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05-06-2003, 09:18 AM

jane wrote:

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:23:24 +0100,
(Jim W) wrote:

~I also have crocus seed and a load of cyclamen seed which I keep meaning
~to do things with!-)

ah... cyclamen... I have the small C. persicum growing away inside. I
collected seed this time last year from a pink-flowered plant I've had
for several years and now I have 21 more... a few of which are
astonishingly about to flower. Already. Am waiting to see if they all
come out the same colour which they may not as the leaves vary! Then
there will be the great cyclamen giveaway :-)

C coum seem to love it in a large terracotta bowl - they're now
sprouting everywhere. I just leave them to their own devices, making
sure moss doesn't get a look in.

Thanks for that.. I may well go and collect up the Cyclamen seed and
redistribute it.. At the moment it is just lying on top of existing
corms.. not ideal for germination I believe, although the exisiting
Cyclamen have established very well..
//
Jim