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TickleMe Plant Growing Tips! - Here are some suggestions that can help your TickleMe Plants grow and stay healthy. (See Winter Tips Below)

Getting your seeds started (with parent's help):

Placing your seeds in a container of very hot water (with parent's help)over night and then planting them will help them sprout faster. You can experiment with this.
Flower pots or cups can be covered with clear plastic wrap, but the clear wrap must be removed as soon as your TickleMe Plant™ begins to grow.
If you cover any of your containers with clear wrap, DO NOT put them in direct sunlight until you remove the plastic wrap.
Cool temperatures will prevent your TickleMe Plant™ from starting to grow leaves. Put them in a room with temperatures between 70° and 85° Fahrenheit.
Do not over water or allow the soil to dry out.
If temperatures are kept between 70° and 85° Fahrenheit, young TickleMe Plants™ can sprout in less than 7 days. However, if temperatures are lower, it may take 21 to 30 days for your TickleMe Plants™ to sprout.

Once your TickleMe Plants have popped up above the soil:

Place your baby TickleMe Plants™ in a warm and bright or partially sunny location (the clear wrap or greenhouse cover must be removed at this time).
TickleMe Plants™ can be kept outside during times when the temperature does not fall below 65°. Put them outside for half an hour at first and increase time gradually each day.
Fertilize your TickleMe Plants™ in the spring and summer.
Frost will kill your TickleMe Plants™ so bring them inside once the temperatures drop below 65° or the leaves will turn yellow and fall off.
Need more help with growing your TickleMe Plant™? First check out the Frequently Asked Questions.
If you have additional questions, you can contact the Plant Doctor at PlantDoctor@TickleMePlant.com

TickleMe Plant™ WINTER and FALL Indoor Growing Tips:

1. Place your seeds in hot water to soak for at least one day.

2. You can experiment with some of your seeds by leaving them in the water for two or three days. You may see them start to sprout while in the water.

3. Gently place your seeds barely under the soil, about 1/8 of an inch deep.

4. Gently water or mist the soil. Keep your soil moist but not overly wet. Flower pots or pellets should not be sitting in water.

5. Keep the seeds and soil in the sunniest and warmest location possible. Keep the temperature as close to 70 degrees or above.

6. You can try this with some of your plants: to add warmth and humidity when not using a TickleMe Plant™ Greenhouse or Grow Kit, put a plastic bag over the top of your flower pots to keep in moisture and warmth; when doing this, make sure they don’t overheat in the direct sunlight.

7. The first leaves should sprout in about a week (these are not ticklish). However, even these small TickleMe Plant™ sprouts will begin “sleeping” at night, by closing their leaves.

8. In several weeks, the TickleMe Plant™ sprout will grow and move when they are tickled. Expect your plants to grow slowly during the winter season and to grow rapidly once the spring arrives!

Any further questions? Write to plantdoctor@ticklemeplant.com

Directions For Your Grow Kit:

1. Soak your seeds for one day in a cup of warm water.

2. When you are ready to plant your seeds, add ½ cup of warm water to the pellets in the TickleMe Plant Grow Kit tray.

3. Wait until pellets expand to about 1 ½ inch.

4. Pour off excess water from the tray.

5. Make two or three holes in each pellet about 1/8 inch deep with a pencil point.

6. Drop one seed into each hole.

7. Cover each hole with some of the peat from the surface of the pellet.

8. Place the clear plastic Grow Kit cover over the top of the tray.

9. Place in a warm location, (70-85 degrees Fahrenheit).

10.Remove the cover as soon as two seeds sprout.

11.Place the tray in a warm and bright or partially sunny location.

12.As soon as your TickleMe Plants’™ leaves move when you tickle them, you can transplant your baby TickleMe Plants™ into a larger flower pot with soil. Congratulations!

*Due to small parts, the mini- greenhouse is not recommended for children under 5 years old.

Directions For Your TickleMe Plant Greenhouse: are found on the bottom of the plastic sleeve in the Greenhouse.

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Order Today and... "Ten NEW Fun Experiments and Educational Activities You Can Do With Your TickleMe Plant"- (not shown below) will be included FREE with your order.

Once you have several small TickleMe Plant™ leaves, you can try some of the following experiments, activities and observations:

1. How does the TickleMe Plant™ react to the touch of: your finger, your hair, an ice cube, a toothpick, your breath?

2. Do TickleMe Plants™ show sleep behavior? Observe your TickleMe Plants™ for folding down of their leaves and stems at night.

3. Will TickleMe Plants™ bend towards the sun? How long does it take?

4. Will fertilizing TickleMe Plants™ make them grow faster than not fertilizing them?*

5. Try to catch the movements of the TickleMe Plant™ on video.

6. Create your own poem, cartoon, photos, videos, story or song about the TickleMe Plant™! Share them with family and friends. We’d love to hear and see them too! Send them to: Customerservice@TickleMePlant.com

**Purchased some TickleMe Plant Seeds and need help with a Science Project Idea? You are welcome to Email the Plantdoctor@TickleMePlant.com

Record any of the following:
1. How fast does a TickleMe Plant™ grow?

2. How long does the TickleMe Plant™ take to go back to normal, after it is tickled?

Tip: *Make sure your experiment is a fair one. When doing experiments where you compare different TickleMe Plants™ or conditions (variables), try to have each TickleMe Plant™ receive the same temperature, amount of light, and water. The only thing you change between plants is the condition (variable) that you are testing.

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