How to care for bashful mimosa: comfortable conditions for a plant with intelligence. Mimosa bashful at home: propagation of their seeds

It turns out that the world of plants has its own “princess and a pea” - tender and fragile so much that even a slight breeze of the wind makes it fold its leaves. "Pink Princess" from the genus of legumes does not tolerate exposure to external stimuli. And the one who undertook to take care of the bashful mimosa at home should refrain from touching its foliage. And also stock up on patience and calmness, because this representative of the tropical flora is a capricious and demanding lady.

The native habitat of this shrub is the Brazilian tropics. In nature, bashful mimosa grows up to 1.5 m. And on the windowsills and winter gardens- up to a maximum of 50 cm. The plant belongs to the mimosa genus, and to the legume family. Mimosa shy is a perennial plant. But at the same time, it does not live long, which is why it is often called an annual. But this shrub never spares seeds. Using them, you can easily propagate the "Princess and the Pea".

Back in the 18th century, the French explorer and astronomer Jean-Jacques Dortou de Meran noticed that the shy mimosa moves its leaves and changes their orientation every 22 hours. In addition, any impact of external stimuli on the shrub responds in it by twisting leaf blade. And this feature is another reason why experienced growers, despite all the difficulties and ups and downs, with great pleasure they take up the cultivation of bashful mimosa at home.

Scientists have proven that this tropical plant lives in accordance with its own biological rhythm, which is very similar to human biorhythms.

Why is beauty ashamed

Own unusual name this fragile shrub received thanks to the ability to instantly respond to rain, wind and the touch of living beings - including humans. This is the answer to the question of why the leaves of the bashful mimosa curl up. It is enough just to lightly touch the plant, as it immediately twists its foliage, as if protecting itself from external influences. After half an hour, the sheet straightens and restores its normal position.

As for the periodic change in the orientation of the foliage, in the course of the research it turned out that this phenomenon has nothing to do with the change of day and night. According to botanists, the internal biorhythms of the plant itself are to blame.

The touchy mimosa does not like to be touched, so do not touch it often for fun. The protective process depletes the bush and can cause premature wilting. Therefore, at home, the flower is removed away from children.

Mimosa bashful house care

Mimosa shy is a child of the tropics. This fact is the basis of plant care. In order for the shrub to live comfortably and comfortably in the apartment, the grower needs to create conditions that resemble a tropical climate. Here are three pillars on which the care of bashful mimosa during flowering is based:

• lack of cold and draft;
• high humidity;
• minimum external stimuli.

Where to put the pot

A domesticated tropical shrub is not at all afraid of the sun. On the contrary, ready to absorb Sun rays every cell of its leaves. He loves abundant and bright lighting. If you don’t know how to care for bashful mimosa after purchase, first select a location for it, guided by the information from the table.

Table - Determination of the location of mimosa in the apartment

The southern window sill in a subtropical climate is a valid location for a shrub. But in this case, at least two or three hours a day, the flower needs to provide shade.

Optimum temperature

The optimum temperature for growing shy mimosa varies from season to season. In summer, the thermometer should show about 22-23 ° C. In winter - fluctuate around 15-17 ° С. By the way, during the period when there are creaking frosts outside the window, it is better to move the blooming beauty to the southern windowsill.

The shrub must be protected from excessive heat and too dry air. During the heating season, a household humidifier must work in the apartment, otherwise the plant can be ruined.

Humidity

The gentle beauty mimosa breathes air with pleasure, the humidity of which varies from 75 to 85%. There are three ways to achieve the desired humidity level.

1. Aquarium. If the house has an aquarium, a pot can be placed next door. The humidity of the air near the container with water will be quite sufficient for the plant to develop calmly.
2. Tray with water. A mimosa pot can be placed next to a wide tray or water tray. Near, but not in it! However, in the interior, this bulky design does not always look aesthetically pleasing.
3. Spraying. Periodic spray irrigation of the room in which the bashful mimosa lives is another option for solving the problem. It is important to ensure that water drops do not fall on the plant itself.

Pets that like to feast on the foliage of indoor flowers should stay away from mimosa. This plant for cats, dogs and birds can be poisonous.

