Moneywort looks like a soft, creeping grass stem, 20-60cm long, light green with reddish color, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves opposite, petiole and leaf blade about equal length; leaf blade heart-shaped or broadly ovate, 1.5-4cm long, 1-3.5cm wide.
Calyx 5-parted, lobes lanceolate, about 4mm long, usually green, with black glandular strips on the outside; corolla 5-parted, yellow, connected at the base, lobes elliptic, about 1cm long, pointed at the apex, with conspicuous black glandular strips.
Moneywort breeding methods:
1, soil loosening:
Moneywort for the soil requirements are really very low, only need to keep loose and breathable on the line. Even if it is slightly poorer soil is also can survive, is to keep the soil moisture, pay attention to the soil do not accumulate water. It is best to use a sufficient amount of decomposed leaf soil plus river mud and the right amount of garden soil, the ratio of 5:2:2 for mixing, it is enough to fully maintain the nutrition of money grass.
2, adequate water:
On the question of how to breed money grass, the main thing is watering. Its water demand is very large, spring and fall season 1 to 2 days to water once. Money grass leaves are many and dense, in the summer need to water every day, to ensure that the potting soil is moist, but also often spray water to the top of the leaves. But in winter, watering interval should be slightly longer, 3 to 4 days watering once.
3, the right amount of light:
Moneywort like moist growing environment, in a semi-shady environment is best. Never let the money grass directly under the sun, but completely shady environment will also let the money grass plant rot. Ensuring that your moneywort receives an average of 4 to 6 hours of diffused light per day will allow them to grow lush and vigorous.