While most home plants bloom and delight you with their bright colors in summer, the leaves of the cyclamen begin to turn yellow and fall off.
This phenomenon is a period of rest, when it weakens and begins to accumulate forces for further intensive flowering and development.
When and how the cyclamen plant blooms, let's talk in this article. We will also tell you what conditions the plant needs, so that it will delight you with its bright flowering and what kind of care it needs. Provide pictorial photos of the flower.
Flower description
This flower has leaves of a heart-shaped form and dark green color with silvery divorces or other patterns.
Cyclamen also has a variety of flowers: with fringed, curved and variegated petals. The color palette of the plant is very wide due to the variety of hybrids obtained. From white flowers to pink, maroon and purple. The flowers are located on the peduncle, reaching a height of 30 cm, and dwarf - up to 12 cm.
All the main components of the flower are tilted down, and the petals, on the contrary, are bent upwards. From the first glance at cyclamen, its flowers can be compared to butterflies that circle around it, because there are quite a few of them: up to 60 pieces can appear on a single plant.
The main feature of this indoor plant is its flowering period., flowing in the cold season, some species can even emit a pleasant light aroma.
A photo
Let's show how this flower looks like:
Alpine violet during hibernation
The dormant period of cyclamen is the time when the plant is gaining strength in order to then bloom.
Contrary to all the laws of nature, when in summer almost all plants develop and grow intensively, delighting us with their flowers, the cyclamen has a period of rest when it is restored.
Depending on how well the plant will rest and how it will replenish its strength reserves, its subsequent flowering period will depend. If some conditions were not met, then the awakening and the emergence of new flowers will be quite a problematic process. For this it is enough to care for the plant bulb so that it does not die.
One of the most accurate signs that cyclamen hibernates: its leaves will become sluggish, and then turn yellow. Then you need to reduce watering, feeding and lighting.
When does cyclamen wake up? Many inexperienced gardeners do not know exactly when it is necessary to bring a flower out of hibernation, but this is not a problem, because the bulb of the plant itself will “inform” about this by the appearance of new young leaves. And as soon as this happens, it is necessary to quickly restore the conditions in which the cyclamen was grown before: increase lighting, watering, feeding.
There is no clearly defined time period when cyclamen hibernates.. Most often this occurs at the very beginning of summer and lasts until August or the beginning of autumn. On average, it lasts 2 to 3 months. And sometimes it can start in April and end only in September. It all depends solely on the vital rhythm that cyclomen sets itself.
When to go on vacation?
If the time of hibernation of cyclamen comes, and it continues to bloom, some try to send it to rest on their own, which is a gross mistake. Nature has all its laws, and in this case they should not be violated.
To do this, begin to get rid of more green leaves and buds, twisting them. This is absolutely impossible to do, because this will completely kill the life cycle of the plant, especially if it was purchased, and not obtained by reproduction at home.
Important! If the plant is purchased in a store, it can enter a dormant period at any time, because it has not yet established a vital rhythm. That is why it is impossible to force him to hibernate!
It remains only to wait until the cyclamen himself decides that he needs to gain new strength, and create all the necessary conditions for this.
Care for sleeping wood at home
Flower growers with extensive experience, strongly It is recommended to place the plant during hibernation in a dark and cool place., while the pot must be put on its side, but not pull out of it a plant. It is desirable that the temperature in the room where cyclamen is located does not rise above +12 degrees.
It is impossible to completely stop watering the plant - you just need to reduce it to 1 time in 2 weeks. It is important to monitor the soil moisture and prevent its surplus, so that the roots do not start to rot.
More information on how to care for cyclamen during and after flowering - during the rest period, you can find here.
Caring for the winter months
In no case should not be confused that cyclamen blooms in winter, and during this period it needs a completely different care than in summer. This is a very important aspect that everyone who is going to grow this plant at home should remember.
During the flowering period, cyclamen must be watered enough, but in order not to be mistaken and not start the process of rotting the tuber, you can put the pot in a container with water and wait until the top layer of the substrate becomes wet. This is the right way to simply and correctly water. In addition, it will help to avoid moisture on the leaves of the plant, because of which they can start to rot.
Plant nutrition is produced during the growing season with various additives.that will suit any plant. You can not overdo it with fertilizer, because this may cause the plant to stop forming buds.
Cyclamen, like all other plants, requires sufficient illumination with diffused light of the sun's rays and the absence of drafts in the room where it is located. And the most important thing is the coolness preferred by this plant: it is very comfortable at a temperature of 6 to 12 degrees even during the flowering period.
Attention! It is impossible after a long drying (lack of regular watering) to pour cyclamen with plenty of water. This will lead to cracks in its leaves and from rotting.
Awakening Plants
The end of the rest period of cyclamen can be seen by the appearance of new green leaves on it. That's when you need to immediately arrange a good diffused lighting and increase watering. At first, after waking up, spraying is not recommended.i.e. increase humidity
Gardeners are also advised to replant cyclamen after it leaves the state of rest. To do this, you need to choose a pot in which the roots of the plant will fit freely, but the distance from them to the walls of the vessel did not exceed 1 - 1.5 cm.
The substrate for transplanting can be purchased both in a specialty store and prepared on your own by mixing sheet soil, humus, peat and sand in proportions of 3: 1: 1: 1. When planting, be aware that 1/3 of a tuber should be above the ground.
Next, a visual video of how cyclamen awakens and what kind of care it needs during this period:
How to wake up after summer sleep?
In most cases, cyclamen goes out of hibernation on its own, but there is a way to store it during this period, after which it may not wake up at all.
Trying to keep the tubers, flower growers put them in a completely dry soil, and then sent to the refrigerator. In this case, overdrying of roots can occur, which is especially dangerous for young plants. For the successful subsequent awakening of a plant, it is sufficient to reduce its lighting and watering.as soon as the leaves begin to turn yellow and fall off, and in no case do not send the pot with cyclamen in the fridge!
Again, nature has its own laws, which are better not to violate. And if the cyclamen did not wake up on its own, this means that during hibernation, either a drying or a rotting of the tuber occurred. Most often this, of course, occurs with plants purchased in a store, where in order for them to always have a presentation, they are fed with various chemicals. And as a result of these actions, they lose their entire life rhythm.
There are no specific instructions for how to forcibly remove a plant from hibernation, because it must do so., when the time comes. And when this happens, the gardener is only required to comply with the conditions listed above.
Conclusion
Cyclamen is a rather unusual indoor plant that has its non-standard life cycle, which should not be broken in any way. In order for it to bloom in time and go to rest, it is important to observe the correct conditions for its storage, which is not a great difficulty even for a beginner in this business.
