money tree problem

ravilious_fan

I wonder if any of you green-fingered people out there can help me. I have a money tree, which was thriving until it got too big for the windowsill and I moved it to the corner of the room, by the window but not in the direct sunlight. Since then it's been looking a bit sorry for itself, and has been growing over to one side.

Now I am wondering what might be the best thing to do with it. Would it be ok to cut it or split it and put it into 2 smaller pots, do you think, so that I can stand it on the windowsill again? What would be a good way to go about doing that?

Thanks

DaftyDuck

It needs a bit more light (they're fine outside in summer - not that that helps right now) and a bit less water (so it grows tougher and less straggly). You can grow a big one in a tiny pot (I have some that are about 2 feet tall and solid, growing in a 15cm pot. You could split yours, but now isn't the right time - wait until Feb/March ideally. They'll grow afresh from a single leaf placed into fairly dry soil, so you could always start again from scratch.

Mojisola

Cuttings will root in water any time of year. Take a few now - one for you and some for friends and family.

As DaftyDuck says, this is a plant that needs more light than you've been giving it.

As mine get big, I take cuttings, give away the mother plant and grow on a new one - and repeat and repeat whenever it outgrows the window sill.

calleyw

Mojisola wrote: »

Cuttings will root in water any time of year. Take a few now - one for you and some for friends and family.

No need to root them in water. They root very well just stuck in the soil.

I often do it in the donor plant pot until they are rooted then they get there own pot.

Yours

Calley

Mojisola

calleyw wrote: »

No need to root them in water. They root very well just stuck in the soil.

They do indeed. I like watching the new roots grow.

ravilious_fan

Thankyou all You are right, it needs more light. I would love to get it growing stronger and more upright, too.

What is the best way to take a cutting, do I need to include any of the root or can I just snip a branch off the tree?

calleyw

ravilious_fan wrote: »

Thankyou all You are right, it needs more light. I would love to get it growing stronger and more upright, too.

What is the best way to take a cutting, do I need to include any of the root or can I just snip a branch off the tree?

Just cut/break a small branch off and stick it in water/soil.

I use to find leaves that had rooted when they had fallen off the plant in to the pot.

These are one of the easiest plants to grow I find. I have given them away as gifts to people in the past. They don't need a lot of love or attention. I wait until the leaves start to wrinkle and then water it.

Yours

Calley

ravilious_fan

calleyw wrote: »

These are one of the easiest plants to grow I find.

That is true, it's one of the few plants I manage to grow. That and mother-in-laws tongues, which also seem to be unkillable!

I've also got an amaryllis which seems to be ok, so far (!). I would like to get it to flower again.

I've had others, like Christmas cactus and a prayer plant, but sadly they didn't last long. I am not very green-fingered.