What diseases and pests does the money tree have?

Diseases of the money tree

Frost damage

Whenever the temperature drops in winter, if the humidity in the potting soil is too high, the tender leaves will suffer from frost damage and fall over, and even cause the tubers to rot. Methods to prevent and control frost damage include maintaining the temperature above ten degrees during the winter and keeping the potting soil dry.

Burns

In the hot summer season or sunny weather after rain, or if the potted money tree that has just been moved from indoors to outdoors for maintenance is exposed directly to the sun, it is easy to get burned, causing its leaves to turn white or even necrotic and black. The prevention and control method is to move the plant to a semi-shaded place after the summer begins, especially in late spring and early summer or when the weather clears up after rain, be sure to shade the money tree plant in time.

Brown spot

The symptoms of brown spot disease of money tree are circular spots on the leaves, which are gray-brown or yellow-brown. The main cause of the disease is high temperature, high humidity and poor ventilation. Prevention and control methods include the defensive method of removing diseased leaves in time, or the therapeutic method of spraying the leaves with 600 times solution of 50% carbendazim wettable powder or 500 times solution of 40% thiophanate-methyl suspension, once every ten days, three or four times will be enough, the effect is good.

Pests of Money Tree

The most common insect pest of money tree is scale insect, which usually appears when there is insufficient light and poor ventilation. The prevention and control method is to spray 1000 times solution of 20% cypermethrin wettable powder on the leaves of the plant during the peak hatching period of scale insects, which has excellent insecticidal effect.