Foliage wrinkled

Causes: abundant watering of the flower after a long period of drought.

Methods of treatment: such irregular watering with jumps can lead not only to diseases of the fat woman, but also to her death, and wrinkled signs are the first sign of illness. Therefore, it is important to correctly water the Crassula so as not to create stressful situations for it.

Dried brown spots

Causes: lack of moisture.

Methods of treatment: water the plant with settled water room temperature. At the same time, new moistening should be carried out only when the substrate dries out by about 3-5 centimeters in depth.

The flower dries up

Causes:

• excess moisture in the soil;
• root system filled all the space in the flowerpot.

Methods of treatment:

1. Dry the ground and all the rhizome.
2. If necessary, replace the pot with a larger one.

Crassula pests and how to deal with them

spider mite

Very small pest. However, despite its size, the mite is very noticeable on the plant. You can recognize the described pest by small grayish or reddish dots that are constantly moving.

When attacking a spider mite, the web is most pronounced, which most often envelops precisely sheet plates. When attacked by such an insect, often the entire green part of the fat woman becomes yellowish or slightly brown.

If the grower noticed a spider mite on a money tree, he should:

1. Immediately treat the plant with fungicides.
2. Plus, you need to tighten the package on the crassula - from the very top to the base of the pot. Such a vacuum will create a humid environment, which will lead to the death of the spider mite.

From folk remedies soapy water can be used. True, processing by this tool will have to be performed several times.

Mealybug

This pest is considered one of the most common insects for the fat woman. It's hard to find him, since the worm is most often located on the root system and in the axils of the foliage. This insect survives thanks to the living tissues of the plant, from which it sucks the juice, which is the cause of death for the money tree.

Crassula fades not immediately, but gradually. This is facilitated by a weakened immune system. In addition, the external data of the plant also deteriorate. A white coating similar to cotton wool appears on the entire surface of the leaves.

Treatment consists of several stages:

1. The first is mechanical removal pests. This can easily be done with good water pressure.
2. Then the whole fat woman is treated with an alcohol or garlic solution. From finished products Aktellik and Fufanon help well.

Shchitovka

The scale insect is recognized by light brown tubercles on the surface of the foliage. Sometimes these growths can acquire a yellow tint.

You can easily deal with such a pest:

1. It is enough just to collect it from the plant by hand.
2. Then spray Crassula with soapy water or Fitoverm. This tool is absolutely safe for people and pets, but merciless to insect pests. The main thing is to strictly follow the instructions for use.

root bug

Often it lives on the root system of the money tree. Therefore, it is very difficult to detect it. Usually flower growers notice a pest when changing containers and soil.

When a root bug is found, it is necessary:

1. Rinse all roots running water, which will be heated to +50 degrees.
2. Then treat with insecticides several times, while maintaining an interval of about a week.

You will learn more about the pests of the fat woman in this useful video:

Crassula, like any other plant, can be subject to diseases and pest attacks. But if the grower constantly monitors the state of the crassula, he will easily notice negative deviations in the state of the money tree. Therefore, regular examination of the fat woman will be the key to her health and full development.

Crassula, money tree, crassula, zhiryanka - this is the favorite of many beginners and experienced flower growers. The plant is valued for its exotic appearance and unpretentious character, it is considered a talisman financial well-being and prosperity. But what to do when the leaves fall off the fat woman? How to treat the disease? In this case, you must immediately begin resuscitation measures.

Sometimes a healthy fat woman begins to crumble leaves. If there are not many fallen, then this is a completely natural process of updating the crown replacing old leaves with new ones. In healthy plants, this process goes unnoticed and does not cause trouble for the grower. It’s just that new elastic shoots make their way from the leaf axils, the old leaves fall off, making room for young leaves and branches. Those that have fallen to the ground begin to grow and give rise to new small plants. This is how it goes vegetative reproduction fat women.

Most often, the leaves of the money tree fall off in autumn and winter, when the length of daylight hours decreases and the tree receives less light. The reason in spring days is the renewal of the crown and the growth of new shoots. In summer, the plant sheds its leaves due to hot, dry air and scorching temperatures. the best sun. There are other reasons for shedding such as pest infestation, fungus, sunburn or excess moisture.