How to water

When the mimosa blooms (and this happens from mid-March to the end of October), watering should be moderate, but frequent. On average, watering a bashful mimosa is enough once every two days, using clean, settled water for irrigation. If you notice that upper layer earth in a pot is absolutely dry, moisten the substrate.

AT winter period the substrate must not be allowed to dry out. The soil in the pot should always be slightly damp.

Do I need to transplant

The question of how to transplant bashful mimosa into another pot and whether it is necessary is especially relevant. Professionals believe that the plant is perennial. But this opinion is criticized, and a modest mimosa is sometimes referred to as annuals - according to this logic, it does not need to be transplanted ... As a result, if desired and at their discretion, flower growers simply carefully remove the “pink princess” from the pot along with the turf, preventing it from spilling , and are actually "rearranged" into another container. This method is also called transshipment. There is no need to change the substrate or supplement it with something.

The shy bush does not like tobacco smoke. Passive smoking plants is the result of damage to the foliage and its shrinkage under the influence of tobacco tar.

How and what to fertilize

Mimosa bashful needs fertilizer only during the growing season. That is, when the plant is actively developing in a pot and blooming. You need to fertilize mimosa twice a month: at the beginning and at the end. Preparing top dressing is quite easy. We breed universal fertilizer for indoor flowers in a ratio of 1: 1 and use the resulting solution for watering.

Breeding Secrets of the "Pink Princess"

We figured out how to care for bashful mimosa. But how to breed this quivering bush with inflorescences that look like fluffy pink pompoms made from thin synthetic threads?

Pollination

A flower grower who wants to get "offspring" from a shy plant will have to work a little as a bee. There are two ways to pollinate mimosa. Each of them can be easily applied in an apartment or house.

1. Direct contact. Carefully take two inflorescences of the bush and barely touch them with each other. We perform the action as carefully as possible so that the plant does not experience stress.
2. With a brush. "We arm ourselves" with the smallest brush for painting. With its help, we take pollen from one inflorescence and transfer it to another.

Seed preparation and planting

Theoretically, a shy plant can be propagated in two more ways - by cuttings or by planting seeds. However, grafting is an ineffective method. But growing bashful mimosa from seeds is much easier. Seeds for planting can be bought or removed from a dried pod - a mimosa fruit. "Harvesting" falls on the middle of autumn. Therefore, after removing the seeds, they must be sent to the refrigerator. They will be needed no earlier than March. This spring month is considered optimum time for sowing.

Reviews of experienced flower growers indicate that before sending the seeds to the substrate, they need to be soaked in water for half an hour. A resident of the Brazilian tropics, who migrated to our window sills, appreciates light soil. There is nothing difficult in preparing the ideal substrate. We take one part of soddy, peat soil and sand - you're done. Don't forget to organize good drainage and safely plant, guided by the following four-step instructions.

1. We plant seeds. We sprinkle them with a small layer of earth and cover with polyethylene to create a greenhouse effect.
2. We are waiting for the shoots. With periodic airing of the "flower bed" and spraying the substrate, already a month later we observe the first, fragile results of our work.
3. We remove the film. As soon as the sprouts hatch, remove the film from the pot.
4. We are seated. After the appearance of at least three leaves on the mimosa, we plant the future beauty from the sisters in a separate container.

Causes of diseases

It cannot be said that a capricious southern woman gets sick more often than other room representatives of the flora. However, disasters do happen from time to time. Symptoms of some diseases appear on the foliage when the bashful mimosa turns yellow. Other diseases prevent the plant from blooming or modify the stems of the shrub. The following table will help to recognize the signs and causes of deterioration in the condition of the plant.

Table - Common Mimosa Growing Problems and Their Causes

Pests and how to deal with them

The most common pests that prevent the "pink princess" from living and blooming normally are spider mites and aphids.

We defeat aphids

Action algorithm

1. We eliminate the parts of mimosa bashful affected by aphids (we break off the leaves).
2. We use spraying with products containing "Permethrin" - an insecticide and acaricide.
3. With a total defeat of aphids, we repeat the “chemical attack” in three to four days.

Getting rid of spider mites

Peculiarities. Upon detection of damage by this pest on initial stage can be done without treatment chemicals. The highest risk of bush damage by spider mites is in summer time of the year. These insects love high temperature and feel in hot, dry rooms, like a fish in water.

