How to transplant cyclamen at home correctly
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Many have seen a delicate potted plant in stores or at a party. The petals of cyclamen flowers are similar to the wings of moths. But few people know that it is difficult to care for a culture. The article describes how to transplant cyclamen.
Brief description of cyclamen
Cyclamen, the second name for alpine violet, refers to a perennial herb. Grows in the highlands of Europe and Central Asia. Prefers growing temperatures up to 15 ° C, perfectly tolerates frosty winters. When the heat rises to 25 ° C, it hibernates.
Cyclamen European - a common species among florists
Several varieties of cyclamen are suitable for home cultivation:
- European. A plant with small evergreen leaves, the underside of them is dark red. It blooms with fragrant pink flowers from early March to late autumn;
- the purple species can shed the leaves, which are dark green with a purple tint on the wrong side. Small bush, up to 10 cm in height. Flowering is not long - from July to September;
- Persian variety with large flowers, large dark green leaves. Blooms in November, flowers last until spring. The dormant period for the Persian species is summer.
Care and transplantation requirements are the same for all species.
Cyclamen consists of a tuber, small roots extending from it and a small aerial part in the form of a bush. The short stems are crowned with heart-shaped leaves. Single flowers with petals turned upside down grow on the central shoots. Flower shades can be different. With successful pollination, the flower gives seeds. Can be grown in soil and at home.
Cyclamen tuber of impressive size
When to transplant cyclamen
The plant can be transplanted in the period after the flowers fall and before the next buds begin to form. An annual transplant is needed to renew the flower and stimulate the growing season.
The vegetative year of the flower should be divided into a period of rest and flowering. During hibernation, fertilizers are not applied, watering is minimal, the air temperature in the room is increased. This is a good time to transplant a plant as it is the least stressed.
If, under the right conditions, the bush does not bloom for a long time and begins to dry out, and the leaves turn yellow, you need to check it for pests. The aerial part is carefully examined. If the sheets are clean, check the condition of the roots. The tuber can be affected by rot or insects. In this case, an insecticide treatment is carried out, the damaged roots are removed, the tuber is transplanted into a new pot. Florists recommend in this case to completely replace the soil.
An adult plant may not fit in an old container. You should pull out the root and see how much space it takes up in the pot. If there is no more room for the development of the tuber, transplantation into a new, more spacious flowerpot is required.
Is it possible to transplant a flowering plant
It is not recommended to transplant any culture during the flowering period. The plant gives a lot of energy to the formation of buds, the opening of flowers, the formation of seeds. Transplanting a flowering cyclamen will lead to the fact that the buds dry out, the flowers fall off, the adaptation process will drag on. The subsequent flowering will have to wait for a long time.
There are cases when it is necessary to transplant cyclamen during the flowering period. These are bushes that are forcibly driven out for sale in a blooming state. When buying, the bush inevitably dies after the petals fall. But he can be saved in time. In such cases, an emergency transplant of a flowering cyclamen is made.
Flowering purple variety
First of all, all the buds and flowers are cut off, the bush is transplanted into a new land. The substrate should not be fertilized. It is best to plant the flower in depleted soil, you can add more sand. The culture is introduced into a state of dormancy, transferred to a cold place, watered little and not fed.
How to transplant cyclamen at home is described step by step in the next section.
Cyclamen transplant at home after purchase
After the purchase, the cyclamen is provided with proper care, and, if necessary, a transplant. Often the container for the seedlings is chosen very small, the roots are woven into a dense lump, occupying all the space. An urgent cyclamen transplant is required at home, since neither watering nor feeding will save it. In horticultural farms, cyclamens are planted in soil, which is oversaturated with peat, before being sold. This component has a bad effect on the air permeability of the soil. After flowering, the bush needs to be transplanted.
The cyclamen root system is examined, rotten roots are removed. In a pot, half filled with the prepared substrate, a bush is placed in the center, the roots are straightened and covered with earth to the top. The soil is not compacted.
