Perhaps no one will deny that flowers are a real miracle of nature. But even greater miracle and charm are those plants that bloom in the cold season or all year round. One of these plants is cyclamen. This gentle graceful kid will revive the most dull sill and will cheer up even on the most gloomy and gray day. And how to grow a cyclamen from seeds, will be discussed below.
Cyclamen: Care and Growth
Experienced growers in one voice argue that the process of growing cyclamen from seeds is not so complicated. It is necessary only to have patience, because the seeds of this flower germinate rather slowly. The first shoots can be seen in the period from 3 weeks to 3 months. Yes, and they grow in the first six months of life per hour on a teaspoonful, but then, getting stronger, quickly gain strength.
To cultivate the cyclamen from the seeds was successful, the process must be properly prepared. Seed is best taken from a house plant, seeds ripened at home have a high, almost 100% germination and are more resistant to disease. But if there is nobody to take home seeds, shoplifts will do. Before planting, they should be soaked in warm water for 24 hours, pouring into a rag bag or cotton pad.
As for utensils, it is better to sow a rectangular flower pot with drainage holes for sowing. The height of the wall should be about 15 cm. At the bottom of the tank put a plastic foam or expanded clay in a layer of 1.5-2 cm for better drainage, because in nature cyclamen grows on rocky loose soil. At the top of the drainage is about 7 cm of earth, consisting of sand, humus and a leaf component. If you do not have a mixture yourself, then you can buy land for violets.
Before the seed is planted, the soil is moistened. Then the seeds are laid one at a distance of 2-3 cm from each other and sprinkled with a layer of ground in 1.5-2 cm and put the pots in a cool place, not higher than 10-15 ° C. Everything, landing is complete, waiting for germination.
Care of seedlings and young flowers
Now came the period of growing cyclamen, when you need to have patience. Before the first shoots, it may take a month, or even 2. Until the first stems of sprouting have appeared, it is necessary to maintain a moderate moisture content in the pots, periodically sprinkling the soil from the sprayer. It is impossible to fill the soil, but to allow it to dry completely, too.
When the seedlings proklyutsya, you must constantly ensure that the soil in the pots was slightly moist, but in no case wet, otherwise the rot and the point of growth rot and the plant will die. By the way, if the seeds were planted too deep, release the tuber by 1/3 of its height from the soil. The same rule applies to adult flowers, they have half the club's size.
When the sprouts release 3 real leaves, the seedlings must be gently spiked into separate pots. At the bottom of the new dwellings of your pets, also put a drain, and on top of it pour the ground. Transplant a young cyclamen to a permanent place
With regard to fertilizing and further irrigation, the first six months of cyclamens are not fed, but only maintain the soil in a slightly wet state. After the passage of six months of age, the flowers are once fed with a weak solution of some mineral fertilizer for flowering houseplants. Repeat fertilizing every six months before flowering.
From the age of one year cyclamen begin to water. Do this carefully, along the edge of the pot, so that water does not hit the tuber and the point of growth. In summer, watering is done every 3-4 days, and in winter - no more than once a week. And remember, cyclamen does not like the heat.
That's all the secrets of how to grow a cyclamen from seeds. Good luck with this wonderful lesson.