Action algorithm

1. Spraying soapy water we process leaves and stems affected by the pest.
2. We spray the affected areas with a solution of any insecticide.

Growing bashful mimosa at home is a very exciting process, especially for novice flower growers. The latest research in the field of botany proves a fact that has been in the air for a long time: the “shy beauty” has intelligence! It turns out that a tropical bush easily distinguishes living beings from inanimate objects and remembers the properties of those with whom it contacts. If the phenomenon, object or living being does not pose a threat to the flower, then the next time the mimosa will not spend energy on twisting the leaf.

Reviews: "Tender and vulnerable lady"

My daughter and I have been growing bashful Mimosa for several years, it’s just a charm and not a plant, I bought the child because Anyuta wanted to grow something, the store clerk advised Mimosa, and what a miracle, the seeds came out right away, 10 planted 10 and it came out, and then no problems, when the daughter remembers and then waters, for the winter we cut off the regrown stems and after a few days new shoots appear on them, and the mimosa grows for another year and pleases us. And what a pleasure it is for a child to touch it and watch how the leaves close and open, we even timed the time for how long it closes and opens.

Vera, http://www.botanichka.ru/blog/2010/05/14/mimosa-pudica/

This is a seemingly nondescript plant, but touching its petals, you understand the opposite, it is so interesting and funny. When touched, it takes offense! And folds its leaves. To grow it, I bought seeds in an ordinary flower shop, for only 15 rubles !!! I scalded the seeds with boiling water (recommendation on the package). I planted them in a recess in a peat tablet. After 4 days, shoots already appeared :) Over time, the bush grew and decided to transplant it into a pot with earth.
When transplanting, I was surprised that it was very small root system, and it could well exist in a tablet, probably half a year :) I recommend that you do not overdry and do not flood the plant, because the leaves immediately fall off. I grow it in normal soil mixed with peat tablet. Without drainage. At night, the bush closes its leaves. In the morning it opens and reaches for the sun. If you buy seeds once, then when growing, you will never need to buy seeds again, because when flowering it produces a lot of seeds. The plant is an annual, I think. It is better to plant it every year, in February, and it will delight you with fresh leaves until January :)

ZanoZzzA, http://irecommend.ru/content/obizhulka-nasha

Hello. Recently I came across mimosa seeds, and I decided to buy them, because I know that Mimosa is very interesting plant. Out of 14 seeds (2 packs), only 8 mimosas sprouted. mimosa very tender plant, if you touch her a little or the wind blows, she begins to fold her leaves, and, as it were, hides. It blooms in lush circles, it will be very interesting for a child to observe this flower. Mimosa also grows well with a few things in a pot, you should not touch it as often, otherwise it may die. Mimosa has already been transplanted into a larger pot, we can say that it is also resistant to transplantation, but once again it is better not to transplant it, yet it is very tender and vulnerable. If you want to interest a child in flowers, I think you should start with Shy Mimosa.

fradgirl, http://otzovik.com/review_4932678.html

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One of the most interesting exotic plants, which flower growers grow at home, can be called bashful mimosa. After all, rarely does a flower respond to the touch of a person. But for healthy development, he needs to create favorable environment. This is not difficult to do if you follow a number of rules for home care.

Origin and description of bashful mimosa

Mimosa bashful (lat. Mimosa pudica) is a herbaceous (semi-shrub) plant from the genus Mimosa, which came to us from rainforest South America and spread throughout the world as an exotic flower.

In nature, it reaches a height of up to one and a half meters, as ornamental plant can grow up to 30-60 cm. The stem is covered with thorns, the seeds ripen in pods, like all members of the legume family, and the leaves react to touch and lack of light, folding towards the stem, which causes genuine delight in people watching this effect. In fact, this behavior of the flower is caused by saving moisture and sunlight in the conditions of survival in the rainforest.

This is what the plant looks like in nature

Since this mimosa came to us from countries with a tropical climate, it needs to create conditions similar to the South American tropical nature: sufficient light, high humidity and, of course, warm. Therefore, it can only be bred in greenhouses or at home.

