This indoor flower barely reaches a height of 30 cm, has a flattened root with a diameter of not more than 10 cm. But it develops actively, so every year the plant needs a new capacity. For the procedure to be successful, it is important to know the rules of how to transplant cyclamen.
Plant transplant
One of the basic comfort requirements for a given flower is a small pot that quickly becomes cramped. It is advisable to carry out a cyclamen transplant annually. This procedure will avoid root disease and stimulate active flowering. The process itself consists of preparatory and main stages, where the initial stage should be given special attention.
Flower splendor
Bush preparation
You must always remember that transplanting puts the plant in stress. Therefore, cyclamen should be prepared for the upcoming procedure. They are primarily determined from the time of the event - it should coincide with the beginning of growth.
Note! In Persian varieties, getting out of sleep occurs in different months, in European this phase is practically absent. A signal to when cyclamen can be transplanted will be the appearance of new leaves on the tuber.
When preparing plants, they carry out such actions:
- the flower is carefully removed from the old pot;
- shake off the soil from the roots and examine them;
- Having discovered rot and other irregularities, problematic roots are cut off.
Cyclamen extracted from the pot
The plant is placed for a while in a weak solution of potassium permanganate to disinfect sections. Next, proceed to the preparation of a new tank.
Pot and soil selection
You should not take a wide capacity, otherwise the plant will direct the main forces to the development of the root system to the detriment of the aerial part. It follows from the fact that the diameter of the pot should exceed the size of the tuber by only 2-3 cm.
Important! Regardless of whether the container is new or used, it is pre-disinfected and only then filled with soil.
There is a ready-made Tulip soil mix for sale, suitable for flowering indoor plants. You can make the substrate yourself by taking:
- 1 part of peat, humus, sand;
- 3 parts of sheet land;
- a little vermiculite (vermion).
To avoid infections, destroy the pest larvae, before transplanting cyclamen into another pot, the soil must be calcined in the oven for 2 hours.
Process
Having finished with the preparatory steps, they begin to plant the plant in a new container. The step-by-step algorithm looks like this:
- at the bottom of the pot lay a small layer of broken brick or expanded clay;
- fill the tank with soil;
- a tuber is placed in the center, sprinkling the bush from the sides with earth;
- The soil is compacted and moistened.
If after watering the soil sank a little, the earth is still being added to the pot.
Transplanting a flower into a new pot
By digging cyclamen, the tuber is not completely buried. In the Persian variety, it should look 1/3. In the European soil-free, 1.5 cm apex is left.
Home care after transplantation
Even well-adapted cyclamen is demanding on growing conditions. When a plant is under stress, it should pay maximum attention, observing all the requirements of agricultural technology.
Humidity
Cyclamen prefers high humidity. In the hot season, you can spray with warm water from the spray gun, trying to prevent moisture from reaching the growth point (otherwise the bush will die). The procedure is carried out while there is an increase in green mass. As soon as cyclamen enters the budding phase, the spraying is stopped.
Temperature
Indoor flower does not like heat. Therefore, in the summer, the temperature in the house is maintained at about 20-22 ° C. In winter, it is lowered to 10-15 °, if the bush is at a dormant stage, then you can reduce it a little more. The room should be regularly ventilated. At the same time, drafts should not be allowed.
Location
Cyclamen does not like direct sunlight. Therefore, put flower pots on the eastern or western windowsills. If this is not possible, then choose the south side, providing diffused light. North windows are not suitable due to poor lighting (especially in winter).
Comfortable location
Watering
The plant easily tolerates a slight drought, it is sick from waterlogging. Therefore, it is better to underfill the flower than to overfill, adding water to the pan. The amount of moisture depends on the phase of development:
- during flowering, the soil is kept moist all the time;
- at the end of flowering, the frequency of watering is reduced.
In varieties included in suspended animation and dropping foliage, the soil in the pot is periodically moistened so that it does not completely dry.
Nutrition
As soon as the plant takes root, it will need additional nutrition. Carry it out a month after placement in a new container, using complex mineral fertilizer for ornamental plants.
The procedure is repeated every 3 weeks until the start of budding. As soon as cyclamen blooms, the frequency of top dressing is reduced to 1 time per month.
Breeding methods
Beginners, keen on home floriculture, are interested in how to properly propagate cyclamen so that it does not lose its decorative effect. Practiced in several ways: baby, sowing, leaf and division of the tuber.
Seeds
In order to independently collect fruits from the plant, you need to have at least a couple of bushes for artificial pollination in the house. Therefore, it is easier to buy ready-made cyclamen seeds in a flower shop. This method of reproduction is considered the most optimal, especially for the Persian variety.