The fat woman withers

Crassula diseases: symptoms, causes, treatment

The fat woman has strong immunity, but in adverse conditions it begins to wither and shed its leaves. The characteristics of the main diseases of the fat woman are presented in the following table.

Causes of diseases	Disease symptoms
Violation of the irrigation regime	the leaves became soft / withered, turned yellow and began to fall off; the trunk and roots of the plant are rotten; the fat woman shed healthy leaves
Violation of the light regime	the leaves lost their elasticity, turned red and began to crumble; round black spots appeared; the flower stretched out and lost its former attractiveness
Fungi and pests	plant covered with brown spots irregular shape; convex brown or yellowish growths appeared on the leaves, similar to dill seeds; yellowish spots, cobwebs appeared between the leaves; cotton-like growths appeared on the plant

If you have at least one of the above symptoms the tree needs to be saved. Timely measures will help to reanimate the fat woman, prevent the death of the plant and restore its former beauty.

The leaves have become soft and yellowed. The money tree sheds its leaves.

The fat woman came to us from the desert regions of Africa, so she does not tolerate frequent and abundant watering. If you thoroughly fill the plant with water, it will turn yellow and shed some of the leaves. To save this African beauty from death, dry the soil thoroughly in a pot and reconsider its watering regimen.

In summer, a fat woman should be watered no more than 1-2 times a week, and in winter - no more than 1-2 times a month. You need to water the plant only after the earth in the pot has completely dried, otherwise the flower will turn yellow and begin to shed its leaves.

The trunk and roots of the plant are rotten. What to do?

If you regularly fill the money tree with water, then very soon its trunk and roots will begin to rot, and the leaves will crumble. sick the plant needs to be urgently transplanted into a pot with dry soil, critically examining the roots and cutting off the rotten tips to healthy areas. Cut points should be powdered wood ash and then plant the plant in a new substrate. A rotten trunk, unfortunately, is almost impossible to restore.

The leaves withered and began to crumble

The reason may be rare watering in hot weather, proximity to heating devices (batteries, heaters) and exposure to direct sunlight. To help the fat girl, in the warm season take it out to fresh air: to the garden, courtyard or balcony. Choose not too much for your pet sunny place where she will feel comfortable.

The fat woman withers

The fat woman shed healthy leaves

The heat-loving fat woman does not like being watered cold water or kept in a draft, and tries to draw the attention of the owner to this problem, dropping healthy, succulent leaves. To save the surviving part of the crown, you need to find a quiet and peaceful place for the tree, away from drafts, and water it with water at room temperature.

The leaves lost their elasticity, turned red and began to crumble

Despite its African origin, the fat woman does not tolerate scorching sunlight, from which it turns red and sheds leaves. Most often this happens after moving the flower from a shaded corner to a sun-drenched window sill. To save the money tree, you need to shade window glass curtain, film or newspaper, and burned by the sun, fertilize reddened leaves complex fertilizer or spray with a biostimulant. For this you can use universal fertilizer"Epin" for plant restoration.

When processing a money tree with Epin fertilizer, follow the instructions clearly. This drug is very active, and it must be added literally drop by drop, dissolving them in a glass of water.

Round black spots appeared on the leaves

If direct sunlight is able to color the leaves of the crassula red, then prolonged exposure to direct sunlight can lead to serious damage to the plate and the appearance of ugly black spots on the leaves. To save home flower, you need to rearrange it away from the window, or shade the window glass. Plant shading will help solve the problem, but the affected leaves cannot be saved and over time they will fall off.

Crassula leaf burn

In winter, the flower stretched out and lost its former attractiveness.

If the fat woman does not have enough light, she begins to stretch upwards, her internodes are drawn out, the stem becomes thinner and the plant loses its attractiveness. The problem is exacerbated by abundant watering in winter time. To save the flower, you need to rearrange it to another place, closer to the source of daylight.

The green plant was covered with brown spots of irregular shape. How to save?

