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 Dr John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2008 January 26/27 and every Saturday & Sunday in February Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/