Photo gallery: mimosa shy, grown in a pot

Important! Mimosa does not tolerate tobacco smoke, and if someone in the house smokes, she may die.

Growing and caring for touchy at home

While creating necessary conditions care for this delicate flower will not cause difficulties. If you follow the tips below, mimosa will reward you with gentle lilac flowers(may bloom 4 months in a row).

Table: how to care for an indoor flower and its leaves

First, let's figure out how to pinch and cut, and then move on to transplanting.

Pinching and trimming

To prevent the plant from stretching and releasing more new shoots, pinch the tops of the main branches regularly. The first pinching is carried out in early April. Mimosa flowers appear on young shoots, so the more there are, the longer the flowering period. Just do not overdo it, pinch only the most elongated branches. Pinch again after the plant has faded so that the next season the plant can lay not one, but two shoots. It is not recommended to cut the plant strongly, otherwise the mimosa may die. It is better, if necessary, to put a wooden support and carefully tie up the trunk. During the dormant period, the flower is not pinched.

Transfer

In the event that the plant continues to grow after winter, but there is not enough space for it, you can transplant it into a larger pot, using the same soil as when planting. To do this, it is advisable to have a notebook where you need to write down all the nuances of care and your observations. Do not destroy the old clod of earth. If you just bought your first mimosa, ask the store for the composition of the soil.

At home, carry out the transfer and lowering of the plant into a permanent flowerpot with all the earth, press down, add the soil recommended by the seller, water it. In winter, the plant is not transplanted.

Video: how to cut and transplant mimosa

Reproduction of mimosa shy

Ignoring the fact that mimosa is considered perennial plant, flower growers often breed it as an annual, since this delicate flower often dies in winter or loses its appearance, stretching out due to lack of sunlight.
It can be propagated by cuttings or by sowing seeds. However, it is preferable to use seeds, because in half the cases the cuttings die. Seeds can be obtained by artificially pollinating flowers. To do this, they transfer pollen from flower to flower with a brush or simply touch one flower to another. The pods are considered mature when they are completely dry. Seed material for the winter is stored in a paper or cloth bag in the refrigerator.

If you are not confident in your abilities, you can always purchase seeds in flower shops.

How to plant shy flower seeds

Problem solving

The main pest of your shy beauty - spider mite. It can be recognized by small whitish dots on the leaves. Such leaves most often fall off, and with a large loss of them, the plant cannot be saved. A thin cobweb may appear on the flower: at first it covers only the leaves, and then the whole plant. When the first characteristic features infection, immediately treat the affected area with special preparations. The most popular are Aktellik, Sunmite and Omite. Be sure to follow the safety precautions!

The plant can also be affected by aphids. In this case, insecticides are used for treatment. These are special preparations for pest control. They differ in the class of toxicity. Use products with the fourth, lowest class, they are safe for you, your loved ones and pets, for example, Argavertin, Fitoverm. They are bred according to the attached instructions, sprayed once. You will see the final result in 3-5 days. If there are still pests, repeat spraying.

At home, bashful mimosa is grown infrequently. It's all about the difficult nature of the plant, quite complex care followed by the poisonousness of the leaves. However, nothing is impossible - and armed simple advice, anyone can grow such a miracle on their windowsill. In the article, we will consider the features of caring for bashful mimosa at home.

Shy or shy mimosa is a shrub of small height: in natural conditions it reaches one and a half meters, at home in a pot only 30-40 cm.

The buds of the plant are small, have the shape of a ball, the petals are unusual, pink-lilac. Mimosa blooms for a long time: from about June to September, you can admire cute ball buds. The foliage has a bipinnate structure, the stem is straight, strewn with a few thorns. The whole plant has a light pubescence from top to bottom (see photo).

In nature, it is a perennial, but when grown in a pot, only a one-year development cycle is usually taken into account.

The name "shameful" mimosa received for its unique ability to move pinnate leaves when touched. Note that even a draft blowing from the window can make the plant fold the leaves along the central vein. And even if there are no external irritants, every 22-23 hours the mimosa folds the leaves, then straightens them again.

Growing conditions

We will find out what conditions it is necessary to provide mimosa bashful for her excellent health and good growth.