It happens that brown spots appear on the money tree, which gradually cover the entire plant. Eventually the flower dies. Why is this happening? The cause is gray or wet rot Biotytis cinema. To stop the spread of rot, you should increase the ventilation of the room and reduce watering. Areas affected by rot must be cut off, and disinfect the cut points thoroughly. If the disease has gone too far, it remains only to re-root the plant or cut it.

The fungus actively develops in wet rooms and does not like dry air. To prevent its occurrence, you should ventilate the rooms more often and mulch the soil surface.

Convex brown or yellowish growths appeared on the leaves, similar to dill seeds.

Sometimes the green leaves begin to turn yellow - such outgrowths are left by the scale insect - a semi-hard-winged insect of the worm family, which attacks the money tree with great pleasure. It is not difficult to fight this scourge:

• take a soft brush, moisten it with alcohol or kerosene and remove stains;
• wipe the leaves of the plant with soapy foam and rinse them well clean water;
• treat the flower with insecticides, such as Fufanon, Fitoverm, etc.

The scale is impossible to recognize at an early stage of the lesion. And only when brown plaques appear on the plant, the infection of the flower becomes obvious.

The leaves of the plant covered yellowish spots, a web appeared

Cobwebs and yellowish spots on the leaves of the money tree are left by a tiny pest - spider mite . It is more difficult to deal with this pest than with a scale insect. The easiest way is to buy a complex preparation such as "Neoron", "Rogor" or "Aktellika" in the store and spray the plant according to the instructions. At an early stage, regular spraying with a tobacco, soap or garlic solution will help.

Spider mite develops well in warm, dry rooms. To prevent its occurrence, you should regularly spray the money tree from a spray bottle with fresh water.

Cotton-like growths appeared on the plant

A white coating in the axils of the leaves, resembling cotton wool, indicates that the plant has settled mealybug . The mealybug is a member of the Hemiptera family, the superfamily of mealybugs. The pest feeds on the juice of young shoots. At the same time, the growth of the plant slows down, the leaves fall off, and the shoots are deformed.

Mealybug attacked a fat woman

• carefully inspect the flower, remove the worms with a soft brush dipped in concentrated soapy water, or wash them off with warm water from the shower;
• whip into foam laundry soap and treat the whole plant with this foam;
• rinse the flower thoroughly with running water;
• Spray the flower 3-4 times with infusion of tobacco, garlic, decoction of cyclamen tubers.

If the defeat has become significant, after cleaning the plant from worms, spray it with Actellik.

Thus, fat woman is an unpretentious plant, which at proper care will delight the owner for many years. The plant may react to the violation of lighting and watering regimes, the appearance of fungi and mold by the appearance of spots on the leaves and their shedding, rotting of the trunk and roots. Most diseases of the fat woman are treatable.

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 disease can be cured without special costs, if you detect it at an early stage, identifying it 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. In autumn and winter, it is better not to keep Crassula near heating appliances, 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 must be done in last resort when the root system of the plant has 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

Under 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	Constant waterlogging of the soil. Insufficient watering. Irrigation with cold water. Excess nutrients. The consequence of stress and the desire to leave offspring as soon as possible.	Reduce soil moisture or resume soft and moderate watering with warm settled water. Stop feeding for a month.
The stem is pulled out	Abundant watering with a lack of lighting or in cold period time.	Adjust the frequency of watering and the average daily temperature. If the stem stretched out in winter, then dry it with an earthen ball, provide additional lighting and increase the temperature of the content to 23-25 ​​° C.
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	Lack or excess of nutrition. Water scarcity. Poor lighting. Rest period.	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 a new soil.
	Sunburn. The plant begins to turn black due to a fungal infection, which appears due to poor ventilation of the room and waterlogging of the soil.	Shade a fat woman or treat with Fundazol (10 g per 10 liters of water). Reduce watering, provide the plant with an influx of fresh air.
	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	Exposure to direct sunlight. Lack of fresh air. Few nutrients.	Shade the plant if it is in a sunny position. If, along with redness, the leaves are also wilted, then the fat woman is starving and needs to be fed.
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 the 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 take the 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 a 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 organism accelerates, and the plant does not have time to develop and stretches with all its might up to the light source. Therefore, in order to form 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 a fat woman is too slow, you need to think about correct mode watering, lighting and fertilizing. 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 long time on a lighted window without watering, then you should not rush to urgently 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 blacken and rot, only by transplanting 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 low temperature outside the window in combination 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 external symptoms diseases are almost indistinguishable from fungal.

