The name redsula comes from the word crassus, which from Greek means "fat." This name was given to the family due to its fleshy leaves and stems. Tolstyanka can be an annual or perennial plant or shrub. The leaves of the rosula are thick, situated opposite, often fused at the base. Blossoms with small white dense flowers.
Krassula is a decorative water, marshy, or, most often, found on land. They can be found, as in culture, and in botanical gardens. Most species that grow in culture are very simple. Due to its original form, the houseplants of the rosula look good in bonsai as solitary plants, and in arrangements along with other succulent plants. The grouped rosula is good for compositions, since it is a ground cover plant.
Care of the plant.
Crassula - plants that love bright lighting, well tolerate direct sunlight without shading. The optimal place for a fat woman is the window on the south side. If there is not enough light, the plant will be ill and will not bloom.
In the summer, indoor plants are recommended to be exposed to open air. After winter, when the sun's rays are not so active, Tollynku should be accustomed to the spring sun gradually to avoid burns on the leaves. The same thing you need to do with the plant you just bought.
In autumn and winter, the plant needs to provide the most bright light to avoid falling leaves and death of the plant.
On the leaves of some plants, you can see a wax coating of silver. Such plants are better protected from bright sunlight and burns are not terrible for them. Such species as redoubled plumaceous and portulaca pigs can tolerate slight shading.
The optimum temperature for a fat woman in the summer is 20 ... 25 degrees. In autumn and winter, a cooler temperature of 10-15 degrees is recommended. If this is not possible, and the plant is kept at room temperature, the leaves may fall again, and the shoots will stretch. Do not put the rosula next to the radiators.
Watering the rosula in spring and summer should be abundant. But you need to make sure that the top layer of the soil has dried up. In the autumn-winter period, watering should be moderate, about once every 5 days, as the upper layer of the soil dries up. If the plant is kept in a cool room, then watering should be reduced, but you need to make sure that the leaves do not wrinkle and do not fade. If the irrigation is too abundant or the water stagnates in the pot, the roots of the fatty can rot.
The dry room air of the rosula plant is tolerated quite easily. Occasionally, sprinkle with soft water at room temperature, wipe the leaves from dust.
Fertilize the rosula only during the growing season 1 time in 14 days. To do this, a complex fertilizer for succulents, or a fertilizer with a low nitrogen content, is suitable.
Tolstyanka does not require a frequent transplant. As the pot is filled with roots. Transplant is usually in the spring. Pots for transplant should be taken shallow, since the root system of the plant is shallow. The soil can be taken any, but it will be better to mix of sand and turf. Also in the soil you can add pieces of coal or brick crumbs. At the bottom of the pot, good drainage should be provided. To water after transplantation it is necessary cautiously to avoid decay of roots.
Reproduction of a plant.
Propagation of the rosula by sowing seeds or cuttings.
Seeds are best sown in a bowl. For planting, the following substrate is prepared - sand and sheet earth in a ratio of 1: 2. Care for planted seeds is not difficult enough - the bowl needs to be covered with glass and constantly ventilated. Before emergence, crops should be sprayed. Seeds germinate in about 15-20 days. Shoots are transplanted into boxes at a distance of 1 cm from each other. For picks, the following soil is prepared - sand - 1 part, turf ground - 1 part, sheet earth - 2 parts. A box with young plants should be kept close to the light. As seedlings grow, the seedlings are transplanted into pots. Composition of soil for potting: in equal parts sand, leaf and turf. The temperature should be 15-19 degrees. Watering once a day.
For reproduction by leaves or cuttings, they should be slightly wilted, then they are planted in sand, so that they start up the roots. Cuttings before planting can be held in water with charcoal so that the roots appear. After rooting cuttings are planted in pots. Substrate composition and care should be the same as for seedlings.
From what period the cuttings occurred, it depends on whether the plant will bloom. For example, Cr. spatulata, if the cuttings to produce in the beginning of spring, will blossom abundantly. And it will not bloom completely if cut in June. The same applies to the variety of Crassus - Cr. schmidtii. But Cr. marginalis is recommended to cut in June.