Location and lighting

Mimosa needs abundant lighting: the plant has an exotic, tropical origin. Shading is not required: even if the plant is exposed to direct midday sun, it will not get burned. If there is not enough light, mimosa can quickly lose its beauty, visual appeal.

Temperature

The plant needs a warm microclimate. From March to November, while the period of active vegetation lasts, it is recommended to keep it at a temperature of + 20-24 degrees. In winter, during the dormant period, keep mimosa at a temperature of + 16-18 degrees.

Humidity

The plant needs quite high level air humidity: optimally 70%. Under dry conditions, bashful mimosa is not grown, since such conditions lead directly to its rapid death.

To achieve optimal humidity in the conditions of our average city apartment, you should spray the plant, use special humidifiers. Also, flower growers put the pot on a pallet with wet filler: expanded clay, pebbles, sand.

Skvoznyakov indoor beauty does not love. Wind blows cause the leaves to shrink, which greatly depletes the plant. In addition to drafts, the following irritants have a similar negative effect on the flower:

• tobacco smoke;
• mechanical touch;
• fumes from the kitchen from the food being prepared.

Priming

To use for growing this plant you need loose soil, which has excellent throughput. The best option- a simple equivalent mixture of soddy soil (garden), sand and peat. Be sure to need drainage - use pebbles or medium-sized expanded clay.

In order not to bother with the preparation of the substrate, you can simply buy ready soil with a large amount of peat in the composition. note that ready substrate should be intended for indoor flowers. It is not recommended to fertilize the soil before planting the seeds of the plant.

How to care

Let's find out what kind of care is required for bashful mimosa when growing a house on a windowsill.

Watering

The plant should be watered without fanaticism, only when the topsoil dries out. In the summer, the average frequency of moisturizing procedures is once every two days. It is best to water in the morning using settled water of warm temperature.

During the dormant period, the soil in the pot should also be moist, but moderately. It is impossible to allow drought at this time, but it should be watered less often than in summer.

top dressing

Fertilizers need to be applied every 15 days: if we are talking about the period of active vegetation. You can use complexes of minerals intended for indoor plants: it is recommended to reduce the concentration by half.

Pinching, trimming

The procedure is usually needed only for mimosa, which has been growing for more than a year. Pinching helps the bush become more lush, branched, and prevents ugly stretching. Pinching should be done in the spring, around April - when the next growing season begins.

Overly elongated apical shoots should be shortened during the procedure. When the plant stops flowering, re-pinching is recommended to actively form young side shoots in the next growing season. Strongly shorten the shoots is not worth it - if you overdo it with this, the plant may even die during the winter.

If mimosa is cultivated as an annual, pinching is also possible. In this case, the procedure is carried out at the seedling stage and is aimed at more active formation lateral shoots, giving the bush a compact shape.

Transfer

The procedure is rarely carried out, since bashful mimosa is often grown at home, as an annual. But sometimes a bashful mimosa is grown in a pot at home and how perennial flower. In this case, when growing out of the old small pot a transplant may be required. Perform this procedure carefully, trying to touch as little as possible. earthen clod with roots.

reproduction

Often, during the winter, the flower dies even in a pot, which is why many flower growers practice growing at home. bashful mimosa only as an annual, sowing seeds every spring anew. perennial cultivation more practiced in special nurseries and greenhouses.

So, new plants are obtained at home, usually by seed propagation. It is best to sow the seeds fresh, just harvested - thus, the germination percentage will be much higher. Of course, their own seeds can only be harvested when mimosa is already growing at home. The first time you have to make a purchase in the store.

Procedure

1. Planting seeds is in March. Before sowing, they are soaked to swell in warm water for half an hour to an hour. It is recommended to pour the soil with an antiseptic - for example, Fitosporin or potassium permanganate.
2. It is most convenient to plant seeds in general containers: containers or boxes. If you want to avoid subsequent picks and funds allow, plant immediately in separate pots.
3. close up planting material to a depth of about 1 cm, sprinkle a little soil on top without compaction.
4. After sowing, it is necessary to cover the container from above with polyethylene to create special semi-tropical conditions inside, favorable for germination.
5. The container must be kept at a temperature of + 25-30 degrees, regularly lifting the film for ventilation. Watering is done by spraying from a spray bottle. After about 3-4 weeks, with proper care, the seeds hatch.
6. When shoots have appeared, the film should be removed. This measure will prevent the disease of sprouts with a black leg - a dangerous fungus.
7. If the landing was carried out in a common container, a pick will be required. The procedure is carried out at the stage of the appearance of 3 true leaves.
8. After picking, it is necessary to lower the temperature of the content, but gradually.