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 a fat woman, especially since injections will be the most effective help for her, and it is better to contact specialists with this question.

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.

A scab on a fat woman leaves clear signs of its presence.

The spider mite is a very small insect that 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 traces 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 loves 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 spoils appearance 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, Crassula is treated with a cotton swab dipped in 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 decay 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.

1. The plant must be carefully examined and healthy cuttings of at least 10-12 cm should be selected.
2. Selected cuttings are carefully separated from mother plant and leave to lie down for a day at room temperature for drying.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. With a pencil in a pot of soil, make a hole of 2-3 cm, where the cutting is carefully placed.
7. Not reaching the edge of the pot 2 cm, add the remaining soil mixture.
8. The stalk is watered with settled water at room temperature. Each subsequent moistening is carried out only after the earthen clod has dried.
9. A young plant should not be moved to another place until it is fully rooted in the soil and the final transplant.

Video: how to make a fat woman bloom

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.

Growing problems fat women there can be a lot if you take care of it incorrectly.

It should be said that all theseapplicable to otherand not only to them. But, we will consider their solution in relation to the money tree. Here are her main illnesses.

The money tree grows slowly

It happens that the growth of a fat woman slows down a lot, or it can stop growing altogether. What is missing in this case?

As, usually grows in semi-deserts (from there it came to us), then he needs to create these very conditions. Or something close enough to them. That is, there should be a lot of light, drainage must be good.

Do not forget to water the plant during its active growth. It is also important that the soil was moderately dry, and the temperature was quite cool, when the plant is already growing not so actively and is retiring.

If you provide all these conditions for, it is unlikely that it will grow slowly.

So that the fat woman does not grow somehow, but is formed in beautiful plant, you need to pinch her shoots. So you will stimulate growth points and, thereby, increase its crown.

IMPORTANT! The rapid growth of a fat woman is always associated with its optimal lighting. Finding this level of illumination is one of the important tasks. The money tree loves bright light very much. But, again, direct sunlight in this case is useless to him. They shouldn't be.

The leaves are falling

The money tree reproduces well by leaves. If it starts to drop them, then this is an alarm signal. This means that it does not want to "grow" its offspring, it simply does not have the strength for this.

The leaves of your plant may fall off different reasons. It is possible that she does not have enough light or you water her a lot.

All this is mainly related to winter. Often the leaves fall off when watering directly from the tap. The water in this case can be quite cold. This can also happen due to excess fertilizer.

If you have established the reason why your fat woman sheds leaves, then you need to eliminate this factor or bring it back to normal.

Watering need to be normalized, necessarily based on the season. Use only warm water for this, and reduce top dressing.

IMPORTANT! In winter, a fat woman does not need a lot of water. You need to water it at this time only once or twice for the whole month. Here everything is determined by the ambient temperature.

The lower it is, the less watering will be, respectively.

15 degrees is optimum temperature for a fat woman. Such weather is at this time usually in her homeland. So try and you get closer to this temperature regime.

Rotting trunk of a money tree

And this sometimes happens with a fat woman. The trunk in this case becomes very soft. As we have already said, the money tree came to us from the semi-desert.

In nature, growing in such conditions, it is forced to store water for future use. That is why she has such leaves. So, the excessive watering that we sometimes organize for her (out of the best intentions, of course), the fat woman does not like at all.

From this, her roots rot and then the rot passes already into the trunk itself.In this case, the soil needs to dry out quickly. If this does not help, then the fat woman is sure to transplanted. And it needs to be done as soon as possible.

Before you plant a money tree in another pot, wash its roots and see what condition they are in.

It happens that the situation is still quite fixable. If there is very little rot on the roots, then this rot, along with the roots, is simply cut off until you see completely healthy tissue. Be sure to powder all cuts afterwards.

Wood ash works best for this. After this treatment, you can plant a fat woman again. True, you will have to change the entire substrate.

