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Also known as
common three-seeded mercury, common three-seeded mercury, common three-seeded mercury, rhombic three-seeded-mercury, rhomboid mercury, copperleaf, rhombic copper-leaf, three-seeded-mercury, ricinelle rhomboide and diamond threeseed mercury
Taxonomy
Acalypha rhomboidea
Acalypha
Euphorbiaceae
Malpighiales

How to care for Three-Seeded-Mercury
How often to water your Three-Seeded-Mercury

every 9
Three-Seeded-Mercury needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for common three-seeded mercury in your home

a window
Three-Seeded-Mercury love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Three-Seeded-Mercury does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Three-Seeded-Mercury in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Three-Seeded-Mercury

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Three-Seeded-Mercury after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Any tips on propagation of Copperleaf plants by cutting (water/soil) etc., I think they're so beautiful and the other varieties with green and pink leaves which I believe are in the same category of plant, thanks #propogation #tips ? #Copperleaf
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Are these the start of catechins? My chenille plant was at death's door around the end of June. So much so that I started a gallon sized Ziploc of cuttings as insurance. Anyway, it's doing a lot better now, but I'd like it to be more compact and bushy, like the original plant. Any hints for that? Also, it has the little fuzzy areas near a few leaf joints. I'm not certain if they are air roots, or if they are the beginnings of catechins, since they are pink/red fuzz.
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Sad looking Hello how do I make my plant more like a tree instead of a sad vines everywhere?
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What can I do to save her? My firetails chenille is super dry and her leaves are starting to shrivel up. She was on my to water list for few extra days because I didn't have a lot of time/energy for plant care this week, but I gave her a good soak and mist this morning. I got it from my friend's grandma a few weeks ago, and she said she had the same problem last year when she brought this kind of plants inside at the end of the summer. Is this happening because I didn't water her on time, or just because they do this? #HappyPlants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #Firetails
Care Summary for Three-Seeded-Mercury
Three-Seeded-Mercury
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 9 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
