Cyclamen babies

John Grimshaw j.grimshaw@virgin.net
Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:56:55 PST
Linda Foulis wrote: How long should cyclamen babies stay in their original 
pot?

My answer is, in ideal conditions, about 2 weeks, just long enough to expand 
the first leaf. Then they should be pricked-out into small pots or plugs and 
again whenever their roots fill each container. That way they will flower 
within the year. But you do need some warmth and good growing conditions to 
achieve this, particularly to avoid waterlogging of young seedlings.

If you really don't want to transplant young seedlings at least pot the 
whole lot on each year into a larger container to give them space to 
develop. I've never understood the point of leaving them in a pot of old 
compost for years.

John Grimshaw

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