How to grow cyclamen? Answers to common problems during the planting process
Cyclamen is a very beautiful ornamental flower. Cyclamen is not only beautiful but also has a very elegant name, so many companies like to place cyclamen to imply that the company has distinguished guests and business is booming. So how do you grow cyclamen? What are the common problems during cultivation?
If your company is preparing to grow a few pots of cyclamen but has no cultivation experience, what should you do? Although cyclamen is very beautiful when in bloom, it is not an easy thing to grow it well. Now follow the editor to learn how to grow cyclamen.
Cyclamen cultivation methods:
1. Choose plump seeds: Choose plump, glossy brown seeds and carry out seed treatment. Put the seeds in water at about 30°C with added Xin Gao Zhi Mo, which can be mixed with seed coating agents. It can repel underground pests and diseases, isolate viral infection, does not affect the imbibition and germination function, strengthens respiration intensity, and improves the seed germination rate. Soak in water for 3 to 4 hours, then sow. Compared with seeds that are not soaked, they bloom about 10 days earlier.
2. Management during the growth process: Cyclamen is a plant that likes moisture and fears waterlogging. Too much water is not conducive to its growth and development, and may even cause root rot and death, so reasonable watering is crucial. Therefore, keeping the soil moist every day is enough, and the amount of water should not be too large. Apply more fertilizer: Cyclamen is also a fertilizer-loving plant. First of all, you should start with the soil and fertilize reasonably according to the needs of the plant, which can make it bloom 15 to 20 days earlier. Spray Xin Gao Zhi Mo to preserve fertilizer and moisture.
3. Control of temperature and light: Cyclamen is very sensitive to temperature and cannot tolerate high temperatures. Around 20°C during the day is a suitable growth temperature, and under environmental conditions of around 10°C at night, the temperature during the seedling stage can be slightly lower. Cyclamen likes sunlight. Extending the light time can promote earlier flowering, make the petals fuller, the flower color more brilliant, the fragrance stronger, and the flowering period longer.
The above is an introduction to how to grow cyclamen. Next, the editor will supplement the common problems in the process of growing cyclamen.
Common problems and solutions during cyclamen cultivation
Gray mold
The main symptom is water-soaked small spots with a diameter of 1-2 mm at the diseased area, which gradually expand and become brown rot. When the petiole or flower stalk is infected, the leaves or flowers bend and break, and there is a gray mold layer at the diseased area, which later becomes earthy yellow mold. The cause is excessively high humidity and poor ventilation.
Prevention and control:
First, ventilate in time to reduce air humidity;
Second, remove diseased leaves in time to reduce sources of infection;
Third, spray broad-spectrum fungicides such as zineb and carbendazim.
Soft rot
It is mostly caused by bacterial infection. The diseased part shows soft rot, and the affected part is mostly the corm. It is mainly caused by incomplete or absent disinfection of the substrate, and it is prone to occur under high temperature or high humidity conditions. For prevention and control, spray agricultural streptomycin or carbendazim, etc.
That is all for the introduction on how to grow cyclamen and what points to pay attention to during cultivation. Through the editor's introduction above, have you learned how to grow cyclamen? If you have learned it, then quickly get started and grow a pot of cyclamen of your own.