If the rot already moved to the trunk, then consider that you have already lost this plant. stem cuttings This plant can be rooted very quickly. They will help you grow a new, healthy money tree. And now you will certainly not make these mistakes when caring for him.

Leaves turn yellow

What in this case is usually missing the money tree? Of course, light! The lack of light causes a similar yellowing of the leaves not only in the fat woman, but also in other plants.

You need to definitely increase the illumination of the entire plant. Especially if it stands on the northern windows, or in the northeast. In this case, an artificial light source would be the best solution.

If the warm season has come on the street, then the fat girl can generally be moved to the garden. The loggia is also suitable for its placement. But, in both of these cases, the direct sun should not fall on the plant.

Crassula has soft leaves

In this case, the leaves of the plant wither, wrinkle, become very soft and thinner. Then, they will definitely fall off, and recently they were very elastic.

All this is again caused by improper watering of the money tree. Here, either you filled it in (the roots simply suffocate from a large number moisture), or, conversely, dried.

Adjust watering and see if there is sufficient drainage in the pot. Also, it can be caused by excessive solar insolation.

Very often this is typical for recently transplanted plants. The roots, with such a transplant, are often damaged. They simply do not work as they should and the leaves become soft, that is, wither.

Diseases of the money tree. Black spots on its leaves

These spots are usually round and dry. And they appear from sunburn. In this case, the plant must be shaded, so you will save it from burns. But, here are the leaves with burns, they will no longer be healthy, but simply fall off.

It happens that the spots are not only black, but also brown. This is a fungal infection, not a burn. If you find such spots on your fat woman, then these leaves must be removed.

The money tree itself is then treated with any drugs against such fungal infections. Sometimes re-processing is required. This must be kept in mind.

It is clear that it is a pity to remove a lot of leaves. But, you should not be afraid of this. So you will have much more new points of growth on a fat woman. And later its crown will become even more lush and dense.

IMPORTANT! Be sure to analyze the conditions in which your money tree is located. Often these problems are caused by high humidity. In this case, the room needs to be ventilated more often, and the earth in a pot mulch.

The leaves turn red

Again, this may be due to the level of illumination. In this case, the light is too bright. The fat woman does not like the direct sun very much, although she is used to living in the deserts. It happens that you moved the plant from partial shade to a bright place. In this case, it is also quite possible that the leaves will begin to turn red.

Here the solution is quite simple. You need to shade the window with any curtain. This will be enough for the leaves to start turning green again.It happens that reddening, the leaves also wither. This means that by changing the location of the plant, it received sunburn.

In this case, spray the fat woman with biostimulants. For this, "Epin" is quite suitable, it will help restore health to the plant.

IMPORTANT!"Epin" should always be used in the right amount. Here, every extra drop can damage the plant. This drug is very active. Just a drop or two of "Epin" is quite sufficient for an adult money tree. This amount is dissolved in a whole glass of water.

Sometimes the leaves turn red not from above, but from the underside. It is possible that you water the fat woman a little. If the earth is dry, then this is the main reason for such redness.

Pests on a fat woman. What and how to fight?

Diseases of the money tree are sometimes caused by pests. Although, they are not very willing to settle on a fat woman. But, this also needs to be kept in mind.

White coating on the leaves of the crassula

This plaque can be on the leaves in the form of spots. Or it could be small dots. Also, it sometimes appears not on the leaves themselves, but in their axils. In some ways, this plaque is similar to lumps of cotton wool.All this says that your money tree was visited by a mealybug. The fat woman must be rid of him.

In this case, the pest can simply be washed off with water. To do this, the fat woman is watered directly from the shower and then washed with a soft brush. In this case, you need to use laundry soap.

Then, of course, the whole plant is washed with clean water. This is the first step in the fight against such a pest. Next, prepare an infusion of garlic or from tobacco and process the money tree with it. Also in this case, a decoction of cyclamen tubers is also used. In a month, you need to process a fat woman with such a "misfortune" 3 or 4 times.

Such a worm settles not only on one fat woman. It may well settle on other house plants. If you don’t fight this pest, it will suck out all the juice from the young shoots of the fat woman.

