What to do if the branches of the fortune tree become soft

1. Cut off rotten roots

When you find that its branches have become soft, the first thing you should do is to check whether it has rot disease, because if the plant is not well maintained during its growth, it is easy to be infected with this disease. If it does have this disease, it is actually very easy to solve. First, you need to pull its roots out of the soil and see the degree of rot. If it is serious, you need to cut off all the rotten roots to prevent infection of other parts.

2. Sprinkle the medicine

Many people may think that the rotten roots will get better immediately after cutting them off. In fact, we still need to spray it with medicine and wash the pruned roots with water. If the roots have been coated with antiviral drugs before, we need to replace the potting soil and plant it again, and spray it with medicine such as Ridomil once a week.

3. Reduce watering

Above we said that the softening of its branches is most likely caused by rot, but the cause of this disease is too much watering, so after the roots are treated, pay attention to daily maintenance, try to reduce watering, prevent water accumulation in the pot, and make root rot more serious.

4. Sunbathing

After completing all the above steps, we will move it to the sun to dry it, but be careful not to use strong light, just weak sunlight will do. If you accidentally place it under strong light, the branches will become softer and may even cause other problems.