The charm of cyclamen attracts the attention of both experienced florists and beginners in this business. However, those and others face certain difficulties, deciding to purchase this unusual flower.
Is it possible to avoid problems and difficulties? Yes, if you carefully study the rules of care and follow them exactly. Today we will tell what to do with cyclamen after purchase. when you need to repot the flower and how to do it. We also recommend to watch a useful video on this topic.
Flower selection rules
In order not to be disappointed in the purchase, the buyer will need a close inspection of the selected plant. Copies with sluggish and damaged leaves should be avoided. If there is a raid on the leaves or other parts of the plant, it is better to abandon the purchase - it is highly likely that cyclamen will die and even infect other indoor plants. The bush itself should be dense, dense, with strong stems.
During the period of active flowering should prefer cyclamen with a large number of buds. Such a plant will delight its owner with blooming longer than others.
Important: The optimal time to buy cyclamen is autumn, when the plant has not yet begun to bloom.
Also, that requires close attention - nodules. They should look healthy and sit tight in the soil. Sometimes we are talking about buying only a flower tuber for growing, and not a grown cyclamen. In this case, you need to pay attention to the growth kidney - it must be viable - and the absence of damage in general. A healthy tuber looks dense, weighty.
We recommend to watch the video on how to choose the right cyclamen in the store:
Care during the adaptation period
Cyclamens are quite capricious and react sharply to a change of residence.. Therefore, it is not surprising that for some time the plant will come to life after purchase.
The flower may look a little wilted, the flower stalks and petioles fall, but this is a normal adaptation process. With proper care after buying cyclamen (Persian and any other variety) at home will quickly return to its former state.
To alleviate the stress of changing places, you need to make sure that all the basic conditions for keeping a flower are met. If necessary, you can resort to spraying or irrigation. Besides, acquired cyclamen requires transplantation, sometimes immediately after purchase.
What to do first?
First of all, you need to once again inspect the plant. In the store, you can easily miss this or that defect, and the fragile flower does not always tolerate transportation. If, during the inspection process, damaged leaves were found, they should be carefully removed, the same is done with the flowering peduncles.
It is important to remember that not all problems are visible to the naked eye. Pests can also be hidden in the ground. To avoid contamination of other indoor plants, cyclamen needs to find a separate place for a week or two. In addition, the flower does not hurt preventive processing.
When is a transplant required?
Situations when cyclamen must be transplanted:
- The “native” pot of cyclamen is simply too small for the plant and hinders the development of the root system.
- Too high a percentage of fertilizer in the transport soil will not benefit the flower.
- When transplanted in the soil is often found larvae of pests.
The owner of the cyclamen himself decides when to repot the flower - immediately after purchase or some time later. If the plant is purchased in flowering condition, it is better to postpone the transplant until the end of the rest period.
Cyclamen need to transplant before the appearance of new buds. The best thing to do is in early summer.
How to transplant?
There are several rules on how to replant cyclamen. This process involves several steps:
Pot selection. The pot should be slightly larger than the previous one and have drainage holes to avoid rotting of the tubers.- Soil preparation. It can both be purchased at a specialty store, and cook it yourself. In the second case, turf and hardwood soil, humus and sand in equal proportions will be required. Additionally, you can ignite the soil and thus disinfect it.
- Directly transplant. Cyclamen should be carefully removed from the pot and, if possible, clean the tuber from the soil, some growers even advised to wash it. Before proceeding with a transplant, the tuber should be examined for rot. If the rotted areas are still found, they are cut, and the places of the cuts are covered with crushed coal. After that, the finished soil mixture can be poured into a pot, and then the plant itself can be placed in it.
Pot selection. The pot should be slightly larger than the previous one and have drainage holes to avoid rotting of the tubers.Board: No need to deeply deepen the tuber. It is enough to sprinkle it on the ground by two-thirds.
The first few days after transplantation, cyclamen may look drooping, but that's okay. If done correctly, the flower will quickly come to his senses.
We recommend to watch the video about cyclamen transplantation after purchase:
How to care?
In order for cyclamen to please the eye for a long time, its owner will be required to follow a few mandatory rules for caring for a plant at home:
- Watering. Under no circumstances should cyclomen be poured. It is better to make watering through the pan, so that the moisture does not fall on the rosette. Otherwise, the plant starts to rot. It is preferable to water the flower with separated water at room temperature.
- Temperature. Cyclamen does not tolerate heat, so the optimum temperature for it is 13-16 degrees.
- Humidity. The flower does not like both excessive humidity and too dry air. It is best to provide him with an average option.
- Top dressing. Within 2-5 months from the date of purchase in the soil should not be fertilized. Top dressing is done during the active growing season of the plant. It is important not to overdo it with fertilizer, otherwise the plant may not bloom (you will learn about why cyclamen does not bloom and how to fix it).
- Pruning. Dried and damaged leaves and peduncles must be promptly removed.
- Lighting. Cyclamen needs a lot of light. In winter, it will fit the southern window, in summer, the western or eastern. In the cold season, you should not place the plant near the sources of heating.
During the rest period, it is necessary to gradually reduce watering and stop fertilizing. The plant itself is better to move to a cooler room.
We recommend watching the video about caring for cyclamen:
Conclusion
Despite the fact that Cyclamen - not the easiest to keep flower, with proper care, growing it at home will not cause much trouble. Enough to take care of him according to all the rules, and the green inhabitant of the house for many years will delight his master with bright colors.
