Is mimosa poisonous? How to breed it?

Mimosa is a perennial herb or subshrub of Leguminosae, which is named mimosa because its leaves respond to heat and light and close immediately when touched by external forces. The flowers, leaves and pods of mimosa have better ornamental effect, and are easy to survive, so they are suitable for potted flowers in balcony and indoor. So is mimosa poisonous? How to breed it?

Is mimosa poisonous

1. There are trace amounts of toxin in the whole plant of mimosa.

The plant itself contains a substance called mimosa alkaloid, which can cause hair yellowing and falling if you come into close contact with mimosa for a long time. Potted indoors can purify the air, beautify the ornamental, but also have a slight harm to the body, human consumption or excessive contact with mimosa will also cause hair loss.

Mimosa will not cause harm to the human body during the day, but at night, mimosa can not carry out light and action, it will release toxic substances. Therefore, the mimosa placed indoors had better be placed on the balcony to avoid long-term contact with physical and mental harm.

Compared with indoor, mimosa is more suitable for balcony or outdoor planting, its growth needs strong light, indoor light conditions, can not meet the needs of mimosa growth, more contact will also cause harm to the human body, but also easy to make mimosa leaves fall.

two。 It is not suitable for pregnant women to raise mimosa at home.

Mimosa contains a recommended alkali, it is best not to breed in the home of pregnant women, the physique of pregnant women is weak, mimosa is very easy to cause hair loss of pregnant women, seriously may lead to miscarriage of pregnant women, in addition to mimosa, in families with pregnant women, breeding flowers and plants is always disadvantageous to pregnant women and will affect the fetus in the body.

3. It is not suitable to raise mimosa with children at home.

Mimosa is small and interesting and can attract children's interest and attention. long-term contact with mimosa can lead to skin damage, decay of hair follicles, yellowing and shedding of hair and eyebrows. Therefore, if there are children at home, it is best not to raise mimosa.

Second, the culture method of mimosa

1. Often watered

Mimosa is a kind of humid flower plant that lives in the tropics, so it is necessary to keep the moisture of the basin soil so as to keep it moist and not too dry; it is hot in summer, so you should pay attention to observing the actual situation and watering it about once a day. Don't let the basin soil dry. Spray water to the plant from time to time to prevent the plant from losing water too fast and even drying up. Watering in winter should reduce the amount of water and water as little as possible, otherwise it is easy to cause freezing damage.

two。 Soil selection

Mimosa does not have high requirements for soil, only general garden soil can be planted, it is best to choose some relatively loose and fertile humus mixed soil, of course, only saprophytic soil or sandy soil is also possible.

3. Plenty of light

Mimosa is a kind of plant that likes light, so it is best to put it on the windowsill or balcony with sunshine. Sunlight is beneficial to the growth of mimosa, on the contrary, if the light is too little, it will stop growing, yellowing and withering.

4. Prevention of frost injury

Mimosa is a tropical plant, so the temperature of growth should not be on the low side, and it is most suitable to keep room temperature at 20-28 ℃. Too low temperature will cause mimosa to stop growing, and if it is watered too much at this time, it will cause the rhizome of mimosa to be frozen. When the temperature is lower than 10 ℃, it needs to be protected.

5. Pest control

Mimosa rarely suffers from diseases and insect pests, generally the most common is the mackerel, if there are such pests, should be timely sprinkled with lime powder for control.