Shy mimosa on your window

Home mimosa is so named due to the fact that its ultrasensitive petals can roll up and lower a little from the lightest dotragivanii and other external influences.

Despite the fact that initially the mimosa, which is often called shy, may seem gentle enough to plant, care for it will not be difficult.

This flower likes heat, in this regard, since the early spring and late fall should monitor the temperature in the room where the plant is in the range 21-24 x-degrees.

Room mimosa prefers to be in a place with bright lighting. Unlike many other light-loving flowers, it can be located in places where the sun falls.

But if mimosa only recently appeared in your house, you should give the plants time to adapt. To accustom the plant to the sun stands in gradual steps. Better to have a mimosa in a ventilated room, but not on a through breeze.

Transplanting shy mimosa without the need is not recommended, why bother wasting this plant should not be. If replanting is required, it is done by handling the mimosa in a larger container, so the land will not have time to worry.

In this case, the bottom of the pot goes a good drainage system. A suitable composition for soil cultivation room mimosa compound is of equal parts sand, soil sod peat and leaf mold.

If the hostess will be able to create acceptable conditions for growth, the room mimosa please pushistenkimi own flowers purple or pinkish hue. And it could happen as early as 4 months.

In winter, this plant is able to die, because it is sensitive to the fact that it is not enough moisture, and light. In this regard, the flower is often grown as an annual.

If after the period of flowering shoots are cut, as well as mimosa artificially illuminated in winter, it prolongs its life.