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Cyclamen (persica) update
My trusty cyclamen is currently 25cm high, 30cm across, and has twenty flowers.
For the first time, some flower heads are turning to fruit so some seeds may be forthcoming. I have no idea if these would be viable. Previously, after the petals had fallen, the stems just withered and died. Many old stems are still doing so but about half a dozen are fruiting. Another six weeks to go to complete one full year in flower. I am planning to grow some outdoor cyclamen (from seed) next year having formed something of an attachment to my indoor version. -- Asha http://minnies.opcop.org.uk http://nature.opcop.org.uk http://pictures.opcop.org.uk |
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Cyclamen (persica) update
On 2017-09-05 10:39:48 +0000, Chris Hogg said:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:32:02 +0100, Asha Santon wrote: My trusty cyclamen is currently 25cm high, 30cm across, and has twenty flowers. For the first time, some flower heads are turning to fruit so some seeds may be forthcoming. I have no idea if these would be viable. Previously, after the petals had fallen, the stems just withered and died. Many old stems are still doing so but about half a dozen are fruiting. Another six weeks to go to complete one full year in flower. I am planning to grow some outdoor cyclamen (from seed) next year having formed something of an attachment to my indoor version. ISTR that the approved action on dead flower stems is to pull them off the corm, using a straight sharp pull. This encourages more flower buds to grow, and also removes a potential source of rot. But I could be wrong on all that. An expert will be along shortly to correct me if I am! I shall look forward to it. Thanks for the tip. I usually snip them off with scissors as far down as is possible given the density of the leaves. -- Asha http://minnies.opcop.org.uk http://nature.opcop.org.uk http://pictures.opcop.org.uk |
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Cyclamen (persica) update
On 05/09/2017 11:46, Asha Santon wrote:
On 2017-09-05 10:39:48 +0000, Chris Hogg said: On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:32:02 +0100, Asha Santon wrote: My trusty cyclamen is currently 25cm high, 30cm across, and has twenty flowers. For the first time, some flower heads are turning to fruit so some seeds may be forthcoming. I have no idea if these would be viable. Previously, after the petals had fallen, the stems just withered and died. Many old stems are still doing so but about half a dozen are fruiting. Another six weeks to go to complete one full year in flower. I am planning to grow some outdoor cyclamen (from seed) next year having formed something of an attachment to my indoor version. ISTR that the approved action on dead flower stems is to pull them off the corm, using a straight sharp pull. This encourages more flower buds to grow, and also removes a potential source of rot. But I could be wrong on all that. An expert will be along shortly to correct me if I am! I shall look forward to it. Thanks for the tip. I usually snip them off with scissors as far down as is possible given the density of the leaves. Do remember that cyclamen require a few weeks rest before they start to grow again for another season. |
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Cyclamen (persica) update
On 2017-09-05 11:15:06 +0000, David said:
On 05/09/2017 11:46, Asha Santon wrote: On 2017-09-05 10:39:48 +0000, Chris Hogg said: On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:32:02 +0100, Asha Santon wrote: My trusty cyclamen is currently 25cm high, 30cm across, and has twenty flowers. For the first time, some flower heads are turning to fruit so some seeds may be forthcoming. I have no idea if these would be viable. Previously, after the petals had fallen, the stems just withered and died. Many old stems are still doing so but about half a dozen are fruiting. Another six weeks to go to complete one full year in flower. I am planning to grow some outdoor cyclamen (from seed) next year having formed something of an attachment to my indoor version. ISTR that the approved action on dead flower stems is to pull them off the corm, using a straight sharp pull. This encourages more flower buds to grow, and also removes a potential source of rot. But I could be wrong on all that. An expert will be along shortly to correct me if I am! I shall look forward to it. Thanks for the tip. I usually snip them off with scissors as far down as is possible given the density of the leaves. Do remember that cyclamen require a few weeks rest before they start to grow again for another season. I haven't been able to find any references for that but perhaps more importantly, how will I know when that should be? At the moment, the fruit are developing so it probably does not wish to rest in the midst. By the time they are done, it will be October anyway which is when it previously liked to begin flowering. It managed these things itself when in a north-facing window but since it moved to the south, it has been having a fine old time. It always maintained a basic set of leaves outside the flowering period and if I deprive it of water, the leaves droop and prepare to die. If I do not deprive it of water, it flowers like a mad thing. What did you have in mind? -- Asha http://minnies.opcop.org.uk http://nature.opcop.org.uk http://pictures.opcop.org.uk |
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