If a plant can be transplanted into a new pot in any month, then sowing is best done in August, following this algorithm:
- prepare a 5% sugar solution and soak the seeds in it;
- seed that has surfaced to the surface is thrown without regret;
- then the seed is transferred for 8-12 hours to a Zircon solution (4 drops per 0.5 cup of water);
- seeds removed from the biostimulant are laid out on cotton pads and covered with bandages for swelling;
Important! So that the seeds are better rooted, it is desirable to germinate them, leaving them for a day under a dense tissue.
- a shallow plastic tray (preferably transparent) is filled with a mixture of peat and sand, taken in equal proportions;
- spread the seeds on the surface and sprinkle them with soil mixture up to 1 cm;
- the container is covered with an opaque film.
The greenhouse is periodically aired and moistened. Cyclamen from seeds at home will give the first seedlings in a month and a half. The film is immediately removed, the tray is transferred to a cool (15-17 °), well-lit place.
Friendly shoots
Sprouts dive when a nodule peeps out of the ground and 2-3 leaves form on it. You need to plant new bushes in small containers (for example, plastic cups).
The container is filled with a substrate of sand, peat and sheet land (1: 2: 4, respectively). Seedlings are planted in the soil mixture, completely sprinkling nodules with it. The first top dressing of seedlings is carried out in a week, taking flower fertilizer in low concentration (“Tsvetovit”, “Ferovit”, “Kemira Lux”).
In a permanent pot, with a diameter of not more than 8 cm, young bushes are transplanted after 6 months. In this case, the tuber is not completely immersed in the soil, leaving a third part above the surface.
It is important to carry out the correct watering of young plants.
Important! In order for moisture to flow directly to the roots of the seedlings, use a pipette. At first, the seedling soil is moistened 2 times a week. In the future, when the seedlings take root well in individual pots, watering is reduced to 1 time in 10 days.
Kids
This method is popular among gardeners, as it gives the greatest guarantee of survival. The procedure is carried out in the 2nd half of summer, when several children formed on the uterine bush. Having chosen the most healthy minicubber with a kidney, do the following manipulations:
- the onion is carefully cut from the main tuber;
- immersed in a substrate usual for cyclamen, poured into a peat or plastic cup;
- on top they cover with a glass jar, building a semblance of a mini-greenhouse;
- periodically shelter is removed and the soil is checked for moisture;
- after 2 weeks, when the first leaves sprout, the jar is finally cleaned and looked after the baby, as usual.
Baby choice
After a while, the seedling is moved to a flower pot. On the 30th day after separation of the baby from the mother liquor, top dressing is carried out using a weak solution of mineral fertilizer.
Tuber division
Try to propagate cyclamen in this way as little as possible, because you will have to injure the root. Cutting often ends with rotting of the delenki and can even provoke the death of the uterine bush. Therefore, it is recommended to use this method only in extreme cases.
Important! To obtain healthy cyclamen, division reproduction is carried out only in the resting phase.
Prepare for the procedure carefully, do it without haste, following the instructions:
- the day before dividing, the soil is moistened so that the tuber is easier to remove;
- the roots are washed with warm, settled water, completely removing all the earth;
- the blade of a sharp thin knife is ignited over a flame and allowed to cool;
- the root is best divided into 2 (in extreme cases, 4) parts; on each of them there should be a growth point and a “heel” with roots;
- delenki put on clean paper and dried for 2-4 hours;
- the sections are treated with brilliant green, then powdered with charcoal powder and left for another 18 hours;
Propagation by dividends
- disinfect prepared pots, soil mix and drainage;
- Before planting the dividend, the soil is moistened.
Plant care is carried out in compliance with the same requirements as with a standard bush transplant.
Sheet way
Not everyone knows how cyclamen propagates from leaflets correctly. If you do not take into account the features of the procedure, in the end you can get only a rotten plate. A leaf taken from a bush rarely takes root in water. It is not always possible to do this in the substrate.
Only European types of cyclamen can be propagated in a similar way - they form finger-roots on the leaves. Persian flowers have no such feature.
Leaf growing method
For the process to complete successfully, the following rules are followed:
- leaflets with roots do not cut, but break off;
- at the same time, a small fragment of the nodule should move away with the plate;
- then you need to plant the stalk in a substrate, deepening it, and cover with a greenhouse.
All other actions - as when multiplying cyclamen with the help of children. The leaf method is a quick rooting option. Already in the 3rd week, the stalk can shoot. It remains to provide him with proper care.
Cyclamen is a very beautiful ornamental plant that can delight in flowering at any time of the year. Having learned how to reproduce and transplant it correctly, you can create a real paradise on your windowsill. Knowing how to grow cyclamen from seeds at home (or in another way), you can give your loved ones a small flowering splendor