Growing at the same time, it will become very bad, its leaves will begin to fall off and, as a result, sooty mushrooms will also appear on it. Such white coating usually rubbed with fingers. So you can figure out that it is a mealybug or fungus. If your fingers smell like mold, then this is a fungal infection.

Spider mite on a money tree. How to fight?

It is much more difficult to expel a spider mite from a fat woman. If he settled on a money tree, then there will definitely be a web on it, and yellowish spots will appear on the leaves.

spider mite always settles on plants that grow in warmth and when the air is very dry. If you regularly spray the fat woman, then this pest is unlikely to appear on it.

You can fight the tick again garlic infusion or tobacco. You can also treat the fat woman with soap suds. But, all these methods work only at the beginning of infection of the plant with a spider mite.

It happens that these measures do not help, especially if neighboring plants are also already affected by this pest. Here you already need to turn to insecticides. At the same time, they process not only all the plants in the neighborhood, but also the place where they stand and the pots themselves. Only there it will be possible to destroy the tick itself and all the clutches of its eggs.

Shchitovka

You won’t be able to immediately notice this pest, only at a late stage, when the leaves of the fat woman change significantly for the worse. The base of the petioles of the plant itself, as well as the leaves, on their reverse side, are covered with red-brown plaques in color. These spots usually appear along the veins on the leaves. This is the shield.

Now the money tree needs to be saved and quickly. Remove shield. To do this, from the leaves and other places affected by this pest, it is simply scraped off. The plant is wiped with the same solutions, that is, tobacco or soap.

Then they wash it warm water. This is not enough and without insecticides it will not be possible to get around here either. Be sure to treat the fat woman with these drugs.

If you launched the plant and the scale insect hit it hard enough, then it is very difficult to remove the scale insect here. In this case, the leaves of the fat woman become sticky and sweet.

IMPORTANT! Soap solution must be prepared in the correct proportions. Soap you can take household, green or potash - only 10 grams. Dilute it in this case in half a liter of water. When you process the plant, be sure to cover the soil under it with a film.

If the money tree is heavy and just falls from gravity

Sometimes it happens. And this happens if you have always had a pot with a plant in only one position. At the same time, only one side of the crown developed well and the entire crown of the crassula became largely one-sided.

Then the plant becomes unstable and just falls. So, do not forget to often turn the pot towards the light. So the crown of the plant will develop evenly.

We strengthen the trunk of the money tree. How to do it?

To strengthen the trunk of this plant, it needs to be transplanted. The pot in this case is taken a little more than the previous one.

Also, the crown of the fat woman needs to be pinched, so you can reduce the load on one side. It is best to do such a transplant in the spring.

Sometimes you can't wait until spring. If you have a need to transplant a fat woman into this moment, then you need to do it by transshipment. That is, everything together with a clod of earth. At the same time, the pot should again be larger.

When you place the plant in it, along with its clod of earth, then the gaps (they will be necessary) between the clod of earth and the walls are simply carefully covered with a substrate.

A young fat woman can be given nice shape, again turning it in a circle in time. After all, any plant always reaches for the light. And, if you do not turn it, then the barrel from this can be very bent. If you do this regularly, then the crown of the money tree will be very beautiful, lush and evenly developed.

Diseases of the money tree will not be terrible and pests will not visit it if your care is close to ideal. In this case, the fat woman will delight you with her beauty and, who knows, maybe money, which, as they say, she attracts into the house.

Proper care is a guarantee that you will not get sick of the money tree.

Crassula, or crassula (Crassula) - a tree-like plant of the Crassula family, which has about 300 species. Most of the wild species are found in South Africa. Cultivated succulents are grown in apartments and greenhouses. room view fat women - Crassula portulata, popularly called the "money tree", is a low tree with a thick stem and round, fleshy, glossy leaves that look like coins.

Crassula belongs to unpretentious indoor crops that are resistant to diseases and pests. It rarely gets sick, and diseases most often occur due to improper care of the crassula. The main symptoms that something is wrong with the plant are softening, yellowing and falling of the leaves, the appearance of spots on them.

