According to the Chinese culture, pay attention to the meaning, homophony, etc., copper coin grass, leaves round, like mini lotus leaf, very cute, like ancient copper money, the meaning is round, good luck, and the name is stained with "copper" and "money", the meaning is naturally different: home has copper money, rolling wealth, so it is considered as a symbol of wealth, so, from the moral point of view Money also means good geomancy. Therefore, no matter from the greening and beautifying function or from the symbolic meaning, it can bring good geomantic omen. Moreover, it is lovely and easy to cultivate. It is not difficult to want the grass to be fat and green!
Breeding techniques of Pennisetum
1. Pennisetum likes to grow in a semi cloudy and humid environment, so it is not easy to be exposed to direct sunlight. Especially in summer, it should not be exposed to the sun. If placed in a suitable environment, it will grow happily, with large, full and thick leaves.
2. If the grass is not well prepared, the leaves will turn yellow and wither. It is necessary to use scissors to subtract the decaying and yellowing leaves in time to ensure its beauty.
3. Although the plant is very small, but it also blooms. The flowers are very small, the color and shape are like millet, clusters of flowers, but the growth of Pennisetum after flowering will be weakened, the leaves will lose growth, or become smaller.
4. In order to ensure the growth of leaves and make sure that the leaves are large and green, the stems that appear to blossom can be cut off without leaving them to blossom, or subtracting a part, leaving a part, and producing less flowers, so as to ensure sufficient nutrition to supply the growth of leaves.
5. If you want the grass to be big and fat, you need to apply fertilizer. During the vigorous growth period, put compound fertilizer once every two weeks (dissolve the compound fertilizer in water and add it to the pot when adding water. Pay attention not to pour fertilizer and water on the leaves).
Sometimes the leaves of Pennisetum will turn yellow, which is mainly caused by the following reasons and should be avoided as far as possible
1. The basin soil is too wet or too dry for a long time, and it is not poured as soon as it is dry. If the roots in the pot grow too crowded, you will find that the water is easy to dry, because there is no space to add water in the basin. At this time, money is easy to be malnourished. You will find that the leaves grow smaller and yellow, and slowly, the plant will lose its original style!
2. The root system has been frostbitten in winter.
3. Rush out of the room in spring, Pennisetum can not adapt to the sudden climate.
4. Long term exposure to poor ventilation conditions.
5. The leaf surface is not washed by spraying water for a long time, which accumulates dust and hinders photosynthesis.
Maintenance points of Pennisetum
In the condition of half shade, it grows well. Give them a few hours of weak scattered light every day, so that the leaves of Pennisetum are big and green.
Copper money grass is mainly to watch the leaves, but in summer they will also produce small pink flowers. However, the poor ornamental performance of florets will affect the growth of leaves, making the leaves smaller and weaker.
We need to cut off the flower stalks in time. If you need to keep seeds, you can cut off some of the stems, which can minimize the impact on the leaves.
Yellow leaves affect the beauty, often cut off, some too crowded leaves can be cut off to keep the shape of the plant beautiful.
