In late autumn and winter, flower shops sell blooming cyclamens of various beautiful colors. At home, these beauties do not please for long and, as a rule, die. Rarely does anyone manage to achieve a new flowering. Although this is quite possible, if you carefully consider the whims of this plant.
Why does cyclamen die at home?
Cyclamens are plants that need coolness and moisture for life. Rooms with temperatures from 10 to 16-18 ° C and humidity 60 … 80% - will be ideal for cyclamens. Of course, in a city apartment with central heating, plants cannot always adapt.
It should be borne in mind that cyclamen is a tuberous plant. Therefore, it should be watered and fed carefully, along the edge of the pot, avoiding water getting into the flower outlet. Watering shouldn't be overkill. Before the next watering, the soil substrate must be allowed to dry.
When buying a plant, one has to see that sometimes the tuber is almost completely covered with peat chips. The producer grows flowering cyclamens as a gift option, hoping that the owner throws out the plant after flowering. But who will raise a hand to throw out a living creature? Therefore, in such cases, it is necessary to free the tuber from the soil captivity so that it is 1/3 in the ground.
Yellowing leaves and faded pedicels must be twisted at the very base of the tuber, leaving no stumps, and not cut off.
How to save cyclamen for the next flowering?
Under normal conditions, the plants bloom until late spring. Then the cyclamen needs rest. His leaves begin to turn yellow, and you need to water less often, just do not let the cyclamen dry out. For hibernation, the pot is taken out to an unlit place. You can dig a pot with a plant in the garden under the shade of an apple tree. In late summer, in August, new young leaves appear. This means that the plant is preparing for flowering again. In the fall, flower stalks appear on the crown. And so, with the correct fulfillment of the necessary conditions, cyclamen can bloom for many, many years.
