Correct transplantation of the cyclamen

Cyclamen - a perennial plant, which has a corms with a practically spherical shape.

When you are going to buy a cyclamen, pay close attention.attention to foliage and tubers, there should be no signs of rotting on them. This plant is best to buy in autumn, when flowering is barely beginning, it is better if the plant has enough buds. Only in this case, a correct cyclamen transplantation is possible.

If you are properly taking care of this plant,then cyclamen will please you with his beautiful flowering for 20 years. Correct transplantation means that the tuber should not be deeply buried in the ground, it must be remembered that its upper part should be above the ground. The next important feature in the care of a flower - it should be grown in a small pot, so that the tuber does not rot, and the flowering was abundant.

During flowering, this plant needs access to cool air, the ideal temperature is about 15 degrees.

Cyclamen needs constant watering. Watering it will be better through a tray or by a dive method for a short time. After the transplantation of the cyclamen, it must be ensured that the sprouts and tuber do not get water. It is necessary to exclude overmoistening of the earth, it can be fatal for the tuber, and hence for the flower as a whole. It is also very important to know how to transplant a cyclamen so that the plant grows well and blossoms.

The cyclamen transplant is carried out after completionperiod of rest, nevertheless before the onset of the budding period. During this transplantation, it is necessary to replace completely the earthen lump, to remove rotted and dead roots of the cyclamen. After the transplant, the cyclamen is placed in a sufficiently bright place, which is protected from direct sun rays. In the first weeks after the transplant, irrigation should be very moderate. And after two more weeks it is already allowed to begin also top dressing of a plant.

Composition of land for the Persian cyclamen: humus, leaf, sand, turf, taken in the same parts. The ideal size of the pot for this plant is 12-14 cm. Even if the correct transplantation of the cyclamen is carried out in an overly small pot, the cyclamen will start to bloom too early, and the bloom will be short and weak. A large pot is also undesirable.

For other types of cyclamen should be in the potadd dolomite flour or ash to reduce the acidity of the soil. The land for the European and Neapolitan cyclamen should be quite nutritious, and for the Kosovan - rather poor.

When transplanting a cyclamen of Persian can notDeepen the tuber, and the Neapolitan cyclamen must be buried indispensable. For other types of cyclamens, there are no such clear rules, the main thing is to ensure that the cyclamen tuber does not rot.

Now you know how to transplant cyclamen correctly, but this does not guarantee you success in growing this plant.

Seeds of Persian, Neapolitan and Europeancyclamen should be sown late in summer, so that the air temperature is about 15-20. After 15-18 months comes the flowering period of many Persian cyclamen species.

During flowering and vegetation, cyclamen is requiredregular watering, it is better to conduct through a pallet. If watering the cyclamen is done from above, it is required to ensure that moisture does not get on the tuber, for which water is poured at the edge of the pot.

Cyclamen prefers humid air, in connection withthis air around the cyclamen can be moistened with an atomizer, but watch to ensure that water does not get directly to the plant. It is also possible to install a pot with a plant on a tray on which there is a wet pebble.

After the cyclamen bloom is over,Flowers should be cut to a tuber, reducing watering and stopping the fertilizing of the flower. If there are yellowed leaves, then they must be unscrewed together with the petioles, but not cut off. The remaining leaves in the spring dry, and the plant will go into a state of rest, at this time, watering is required to stop. The pot should be placed on its side and put in a cool place. The flower should not be watered until the middle of summer.