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- Mimosa - sensitive among houseplants
- The right location for mimosa
- Water mimosas properly and fertilize
- Keep mimosa one-year or perennial
- Tips
Mimosa is a very demanding houseplant
Mimosa - sensitive among houseplants
As pretty as a mimosa looks, care as a houseplant requires a lot of specialist knowledge. It is not for nothing that the poisonous plant is considered sensitive, because it only thrives when the conditions are optimal. What you need to keep in mind when keeping mimosa house plants.
The right location for mimosa
At their location, the mimosa makes quite high demands. She wants to be warm and bright, but loves direct sunlight at most in the morning and evening hours. The temperatures should be between 18 and 22 degrees. In summer, you are also welcome to take care of the mimosa outdoors. Mimosas are not hardy. Before the temperatures drop to less than twelve degrees, you should bring the plant back into the house.
On bad air, for example through smoking, the mimosa is sensitive. Therefore, set them up in smoke-free rooms.
Water mimosas properly and fertilize
The root ball should never completely dry out. Waterlogging is even more harmful. Pour moderately and always only when the surface of the substrate is several inches dry.
Provide adequate humidity at high temperatures by placing bowls with water.
Do not fertilize a mimosa too often. Young mimosa get no fertilizer, older house plants fertilize you in two-week or monthly intervals.
Keep mimosa one-year or perennial
Mimosa are often kept as a houseplant only one year, because a mimosa to overwinter is not easy. Most plants lose their leaves in winter or go in because they are too dark, too cool or too warm.
In addition, mimosa tend to grow wild in the second year. Since they do not like to be cut, you can hardly get them back into shape.
It is therefore often more appropriate to dispose of a mimosa in the fall and to buy new plants in spring or to propagate from seeds.
Tips
Real diseases are very rare in mimosa. When mimosa comes in, it is almost always wrong care. Also, spider mites infest often occur when the air in the room is very dry.