How to care for a cyclamen just brought home? All the care methods are here

If someone gave you a mini cyclamen, would you like it? In our traditional understanding, potted cyclamens are generally rather large plants; a mini cyclamen in a pot the size of a palm is usually still uncommon. Although it is a mini potted plant, as long as it blooms, it is still very beautiful, and at the same time even more delicate and cute.

For mini potted plants, we can usually place them on an office desk or on a tabletop at home, and they often serve as a very good decorative touch. Although it is a mini cyclamen potted plant, besides looking good, it is also very easy to care for. Today, the editor will share with you how to care for a newly bought mini cyclamen potted plant so that it can quickly adapt to its new environment.

With a beautiful, cute mini cyclamen potted plant like this, after we get it, because its growing environment has changed somewhat, the plant will naturally have a transitional adaptation period. During this adaptation period, the plant may show undesirable growth signs such as slightly shriveled leaves, yellowing, and drooping flower buds.

For a cyclamen showing these signs during the seedling recovery period, this is actually normal. After all, the plant is in the process of adapting to a new environment, but if we can do the following few things well, we can shorten the recovery period and let it return to normal growth as soon as possible.

First, we should not rush to repot it, prune it, or carry out other operations that relatively seriously affect the plant's growth; at this time it is not suitable to do anything drastic to the mini cyclamen. So what should we do? Actually, at this point we just need to use a small spray bottle to mist it and keep it moist.

Since the cyclamen itself is a plant that relatively likes a slightly moist growing environment, generally just keep the potting soil slightly moist and ensure the environment is well ventilated. So, after we get the mini cyclamen potted plant, first place it in a well-ventilated spot. If the air is relatively dry, mist it lightly, and at the same time avoid direct sunlight, especially strong light.

Once the plant's root system resumes growth, it will gradually put out new leaves, and afterward it will also develop new flower buds that open. At this point it shows that the cyclamen has successfully adapted to the new environment, but we should not rush to fertilize it. Generally we need to wait until the plant has been flowering for some time, then apply some organic nutrient solution to supplement nutrients.

The method of topdressing is also very simple: dilute the fertilizer with water at a ratio of 1:1000, shake well, and apply. But considering that the mini cyclamen's pot is small and the amount of soil is limited, after flowering for some time the nutrients in the pot are almost used up, so we must fertilize in time to supplement nutrients. Only in this way can it have nutrients to sustain continued flowering.