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Cyclamen

21 years ago

I put all my collected seeds on wet paper in the dark to germinate and planted as they did so. They were all on one tray and got mixed up-washed and unwashed and colours. I see today that they are sprouting. I got loads of seeds from them. Luckily Red Dot have cheap planter pots :-)))))

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User
21 years ago
Hi Annabel,
How do you collect the seed? My Dad used to grow cyclamen from seed fairly successfully but unfortunately he died a few years ago so I can't ask him his propogating secrets. How often do you get seed capsules on your plants? It doesn't seem to happen all that often on mine. I would like to know how to go about it. Any information would be truly appreciated.
Cheers, Dee.
annabel__WA
Original Author
21 years ago
I grew them originally from bought mixed seed two years ago, so there were quite a few seedlings. I had about 5 corms in a basket outside and it was 3 of these, plus a white bought plant that produced seed capsules. They are my first successes with Cyclamen, anything really, so feeling pleased. I had to try to keep the pods inside the containers and remove when ripe, big and fat and you could see brown seeds when carefully peeled back a bit. Then I left them till about Feb. No idea what I have as the seeds got mixed up on the tray. They need darkness to germinate, so just covered them on wet paper with a bit of handy black weed mat and gladwrap and put the other seed trays on top till they germinated checking that nothing dried out. This has also worked, slowly, for some Dierama and some native Iris seeds.
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I usually give away the larger plants, but then they always fit so easily under shrubs and such that they don't really compete much with most other plants. They do most of their growing during the 'off' season and then politely disappear when everything else starts to grow. To me an 'exceptional' form would be one with larger blooms, a new flower form or a unique color. I'm guessing yours are cyclamen hederifolium and for me the foliage on these is even nicer than the blooms. Last year I killed one which developed a nice pink tint on the leaves once it got cooler out, I wouldn't have minded a division on that one.... although I know I wouldn't have braved it. Let us know how your experiment works. If it were me I would dust with rooting powder (usually contains a fungicide) and be done with it. I've also heard cinnamon works as a fungicide or a 10% bleach wash as a disinfectant.... or you could purchase something specific to your experiment, but then it starts costing money. Right now the various leaf patterns and shapes are really looking nice.
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User
21 years ago
Thanks Annabel,
I appreciate the info. I'll give it a go as soon as I get any pods happening!
Dee.

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