cuttings

Theoretically, such a variant of mimosa propagation is also possible, however, it is fraught with difficulties: the percentage of failure is higher than with seed method. A cutting suitable for propagation is obtained only from the top of the main shoot. Rooting it is worth a lot of work: experienced flower growers cope with the problem, but a beginner may not succeed.

Growing problems, pests

Mimosa shy is a capricious and tender flower. Often when growing it occurs various problems however, most of the difficulties are easily resolved with proper maintenance and care. Next, we will get acquainted with the most common plant ailments, find out how to deal with them.

Leaves are curling up

Since mimosa is bashful - a plant in which leaf folding is a natural process, all possible external stimuli will have to be minimized. Frequent folding of the leaves weakens the flower, depletes it, so it is important to warn this process. Choose a secluded place for the plant where it will not be disturbed by drafts, mechanical irritants like pets, curtains.

Leaves turn yellow, wither

The problem occurs due to too dry air in the room. To eliminate the cause, humidify the air more often, spray, put the pot on a pallet with wet expanded clay.

Leaves closed permanently

This also happens - a problem arises due to waterlogging of the soil, too much heat or cold in the room. You can help the leaves open up by normalizing the level of moisture, as well as creating optimal temperature conditions.

Stretched stems

This happens due to lack of lighting. If the room is dark, the windows face north, take care of additional illumination. And periodically unfold the pot so that the stem grows evenly.

No flowering

Most often, mimosa does not want to bloom due to too low air temperature. Keep in mind that flowering will not occur if the plant is kept at a temperature of +16 degrees and below. How to deal with the problem in this case is clear: you just need to move the plant to a warmer room.

Pests

Fortunately for flower growers, mimosa is not so often affected by pests at home. However, if infection does occur, the flower can die very quickly. To prevent the appearance of pests, it is recommended to periodically carry out preventive spraying with a solution of insecticides and Fitosporin. You should also inspect other plants in the house, and destroy the pests that appear immediately.

spider mite

This pest most often attacks mimosa at home. But you should know that a tick usually appears only in dry air conditions. You can understand that mimosa is affected by its depressed state and small whitish cobwebs on the leaves. If the lesion is severe, the foliage begins to fall off, sometimes the flower even dies.

Treatment of mimosa should be started as soon as you find the first signs of a problem on it. If the mite did not have time to multiply strongly, treating the plant with a soapy solution with alcohol can help. Insecticides will help get rid of severe damage by spider mites:

• Sunmite;
• Actellik;
• Omite, etc.

Tip: If possible, use class 4 insecticides when controlling pests at home - these drugs are the safest for people and animals.

Aphid

If there are few insects yet, treat the mimosa with a soap solution. If the colony has managed to multiply, spraying will help. insecticide containing permethrin.

So, we learned how to grow bashful mimosa at home. Although the flower is rather capricious and fastidious, with its unusualness and exotic beauty, it is able to decorate any room. And with proper care and maintenance, there will be no special problems with it.

Tropical mimosa plant bashful (Mimosa pudica) continues to pose new questions for scientists. Recently it turned out that it can distinguish living beings from inanimate objects.

It's perennial herbaceous plant height from 30 to 150 cm comes from tropical regions of South America, where it is considered a weed; while all over the world it is cultivated as an ornamental. Mimosa blooms from May to September with small purple inflorescences in the form of balls, which are located on long peduncles. Pollination occurs with the help of wind or insects, after flowering, hook-shaped curved beans are formed.

(I can directly hear someone say: “Yes, what kind of meimosis is this: we know Mimosa, it’s like this:

My dears! What is called mimosa appears on sale with us by March 8, in fact, SILVER ACACIA, which has nothing to do with mimosa.)

