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Mark Griffiths

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #330 on: December 14, 2016, 11:00:55 PM »
I'd sow now - I have all my seeds in a room, pots under plastic bags and then I put a black bin bag over them to keep the light out. I also soak them for a day in warm water with a drop of detergent.

After about 3 weeks I check them every few days, when they germinate I move them out into the greenhouse.
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #331 on: December 15, 2016, 12:43:14 AM »
I do exactly the same as Mark although if I have the space I keep the pots of young seedlings on a south-east facing windowsill indoors rather than move them straight to the greenhouse. They appreciate the extra warmth and I find they make good growth throughout the winter if given good light.
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #332 on: December 15, 2016, 08:01:10 AM »
Thank you both for the answer. Will go the way you have suggested, thank you, Thomas

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #333 on: December 15, 2016, 10:02:48 AM »
I was sort of thinking about it as I wrote it but I agree with Steve, if I had somewhere relatively cool and light in the house I wouldn't move them to the greenhouse immediately - but I know they would just shrivel up in the house as it's too hot and dry.

I suspect also it may stop any un germinated seed from sprouting with so great a temperature change. 
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #334 on: December 15, 2016, 02:58:57 PM »
I delayed sowing seed until April this year to see if germination rates improved. They were about the same as winter sowing (between 5 and 10%). Photo shows C. rohlfsianum seedlings. They were sown in the greenhouse in April and have been there since img. 1020244.

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #335 on: December 15, 2016, 03:24:26 PM »
C. rohlfsianum seedlings sown 2 September 2016 (3 months ago) started outside and brought inside basement when temps became consistently close to freezing. Both pots have the same lot of seeds.
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #336 on: December 15, 2016, 06:10:38 PM »
This is Cyclamen elegans, flowering since a couple of weeks this season.

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #337 on: December 15, 2016, 07:47:02 PM »
Gerd, that looks great, elegans can be a tricky thing.
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #338 on: December 16, 2016, 09:08:55 AM »
Gerd, that looks great, elegans can be a tricky thing.

Thank you, Mark!
Why do you think C. elegans is tricky? For me the species is as easy as 'normal' C. coum.
There is one exception however - I never had seeds from 2 different clones.

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #339 on: December 16, 2016, 11:51:34 AM »
Hello,

One week to go for Christmas. Cyclamen did well this year. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and a very good, healthy and lucky 2017.

Gert-Jan Achel (BE)

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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #340 on: December 16, 2016, 12:28:57 PM »
A perfectly festive Cyclamen, Gert-Jan!
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Re: Cyclamen 2016
« Reply #341 on: December 18, 2016, 01:28:30 PM »
Cyclamen hederifolium is still flowering in the garden after several months, and now the C. coum is starting to flower.
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