On the market today there is a huge selection of a wide variety of home plants, any buyer can easily choose the most suitable option for themselves. It should be noted that, despite a wide assortment, for many years, geraniums, cacti, violets, ficuses, gloxinia, and cyclamen have remained the most beloved flowers for buyers. The last representative of domestic plants will dwell in more detail.
Original and special cyclamen
It attracts views due to its originality, in addition,
cyclamen flowers, care at home for which does not imply any special actions, can please even in winter.
The most famous species are European and Persian. The latter is most popular, since its flowering in the cold season is very magnificent and beautiful. Most consumers choose it only because of this feature.
As for cyclamen, the care of which is carried out correctly at home, it can please its owners with at least sixty blossoming flowers in the winter. This perennial plant is able to delight with its beautiful view for many years.
Growing cyclamens
Cyclamen propagates by seeds, which must be planted in the ground in February-March to a depth of about a centimeter, watered and sprinkled with earth. It should be prepared for the fact that the flower will sprout for a relatively long time - 30-40 days. The optimum temperature for this period is 18-20 degrees. It should also be noted that it grows in the dark, and blooms in late autumn and winter.
Features of the cyclamen flower , home care and reproduction
The optimum temperature for growth is 18 degrees. Watering is required moderate, but regular, while water should not fall on tubers and leaves. The flower loves moisture, but direct water should not be allowed, you should use a small atomizer to moisten the air around it. As for feeding, you should use mineral fertilizers in the spring and summer, the rest of the time this is not necessary. Home cyclamen does not tolerate heat, the cold affects it less destructively.
With increasing temperature, this representative of the flora quickly withers and turns yellow. Consider the features of cyclamen, home care for him and other details.
Cyclamen can be propagated not only by seeds, as mentioned above, but also by division of tubers. This procedure is carried out during the rest period of the flower. When transplanting, you should check the root system for rotten roots and, if detected, remove them. After this, the plant is transplanted into new soil and put in a bright place.
With the question of how to grow cyclamens, everything is clear, it remains only to pay attention to possible flower diseases. Its main enemies are aphids and ticks. They appear due to improper care, mainly due to excess moisture and high temperature. If you water the plant very abundantly, gray rot on the leaves may appear and rotting of the tuber will occur. Be sure to remove dried flowers and leaves.