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Mimosa Pudica (Shy Plant) Moves When You Touch It! Full Grow Guide

Mimosa Pudica (Shy Plant) Moves When You Touch It! Full Grow Guide

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A few weeks ago I posted a video on my Instagram of a plant that moves when you touch it. It's called Mimosa pudica, but it's know by MANY names around the world as it's a pantropical weed: - Shy plant - Tickle me plant - Sensitive plant - Touch me not plant - Putri malu -. and many, MANY more. I decided that instead of just doing a video where I touch the leaves and stems to show you the movement, why not grow them from seed and then run some touching experiments on them? So that's what I did. Larry from the Tickle Me Plant company sent out a little growing kit with some instructions, so huge thank you to him for that. Watch to the end, because I do a FIRE test on the leaves to see how they react to heat!
Date: 2022-07-18

Comments and reviews: 15


Omg, family and I are watching a nature based movie and this plant came to mind. Im. such a tree hugger, nature lover. As a child I use to cry when my siblings would touched this plant. I thought it was feeling sad!
. it doesn't want to be touched! Uuuuugghhh! I still feel that energy when someone touches it stooooop touching them!

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I saw a big mimosa bush in the Behind the Seeds tour at Epcot and fell in love with it. I managed to find a little mimosa. And I've been taking care of her for 6-7 years now. It gave me many flowers, and a couple seeds. I also bought some seeds on the web last year and got them to grow this summer. I'm hoping to get a bush next year.
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When I lived in Oregon many moons ago, a beautiful Mimosa adorned our back yard. It was huge! My husband pruned it 1/2 back every year which was a good thing as it allowed for a very thick trunk to form that supported this fast growing tree really well. One of the most stunning plants on God's Green Earth!
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We started some of these this year, kids love them. I was doing some reading on them and i read they like dry soil because they are very succeptible to root rot. Though its so hot and sunny here i've been watering almost daily and have had better luck with watering than not. How are yours handling it?
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I'm so glad I seen this lol. How cool is that! I'm definitely growing this now lol. I love that you burned it with fire and poked the heck out of it I could hear the excitement in your voice when you were doing the tests. Thanks for sharing this. I've really been enjoying your videos
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In the 70's when I had them they were called Sensitive plant. I'm in California. I didn't know the Latin name so thank you because I didn't know what to look for. Seems a lot of different countries have different names for them, like Shame plant, Shame plant and so on.
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I remember playing with these in the wild on my great grandmas farm in Mexico.
I cant believe people are actually making a profit out of these. They are weeds. XD
I mean, its funny to play with them but they are like clovers.

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I'm starting a bunch of these for my wife and just came across this cool fact I'm starting them for her because they have the most beautiful flowers and they smell good too on top of all that to find out this mind blown thank you man
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We call that plant makahiya here in Philippines which mean shy. It pretty much grows everywhere here before with grasses. Now i see this plant rarely. Im planning to plant these any day soon.
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I found this plant in a ditch when I went to Cambodia a couple of years ago, and Ive been looking for it ever since! Its really cool to finally know what its called. Thank you!
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I have one I grew from seed as well. However you must be careful. It gets spikes on it once it gets more mature. I don't have any flowers yet, but it's about two feet tall.
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Do you think this plant would send well in the mail all transaction within america? I ask because I hatched many seeds and I don't need this many plants!
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I actually do this (the touching) to my snake plants, pothos, jade plants, etc, hoping they would respond the same way as this mimosa pudica anyway cool video
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We call it semalu in Malaysia. Easily found in the bush or anywhere on the field. I don't like it cause it has torn. I think, no one plant it in my country
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It is basically a weed plant in Southeast Asia. It grows like crazy everywhere there. I cant believe it is a plant that needs special attention in America
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