How to save a cyclamen bought in a store or grow it at home from seeds - you will learn about this from this material. 17 photos and videos.
Duck seeds are planted in February - March, but you can do this at other times. To make them grow better, place them in a piece of cotton cloth or put on cotton pads. Place them or the seeds in the fabric in a shallow container where a little water is poured. It should not completely cover discs or fabric.
After a day, remove the seeds. Plant them in a container 5 × 7 cm high, filling it with a substrate consisting of taken in the same proportion:
- leafy land;
- peat;
- perlite;
- sand.
If possible, buy a special primer for cyclamens or a primer for flowers, which consists of the above components. Seedlings like to grow in finely sifted high-moor peat. Drink drainage at the bottom of the container, pour soil on top, spill it with water, make small pits 0.5 × 1 cm deep with a stick, lower the seeds, sprinkle them with soil.
If possible, plant each seed in a small, separate container, such as yogurt cups. Cover them with glass or plastic. Place it where the air temperature is from +10 to +20 ° С. If it is higher than +25 ° C, it will delay the germination of duck seeds. At temperatures below +10 ° C, they may not ascend at all.
Now you need to be patient, as cyclamen seeds can germinate from 1 to two months. It usually takes 6-8 weeks. At this time, make sure that the earthy ball does not dry out. If condensation forms on film or glass, lift them up to ventilate.
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When shoots appear, immediately place the container on the windowsill. Inspect the seedling, if its small, but already formed tuber is completely underground, carefully scoop up some soil so that a third of the tuber is above the soil surface.
At first, seedlings will grow slowly; during this period, a root system and a tuber are formed. At this time, the flower must be placed in a cool place, where the temperature is + 10? +15 ° C. Such conditions will help form a compact rosette of leaves. Keep the soil moist at all times. Water the plant through the sump to keep water out of the tuber.
If you densely planted the seeds in one container, after a month, carefully thin them out, planting them according to the scheme 2 x 4.5 cm. After another 4 weeks, cut them according to the scheme 6 x 7 cm. After another 2.5 months, the cyclamens are transplanted into pots with a diameter of 10? 12 cm.
The first feeding of seedlings is given no earlier than six months after the emergence of seedlings, watering with a weak solution of complex mineral fertilizer. When the cyclamen is 10-12 months old, it is ready to bloom. Feed it with a flowering plant fertilizer solution at this stage. After the cyclamen has faded and shed its leaves, it is placed in a dark place, where the temperature is + 5 - +7 ° C, here the flower will stay until September. Remember to water the soil periodically to keep it dry. In September, take out the plant, start watering it a little more intensively along the edge of the pot and in the pan, and also fertilize it once every 2 weeks using fertilizer for flowering plants.
General tips for caring for your home cyclamen
For cyclamens at home, not only temperature is important, but also light. Place the flower on a light-colored windowsill. If in the middle of the day the window glass gets too warm by the rays of the hot sun, cover it at this time with tulle or light curtains.
The material from which the flower pot is made can be anything, the main thing is that there are drainage holes at the bottom. When planting a tuber, you need to choose a pot so that the distance from the tuber to its walls is 2 × 3 cm. It is positioned so that a third of the tuber looks out over the soil. The exception is European cyclamen, its tuber is completely covered with earth.
With proper care, alpine violet will delight you with its amazing flowers from late autumn to mid-spring. Most common cyclamen diseases is a black leg and vascular wilting. From the first, preliminary disinfection of the soil and pot will help. The reason for the second illness is too hot air temperature.
Video about growing cyclamen from seed and its further transplantation:
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