A distinctive feature of the bashful mimosa is its reaction to a potential threat. When the roots are damaged, the plant releases a "cocktail" of toxic substances, including methanesulfonic, lactic, pyruvic acids and different connections sulfur; often this leads to poisoning of livestock on pastures.

Another amazing property, which gave the plant its name, was its ability to fold the leaves in response to touch. The mechanism of this action is known to scientists. Water membranes are located at the base of the petioles, and sensory areas on the leaflets respond to pressure. When touched, water rushes to the point of contact, and under this weight, the leaves curl up and fall down.

Recently, Australian scientists discovered that the shy mimosa is able to self-learn. According to a study published in the journal Oecologia, mimosa "remembers" the characteristics of each contact, and if it does not pose a threat, it will not waste energy on folding leaves. This behavior is characteristic of animals: with the help of nervous system they not only receive information, but also can use it in the future. The behavioral response of a plant, taking into account the data it has accumulated, was described for the first time in this example.

A new study was conducted by experts from the State University of New York at Albany. They learned that the bashful mimosa well distinguishes its potential enemy. During the experiments, it was found that in those cases when a person touched its roots, the air was filled with a mixture of hydrogen sulfide and other substances, while contact with metal, glass and other objects did not start the mechanism for developing “chemical protection”.

As a result, biologists have found another conceptual difference between bashful mimosa and other representatives of the fauna: if most plants that use poison for their protection secrete it from their aerial parts, then the object of their study does this with the help of their roots, on which tiny nodules are located. Moreover: they not only produce poison, but also analyze chemical composition environment, "deciding" on a potential hazard.

In Russia, you can buy seeds of bashful mimosa and acc.
its varieties.
I recommend the seeds of the Gavrish company, the seeds of this company
I have never been let down.

First, about last year's bad experience.
Landing was in April. When the batteries were still burning, and
The sun was already warming the room.
I waited for shoots for 3 weeks, one seedling survived from all the seeds,
which I cherished and cherished until Skote knocked him to the floor.
The roots are a bit bare, the mimosa was stunned and decided to go
a paradise for plants.

This year, everything seems to be happier and greener.

Crocodiles presented a home greenhouse on the eighth of March,
bought in obi.
About 2 meters high, maybe less. Three shelves, case made of
plastic/polyethylene? xs, but thanks to him, the sun's rays are scattered, and
retains moisture in the soil.
That is, the conditions as in the country.
Landing took place on March 9. Found this morning
three out of six kids who, despite the frost outside the window, decided to come to this
mortal world.

On the Internet, you can find many ways to grow mimosas.
Ranging from strange sprouting methods, ending with crazy recommendations for
care.

So what do we need to be successful?
Seeds. I don't do profanity in the form of seed soaking
(except when Agro technology really needs it, for example
bananas)
From the experience of soaking, I’ll say that everything is always rotten with me, except for
peas, everything was long and gemorno. Moreover, in my case, everything is by itself
grows by itself.
Earth. This time I used soil for strawberries.
Fertilizers. Everything was abundantly watered with Energen water.
Capsule per liter of water. You do not need to shove the capsule into the water, but simply open it and
pour the powder into the water.
Container. Mini greenhouses. One seed per compartment. Because of
plant features do not recommend to shove a lot of seeds in one pot. For at
transplant will be lost fighters.
Window. if you have a north or west side, then rather
all you need will be backlighting after seed germination.

Landing process.

The soil must be fresh, preferably before any planting.
open it directly in the process.
And do not store after, as it will dry and become dust.
We pour a sufficient amount of soil into the compartments. A little
crushing with fingers. We leave somewhere half a centimeter to the sides.
We take the seeds and put one seed in the middle. falling asleep
earth and a bit we accept.
After that, we pour (or spray abundantly from a spray bottle) with water with energen, ecogel or similar things.
cover with a lid and put on the window.
After, for some time we run with a tambourine and
check the moisture content of the soil which should not dry out.
After germination, do not remove the cover of the mini greenhouse
worth it, because in our apartments the heating will finish them off.
The first feeding can be done in 2 weeks after
sprout.

The main rule when growing shy mimosa, according to
do not touch it with your hands.
The air temperature in summer is about 25 degrees, at a higher temperature it will
dry. Spraying is not recommended, as is touching by hand.
The ideal solution is a humidifier.