Ever See A Plant That MOVES When You Tickle It?

Ever See A Plant That MOVES When You TICKLE IT?
The Experts at www.TickleMePlant.com show you how to grow a TickleMe Plant from seeds. It will move and branches will even drop when Tickled!

Ever Grow The Plant That MOVES When You TICKLE It?
Now you and your family can grow your own TickleMe Plants! I have been growing TickleMe Plants with my sixth grade students and family for over 30 years. Imagine the excitement in your home or classroom when your living TickleMe Plant closes its leaves and lowers its branches as you tickle it.

Materials:
TickleMe Plant Seeds
Flower pot or cup with hole on the bottom
Soil

Directions:
1. The day before you plant your seeds, soak them in warm water overnight.
2. Fill a flower pot or cup 3/4 of the way with soil.
3. Plant three to five seeds by covering them with 1/8 inch of soil.
4. Water your seeds gently.
5. Place your newly planted seeds in a room that receives bright light or sunlight for part of the day.
6. Temperatures in the room should be above 70 degrees.
7. Water before the soil dries out.
8. That’s it! Your plants will begin to grow in less than a week.

The first two leaves will not be ticklish. In about three weeks, the second set of TickleMe Plant leaves will appear and they will move when you tickle them. TickleMe Plants are best grown as house plants and can even be placed in a bright location outside during the warmer months. They are frost sensitive, so be sure to bring them inside before the cold weather arrives. They produce pink puff ball flowers. TickleMe Plants can live for a year or more and grow to about one foot plus in height.

Native to Brazil, TickleMe Plants can be found growing wild there and in other tropical areas. The scientific name for the TickleMe Plant is Mimosa pudica. It also has been called shy grass, sensitive plant and other names throughout the world. To learn about the natural history of the TickleMe Plant go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_plant

Don’t be surprised if you find yourself and your children more sensitive to plants. When my students first tickle their plants, they often scream “It’s ALIVE!”

Even students that are sometimes hard to motivate, can’t wait to take home their pet TickleMe Plant to show off to their friends and family. I grew my first TickleMe Plant when I was 9 years old and I never looked at plants in the same way again, nor have I ever forgotten the experience. Neither will you! To learn more about growing TickleMe Plants or to order seeds go to www.TickleMePlant.com

Mark Chipkin is a middle school Science Teacher and Co-Owner of the TickleMe Plant Company. He has sent hundreds of students home with their own Pet TickleMe Plants.

For more imformation go to www.TickleMePlant.com
or email TickleMePlant@aol.com

Category: Education