The florist cyclamen is obtain from Cyclamen plant, a Mediterranean plant. In nature it goes resting during the summer months, comes into growth as cooler, curb weather starts, flowers in autumn, winter or spring, and goes dormant again as the summer becomes hot. Cyclamens grow from tubers that are round and rather flat. The tubers are the storage organs that keep the plants alive during their summer inaction.
Care of Cyclamen Plant:
Temperature:
These plants like temperatures around 20C during the day and all over 10C during the evening.
Watering:
Water your cyclamen plant only when the soil is dry, but to not leave the plant in this dry state so long. That it shows visible signs of not being watered, such as draped leaves and flowers. When you water the plant, water from under the leaves so that the water does not touch the cane or leaves. Water on the stems and leaves can cause them to crumble.
Lighting:
Cyclamen like dazzling light but do not need direct light. Put your plant near a east/west window, but not directly in a south surface window.
Fertilize:
Only fertilizer once every 1-2 months with water soluble fertilizer mixed at half limited and moderate. When cyclamen get too much fertilizer, it can affect their ability to grow.
Dormancy:
After a cyclamen floweret, it will go into a dormant state. Going into a dormant state looks very much like the plant is terminally ill as the leaves will turn yellow and fall off. It is not dead, just sleeping. With proper cyclamen plant care, you can help it through its dormancy and it will grow in a few months.
When taking care of a cyclamen after floweret, allow the leaves to die. Place the plant in a cool, somewhat dark place. You can remove any dead leaves, if you would like. Let sit for 2 months.
Time to Rebloom:
Once a cyclamen plant has finished its dormant period, you can start to water it again and bring it out of storage. You may see some growth, and this is ok. Make sure to completely dunk the soil. You may want to set the pot in a tub of water for an hour or so, then make sure any surfeit water drains away.
Check the cyclamen tuber and make sure that the tuber has not outgrown the pot. If the tuber seems pack, repot the cyclamen to a larger pot.
Once the leaves start to grow, you can resume normal cyclamen care and it should sprout shortly.
Conclusion:
In nature it goes resting during the summer months, comes into growth as cooler, curb weather starts, flowers in autumn, winter or spring, and goes dormant again as the summer becomes hot. Water your cyclamen plant only when the soil is dry, but to not leave the plant in this dry state so long.
