The process of transplanting cyclamen and all its subtleties

Cyclamen is a popular ornamental plant that requires proper care to grow it.

At home, it is very important to do a regular transplant. It is necessary because the soil is quickly exhausted and loses nutrients and minerals, which instantly affects the flower.

Read on to learn how a flower needs a transplant and what is needed for it. And, of course, detailed instructions on how to properly perform this process. More in the article.

Reasons for which you need a transplant

Transplantation may be necessary in the following cases:

• It is necessary to transplant a flower if its tuber takes up a lot of space in the pot and the roots have nowhere to grow.
• It is also necessary after purchase, but not immediately, but after several months. The pots in which they sell the flower are too small, so you need to pick up a larger container so that the root system continues to develop freely. On the rules of care for cyclamen after purchase, read our article.
• If the flower was bought, then you need to know that the land in which it grows is very poor. Immediately after the cyclamen has faded, it is transplanted. In the case of good-quality soil in the purchased pot, the plant can not touch the whole year.
• Experienced growers recommend transplanting regularly. This should be done once every few years.

When to carry out the procedure?

Important! Transplantation is carried out after the plant leaves the rest period, that is, at the end of July or the beginning of August. Make this procedure necessary before the appearance of buds.

The end of the dormant period can be determined by the formation of young leaves.

The transplant time depends on the type of cyclamen. For example, European cyclamen has no pronounced state of rest and is always green. It begins to bloom in the middle or end of May. If you do a transplant, then until then. It is best to perform the procedure in March.

Completely different is to behave with the cyclamen Persian. He experiences a state of peace every year. It comes in the middle of winter and lasts until the end of summer. In June-August, the young leaves begin to spit, it is during this period that we need to be engaged in transplantation.

Is it possible to do this with a flowering plant?

Transplant at the time of flowering leads to the fall of buds, because during the change of soil flower is under stress. This causes a stop flowering and growth. An exception can be only those cyclamens that were purchased at the store and not immediately, but after the flower gets used to a new place. They need to be transplanted from store soil to fresh.

A photo

Next you can see the photo of the flower:

Preparation for the procedure

Capacity size

Cyclamen feels bad in large pots. Capacity is selected based on the size of the rhizome of the plant:

• A young tuber aged from one to one and a half years will suit a pot, which diameter will be 7-8 centimeters.
• Tubers older (2-3 years) need a container with a diameter of 15-16 centimeters.

Priming

Much depends on the soil, especially the state of the cyclamen itself, the activity of growth and flowering. Ideally ground mix for cyclamen should be loose and nutritious. Soil looseness is the main condition for successful flower growth. Often buy in the flower shops already ready mix. But it is better to do it yourself. For this you will need:

• One piece of peat.
• Peg one part.
• Clean sand, also one piece.
• Leafy ground - three parts.

So that the roots are better formed, and the plant is better acclimatized, a little vermiculite is added to the ground. Before planting, the ground must be watered with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Such a procedure is needed to kill fungal pathogens.

Instruction process step by step

How to transplant homemade cyclamen in another pot - step by step:

1. Prepare the substrate.
2. Prepare a new container, if the old one is used, then it is necessary to process it with potassium permanganate, or pour boiling water on it, this is done for disinfection.
3. Carefully remove yellowed and dry leaves.
4. Carefully pull the plant out of the pot and inspect the bulb with its roots.
5. Dry and rotten roots should be cut with clean scissors.
6. Since the transplant is carried out in a new fresh soil, it is necessary to maximize the old soil from the roots.
7. Next, drainage is poured on the bottom of the pot and 3-4 cm of soil is added.
8. Put a flower and fill the ground, but the whole bulb should not fall asleep. It should be visible.
9. Thoroughly water cyclamen, while not getting water on the center of the tuber. Drain excess water from the pan.
10. Then the flower is removed into place and left alone.

How to divide a flower?

On a note. Separation of the flower can be done in two ways - tubers and rosettes.

Tubers:

1. The first step is to get the onion and dry it.
2. After that, cut into pieces and at the same time leave a kidney and several roots in each of their parts.
3. Then leave it in a dark place to dry the cut.
4. When the tuber is planted, the pot is removed away from direct rays.

Outlets:

1. To begin with, the shoot breaks away from the tuber and lands in the damp ground.
2. Next, put the flower under the transparent film.
3. After a few weeks the roots will appear on the sockets.
4. Be sure to comply with the temperature regime.
5. Subsequent care is no different from caring for an adult flower.

More information about these and other methods of reproduction of cyclamen is described in a separate article.

Care

Basic requirements and rules for caring for cyclamen at home:

• Lighting and temperature. Cyclamen positively relates to coolness and bright diffused light. Do not put cyclamen under the scorching sun. Best of all he will feel on the west or east side. Suitable temperature + 10 + 18 degrees.
• Watering. During the growth period, the earth should be sufficiently moistened, but do not over-fill the flower with water.

  Need to rememberthat moist air is beneficial to cyclamen.

  Immediately after transplantation, it is not necessary to pour a flower abundantly, it is necessary to do everything as always.

• Top dressing produced no earlier than one month after the flower has been transplanted. He needs time to adapt. Especially the soil that was prepared for transplantation and so contains humus, which is a natural fertilizer.

Conclusion

Cyclamen transplant is not such a complicated procedure. If you follow all the rules and instructions, it will not cause much trouble and labor. Timely transplantation is very important for the plant, because with it the soil is renewed, and with it the nutrients.

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