Did you know? It is popularly believed that the more beautiful and healthy the money tree, the more massive its stem and leaves, the more money it is able to attract to the dwelling where it lives.

The main reasons why a money tree can get sick are excessive watering, lack of light and unacceptable temperature conditions. So, if you noticed that the leaves of your plant have become soft, most likely you have flooded it. In this case, the fat woman should immediately provide first aid, eliminate the cause of the disease and immediately begin treatment.

To do this, it must be removed from the pot and a thorough examination of the root system. If a small number of rotten roots are found, they are removed. Cut and all leaves affected by rot. If most of the roots have rotted, they are removed surgically. The rhizome is washed under water. Then the roots and leaves with signs of decay are cut off with a knife. Slices are sprinkled with charcoal.

The plant is transplanted into a new pot with a new substrate. Watered with a solution of carbendazim. Then put in a bright place, avoiding direct sunlight on the plant. Careful watering begins only after the tree comes to its senses. In the future, try to control that the soil under the fat woman is not waterlogged.

Important! If all the roots are rotted, soft and dark, then it is too late to save the plant. Also, it will not be possible to reanimate a tree with signs of rotting of the base of the trunk.

There are several reasons for dropping leaves with a fat woman. It could be natural process. It is normal for a money tree to shed its leaves once every two years. If the fall of foliage is observed more often, then pay attention to the moisture content of the soil, most likely, you are waterlogging it.

Watering with cold water is another reason for leaf fall.

Important! Crassula must be watered with warm settled water.

Also, the reason for dropping leaves is a lack of moisture. This is especially true during hot and dry summers. Pay attention to the soil: if it is dry, if there is a hard crust on the surface, especially for a long time, then this can lead to the fact that the leaves on the crassula begin to dry out and fall off soon.

If the fat woman receives the wrong lighting, she is often burned by direct sunlight, she will hint to you with the reddening of the leaves and their rapid fall.

black circles on leaves

A more serious damage to the leaves by the rays of the sun is burns, which appear as black circles. In this case, the plant must be placed in a new lighted place where the sun will not burn it. Affected leaves will need to be removed.

The fat woman fades, turns yellow and dries

Such manifestations most likely indicate that the money tree is hot. Most often, this can happen in summer period. At such a time, Crassula will feel best on fresh air, so it will be better if for the summer you move it to the balcony, loggia, terrace, courtyard. You can do this already in the spring. With one condition - the place should be bright, but not under the direct rays of the sun.

Why the fat woman does not grow

If you notice that your money tree has stopped growing, then there may be three reasons:

Did you know? The money tree is an unsafe plant due to the content of arsenic in its leaves.

Sometimes a fat woman can fall on one side and fall. This is because the root system of the plant does not grow very deep. When planting Crassula, it is necessary to choose wide, but not deep containers. For stability, you can sprinkle the soil with a layer of pebbles.

Red-brown or yellowish spots on the leaves of the fat woman

Brown, brown and white spots on the leaves of the crassula indicate that the plant is affected by a fungal disease. Treatment of a fungal infection at the initial stage should be carried out with fungicides, strictly following the instructions for use of the drug.

The scale insect is a small insect (up to 5 mm), covered on top with a shield similar to a tortoise shell. They settle on the leaves, trunks and petioles of the plant. When affected by this pest, the fat woman quickly weakens. The leaves are first covered with spots, then turn yellow and fall off. If treatment is not started on time, the plant can be lost.

There are yellowish spots on the leaves of the fat woman, a cobweb is visible between the leaves.

With this nature of the spots and the presence of cobwebs, suspicions should fall on the spider mite, another enemy of the fat woman. These are microscopic insects (0.3-0.6 mm) red in color with eight legs (although color can be variable). In the web, they lay offspring. They feed on plant cells.

The result of wrecking a tick is a deterioration in the condition of the money tree, a decrease in its immunity. In addition, the spider mite is dangerous because it is a carrier of diseases, such as, for example, gray rot.

A good prevention of the appearance of this pest on a fat woman will be regular spraying of the tree and maintaining high humidity air in the room. To combat this pest, treatment with a soapy solution, preparations "Aktelik", "Fitoverm", "Aktofit", etc. is used.