This flower shrinks its leaves at the touch of it. It's the best place to raise a pot with children at home.

We all know that plants are motionless, but in the magical plant world, there are some plants that can "move". Mimosa, thatch and other plants will make dynamic responses to external stimuli. As long as you gently touch a leaf with your hand, its leaves close quickly, like a shy little girl.

What does mimosa look like?

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Mimosa is very delicate, oval green leaves, looks like a feather, there is a leaf stalk in the middle, a small young leaves are repeated layer by layer, showing the shape of palms.

Mimosa is delicate in appearance, but it is a plant that can grow easily. You only need to pay attention to soil, watering, fertilization and sunshine to grow very well.

How to raise mimosa?

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Mimosa is a kind of plant that likes to be warm, so it is more appropriate to sow seeds when the temperature is relatively high.

When the temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius, sow a seed in a flowerpot and gently cover the soil around 2mm.

Mimosa can be managed extensively, and the vegetable garden soil can be planted very well without choosing the soil.

Watering with flowers to keep the soil moist, lovely buds will emerge from the soil in the following 3-7 days.

Just sprouted mimosa, do not rush to accept the sun directly, because the young buds can not bear the sun exposure, easy to die.

The sunshine should be increased slowly from 1-2 hours to all-day sunshine.

When the mimosa grows to about 5cm, it can start to fertilize. Topdressing once a week can make mimosa grow rapidly and its leaves are green.

At this time, the seedlings are relatively small, topdressing should pay strict attention to the "application of thin fertilizer", do not use too thick, resulting in burning seedlings is not good.

As it grows bigger and bigger, the small pots sown can no longer meet the needs of its growth. It's time to change the pot. Prepare a 15-18cm flowerpot and plant it.

In order to grow well, a topping operation can be carried out. Remove the top 2cm so that the lower lateral branches can grow. You can get a large pot of mimosa.

Before hitting the top:

After hitting the top:

Mimosa generally has few diseases and insect pests, and the most common pest is slug. If found, you can sprinkle some lime powder to control it. If the plant does not grow well, check to see if the light source is insufficient or the water is not enough.

The flower of mimosa is a lovely pink fluffy ball, swaying in the wind, very lovely. It should be noted, however, that the growth of mimosa will be affected by the emergence of seeds after flowering, and the plant will slowly wither and die after bearing seeds. For the normal growth of mimosa, it should be removed when the flowers appear.

Note: there are thorns on the stem of mimosa. When playing with mimosa, we must be careful not to be stabbed.

Why is mimosa easy to be shy?

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Mimosa closes its leaves as a way for plants to protect themselves. Mimosa's hometown is as far away as South America, where there are often strong winds and heavy rain. Whenever the first drop of rain hits the leaf, it closes the leaf quickly.

This is because there is a part called "leaf pillow" at the base of the petiole of mimosa, and there are parenchyma cells in the leaf pillow. when the leaf is touched by the outside, the vibration spreads to the leaf pillow. at this time, the cell fluid in the parenchyma cells immediately flows to the intercellular space and reduces the cell expansion ability, the leaf closes automatically, and the petiole and twigs droop at the same time, when the "calm" for a few minutes, they are back as before.

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