How to grow and water cyclamen
Today's plant experience brings you the related content of cyclamen, a bulbous flower. How to grow and water cyclamen, let's learn about it together.
Cyclamen is beautiful but not easy to grow, and most of them will have the problem of stem and root rot. Beginners are eager to know how to grow and water cyclamen practically. In fact, both are not difficult, just careful and attentive. First, let's talk about how to water cyclamen, mainly in winter.
The thing cyclamen fears most is not drought, but waterlogging, especially in winter. Carelessness can easily lead to stem and root rot. The ideal way to water cyclamen is to soak the pot, but this does not mean throwing the cyclamen pot into a water basin to absorb water. Instead, pour about half a cup of water into the bottom tray of the cyclamen pot, so that it can absorb water from bottom to top without absorbing too much.
Of course, you can also water a little along the edge of the pot, but be sure not to pour water directly on the bulb.
The core of watering cyclamen is that the soil can be a bit dry, but it must not be too wet. Therefore, in winter, we can even go a month without watering, as long as the potting soil is not dry, we do not need to water. Restrain your hands. Even if cyclamen wilts due to lack of water, it will recover after watering.
How to grow cyclamen
To grow cyclamen, we need to master several key points: ventilation, no waterlogging, proper fertilization, and laziness. Do not fiddle with it for no reason, move it around, and if you are going to grow it in one place, take good care of it there. Don't water it or fiddle with it for no reason, as this can easily lead to its death.
One, ventilation
In addition to ventilating the environment, cyclamen itself also needs ventilation. Since a cyclamen bulb has many stems with leaves and flower stems on top and poor ventilation at the bottom, we need to improve ventilation by thinning the leaves.
1. Comb the overlapping leaves
Overlapping leaves cannot receive light and carry out photosynthesis better, but instead increase the density of the leaves and affect ventilation. It's better to comb them to save nutrients.
2. Comb the old leaves at the bottom
Old leaves at the bottom, due to weak vitality, if not dealt with in time, not only affect the ventilation at the bottom but also, if there are pathogens, they will start from them and may even affect the surrounding newly formed flower buds, causing infection and moldy rot.
3. Comb the leaves directly above the flower buds
Cyclamen flower buds usually emerge from the center of the bulb more often. To increase the light for the new leaves and flower buds in the center, it is best to comb the leaves directly above the center. This increases light and ventilation, making the new flower buds healthier, reducing the possibility of bud drop, and prompting more new flower buds to form.
Teach flower friends a method: if you want to clean up a leaf with a stem, never pull it directly. You can use a twisting method, which does not hurt other stems and leaves and is easier to remove.
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