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How to grow CyclamenHow to grow Cyclamen indoors and outside Origin- Mediterranean region Description- Large beautiful flowers can be frilled or ruffled in all shades of pink, red and purple as well as white. Profuse flowering during winter.
Position- Bright but indirect light with high humidity. The early morning winter sun is beneficial. Cyclamen plant care 1. Keep the leaves misted to maintain humidity. 2. Keep seedlings in a greenhouse, or mini greenhouse. 3. Water from below and not directly onto the plant. 4. Use half strength liquid fertilizer during flowering. After flowering keep watering for as long as the leaves remain healthy as this is when the plant is building next years blooms. 5. When removing spent flowers or yellow leaves take care, pull the stork away from the corm, or the remaining stalks may cause rotting. 6. After the leaves have died down put the pot in a cool place, keeping the soil barely moist, until new leaves appear. Then repot into a container one size larger, keeping the corm well above soil level, and restart watering. Once roots form begin fertilizing.
Cylamen bulbs- Store them in a tray, box, or bag in a cool garage and cover them with cover them with dry sand or dry peat. Then plant them in atumn in a semi shady area. Please be careful when storing cyclamen as they are poisonous, keep them out of reach of children and pets in a safe place.
Stumpy's cultivation tips- Sow the seeds in summer so they produce flowers next winter, the following year. Problems- Yellowing leaves may be caused by too much or not enough water. Keep the plants corm dry at all times as it is susceptible to rot. Yellowing leaves may be caused by insufficient or accessive water. Sudden changes in temerature, even those caused by transferring the plant from the shop to your home, will cause the plant to collapse. Protect in a box with newspaper around the pot will keep it warm during travel time. High temperatures and a dry atmosphere will shrivel flower buds.
I hope you enjoyed another part to our series How to Grow Cyclamen, Marty
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