Mimosa pudica: particular care at home

Mimosa pudica can be compared to vulnerable princess, she is as gentle and graceful. At the slightest touch of the leaves of the plant collapsed, as if hiding from here and the name.

For this it appreciate by experienced growers. In the home cultivation of mimosa grows no more than 40 cm in height and requires special care.

The soil

Plant needs a loose, fertile soil. The best option would be a mixture of humus, peat and sand in equal amounts.

You also need to make good drainage, you can use the expanded clay.

Humidity and watering

Mimosa pudica likes high humidity of 70%. To create an environment at home, you need to regularly spray, but not the flower itself, and the surrounding objects, such as pots.

You can also put the plant near the tray with water.

During the period of growth and flowering mimosa watered 3-4 times a week, morning or evening. When the top layer of soil dries out, it is said that it is time to water.

In winter, the same need to watch out for watering, you can not avoid drying of the soil. Watering is carried out is not defended hard water.

Temperature

From March to October Mimosa pudica is actively growing and blooming. During this period, the temperature should be from 20 to 25 C.

During the winter months the optimal temperature is from 16 to 19 C.

reproduction

This plant is not a one-year, but still many growers cultivate it as an annual shrub.

And all because in the winter it can be lost or too stretch due to a lack of ultraviolet rays.

It is therefore necessary to know both breeds mimosa, to put the plant.

Propagated in two ways:

· Cuttings;

· Seeds.

Recommended propagated by seeds Mimosa pudica, since half of the collected cuttings die and not get accustomed, because of this, many growers do not use this method.

Seeds can be purchased ready-made or build your own with its mimosa. To do this, during the flowering period, it is necessary to pollinate mimosa. This can be done with a brush, transferring pollen from one flower to another.

After zavyazhutsya pods fruits, they need to collect and store in the refrigerator until spring.

The spring require small pots with good drainage, the seeds are planted at a depth therein of not more than 1 cm, the temperature must not be lower than 24 C.

The seeds germinate within a few weeks, usually 3-4, then they are placed closer to the sun and watch the watering.