Cyclamen babies
John Grimshaw (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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