A withering flower is the result of improper care
The bush is transplanted with some of the old soil in order to shorten the adaptation time of the flower. If the roots have been damaged by bacteria or pests, the old soil is disposed of. Before transplanting a diseased tuber, the affected part is disinfected. For better survival, the roots are left in a root stimulant solution for several hours.
Step-by-step instructions for a planned cyclamen transplant
The timing of transferring the bush to a new pot is the time before the formation of young shoots.
It is best to transplant a plant into a new container by transshipment. They dig in the soil around the perimeter of the pot and take out the whole lump of earth, after tilting the flowerpot. The dumped flower is cleaned of old soil, then transplanted into a new container.
Which pot to transplant
Before transplanting a cyclamen, you need to choose a container by size. The size of the pot to buy is determined by the age of the flower. For a one-year-old plant, the container must be at least 8 cm wide, the cyclamen is planted for 3 years in a container with a diameter of 15 cm.
Before backfilling the soil, the pot is treated with disinfectants and a hole is made to drain excess water.
How to prepare the ground
The store sells soil for cyclamens, but you can prepare the soil mixture yourself. To do this, mix peat, humus and sand in equal parts, add 3 parts of leafy earth. The acidity of the substrate should be about 7 PH.Vermiculite is added for aeration. Before backfilling, a layer of expanded clay is poured onto the bottom of the pot for drainage. The earthen mixture must pass air well, this is the key to the successful flowering of the culture.
Soil for a flower can be bought ready-made or mixed by yourself
Before planting cyclamen, any soil, prepared or purchased, is calcined in an oven for disinfection. Thus, putrefactive bacteria are destroyed, which can destroy the flower.
You cannot plant a bush in soil that has already been used for other flowers. Such land is depleted, it does not contain a sufficient amount of nutrients that the tuber needs.
How to water after transplant
After transplantation, the cyclamen is placed on a light windowsill, but without access to direct sunlight. The room should be cool. At first, watering is very poor, when the flower adapts to the new soil, you can start feeding it.
Water the flower through the pallet. They fill it with settled water, wait until the whole earth is saturated with moisture. With this method of moistening, the growing point at the top of the tuber does not get wet. This is important as cyclamen is susceptible to excess moisture.
The flower does not like dry air, it needs to be periodically sprayed on the leaf before flowering.
It is better to water the bushes through the pallet.
It must be remembered that cyclamen is a plant that blooms during the cold season. At this time, the pot should be removed away from batteries and heaters. They maintain sufficient humidity in the room and do not forget to water.
Possible transplant errors
Among the mistakes that are made when changing containers for a plant, there are the following.
- the tubers were damaged when the bush was taken out of the old pot, deeply deepened into the new soil during transplantation;
- the bulb was very deeply buried. The plant is planted so that a small part of the roots protrude above the ground;
- if you choose too wide a flower pot, you will have to wait a long time. It is necessary to select containers in such a way that from the tuber to the walls of the container are no more than 3 cm;
- the room where the recently transplanted flower is located is very warm. The culture does not like hot rooms, an unadapted cyclamen will turn yellow.
Cyclamen is a delicate plant, it requires careful handling during planting and further care.
Why does not it bloom after transplanting
The plant does not tolerate oversaturation with mineral fertilizers. Better to make a solution with a lower concentration of nutrients. The first feeding is carried out in a month with a frequency of 3 weeks. There will be no flowering if the bush is not fed.
If the pot with the culture is in a draft, the bush will feel uncomfortable, its development will stop, the aboveground part will dry out, and the roots will rot. Insufficient watering of the flower also leads to a lack of flowering and drying of new buds.
It is better not to water or feed the plant during the dormant period.
The flowering bush occurs at temperatures from 10 ° C to 20 ° C. If flower growers want to admire flowers in the form of colored moths for a long time, temperature limits must be observed.
The cyclamen flower, whimsical to care for, looks spectacular on the windowsill in the apartment and in the summer cottage. Alpine hills, front gardens, house facades are decorated with bushes. To delight yourself with bright flowering every year, you need to know the rules for growing and transplanting.
