Spectacular bright flowers and original greenery make this plant one of the most popular on the International Women's Day. Instead of an ordinary bouquet, beautiful bright flowers in pots have recently appeared. However, such a gift will require attention from you. The care itself is uncomplicated, but you will have to learn some nuances.
Indoor flowers cyclamen : how to care?
To get started, let's look at the list of conditions that the flower should provide:
- choose a window with good and bright lighting, it is advisable not to put the plant on the sill itself, since the warm airflow from the battery is detrimental to the flower;
- it is best if the temperature in the room is within 15 ° during flowering, at higher blooms is reduced or does not begin at all;
- to care for the cyclamen is troublesome, since even watering it should be done only with soft water, and the regime should be moderate;
- when deciding the question, what to feed the cyclamen, it is worthwhile to dwell on complex fertilizers, since excess of mineral salts are fatal to budding, inclusive, it is only possible from time to time to apply fertilizing, and during flowering, not more often than once a month);
- care after the cyclamen after flowering is to remove all the dried up aboveground part and then place the pot in a position on its side in a place where it is dark and dry.
No less important moment in the question of how to care for indoor flowers such as cyclamen, is the transplantation and reproduction of the flower. Approximately from the end of July, the plant can be transplanted into fresh land. At this point, they usually deal with the division of the cyclamen tuber. It is important to remember that even small damage to the tubers will cause poor flowering in the future. Planting material is buried in the ground by only two thirds. At the bottom lay a good drain and pour a mixture of leaf and turf mixed with peat and sand.
Diseases of cyclamens
As a rule, almost all growers face a number of difficulties connected with diseases and pests. Most often it is necessary to decide what to do when the cyclamen turn yellow leaves. No less often on the plant there are all kinds of spots and it begins to fade in front of the eyes. Consider a list of the most common diseases.
- If the cyclamen yellow leaves and you do not know what to do, pay attention to the nature of yellowing. If it starts from the lower leaves and they gradually begin to dry up, it can be fusarium wilt. Unfortunately, it is very rare to cure a plant, but it is possible to do preventive maintenance. To do this, we take only high-quality planting soil, do not allow it to dry out and then flood it with water.
- Often the growers face the problem of the defeat of bacterial decay. This is the result of mechanical damage to the tuber and if there was a pathogen in the soil, problems can not be avoided. As a preventive measure, the seeds are always treated with drugs with antibacterial action, and in the process of growing the soil is picked up with good aeration.
- If the plant suddenly begins to wither and you feel a characteristic putrefactive smell, you are dealing with wet rot. This bacterial disease usually spreads at the site of leaf peeling and enters with contaminated water. Here, you just have to destroy the plant, so that
admit the spread of the disease. - The so-called anthracnose does not immediately manifest itself and right up to the beginning of flowering you may not even know about the disease. But when the flowers blossom, they will be subdued and underdeveloped. And in most cases, peduncles do not develop at all and just dry out.
- Before you take care of the cyclamen, it is worth to acquire a number of preparations like fungicides and carefully prepare the necessary conditions. It is the incorrect temperature regime and increased humidity that contribute to the onset of fungal and bacterial diseases.