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Cyclamen 2024
Herman Mylemans:
Ashley, here some pictures from Kris De Raeymaeker in Southern Turkey, they like to grow in a scree
https://www.vrvforum.be/forum/index.php?topic=2692.225
Look at #239
Redmires:
Such a lovely cyclamen, Ashley. Does it flower earlier or later than C. coum for you?
I might give it a go if I can get hold of seeds, but it would have to take its chance amongst tree roots as I try to avoid having lots of pots and containers. There are at least a couple of places in my garden that get uncomfortably dry for most plants in summer thanks to all the roots, so if it is indeed summer moisture that causes problems with garden cultivation then I should be able to accommodate it.
Palustris:
Daft question from someone who ought to know. When is the optimum time to take the gillions of seedlings which have germinated on top of the large established hederifolium corms and pot them up to be grown on and re-homed elsewhere?
I know I used to grow them commercially, but for some reason I have failed utterly here to successfully transplant babies. Annoying.
ashley:
--- Quote from: Redmires on January 03, 2024, 06:53:10 PM ---Such a lovely cyclamen, Ashley. Does it flower earlier or later than C. coum
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Thanks Redmires. Here it's flowering at about the same time as coum caucasicum in the garden.
--- Quote from: Palustris on January 04, 2024, 08:55:59 PM ---When is the optimum time to take the gillions of seedlings which have germinated on top of the large established hederifolium corms and pot them up to be grown on and re-homed elsewhere?
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I do it when they're in leaf, although it's a fiddly job because the stems are quite fragile, then grow them on in a cool place.
Bart:
I prepare seed trays with the potting mix of choice and then gently pull out the one- leaved babies and immediately line them up in the prepared rilles in the trays and leave them to their own devices for a year or so and then plant them out or pot them on. There appears to be hardly any loss unless an overzealous blackbird comes along. I think it is somewhere at the end of October when they are all appearing. I am weeding the normal ones out otherwise you end up with sooo many!
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