Cyclamen
For restless kids
Under the influence of cyclamen, whimsical children become calmer
Lovely butterflies fluttering over a green glade - that's what cyclamen is. This plant is for the children's room. Cyclamen awakens fantasy, stimulates children's creativity, contributes to the formation of a bright individuality. Under the influence of the cyclamen, children are more likely to be engaged in modeling, drawing, appliqué.A child who cares for a flower, gets used to accuracy and responsibility.
The kid that turns like a yule, then sit in front of the TV - do not tear. And what about choreography and music, how about drawing and playing children's creativity? It is necessary, to have two or three cyclamen, that somehow keep their own treasure within the framework.
Features of care
Cyclamen is not a plant for a solar window. However, with a lack of light, lush flowering can not be achieved, so it is better to keep cyclamen on light north-eastern windows.
Watered with standing water, trying not to get on the tuber.
Withered flowers and yellowed leaves can not be cut or torn. They are either twisted or left to dry out. At the end of flowering cyclamen "falls asleep", at this time, watering is reduced to a minimum. It is important to ensure that the earth electrode does not completely dry up. It is advisable to rearrange the plant in a cool dark place. When the first young leaves appear, the cyclamen is transplanted, and watering is resumed.
Family of primrose. Family cyclamen. Natural climatic conditions: the Mediterranean climate.
Herbaceous plants with tuberiformly thickened roots.
Cyclamen European * A tuber with outgrowths, leaves in the basal rosette, long petioles, oblong-oval, serrated but to the edges, green or dark green with a varied gray or silvery-gray pattern;flowers on long pedicels, single, but relatively numerous, small, corolla five-parted, of different colors( white, pink, lilac, red), fragrant flowers. Cyclamen Persian ♦ It is distinguished by a large repo-like tuber without outgrowths, flowers larger and smaller. Blossoms in the winter.
They are unpretentious in their content, but they do not breed well at home. The rest period is expressed( the leaves fall off), it is necessary to Vaag( May), but it can last until July. Demand for moisture: moderate, but regular watering, economical in the rest period. It is best to water with sedimented or rain soft water. In hot weather it is desirable to spray several times a day. Cyclamen Persian, in contrast to the European, requires greater atmospheric humidity.
Temperature regime: cold-resistant plant, Cyclamen Persian blooms at a temperature of 7 -12 ° C( can be put between frames), the European is more thermophilic. Light mode: light-loving plant. The requirement for soil: it can be grown in uprooted peat, in various earth-weeds at pH 5.5 - 6.5.Mineral fertilizers are applied after transplantation or transshipment. Under no circumstances should chlorine-containing fertilizers be used: the cyclamen is very sensitive to this element.
Propagation: by seeds and by dividing the tuber. Features: yellow leaves and yellowed peduncles must be removed.