Cyclamen 2014

[johnstephen29]

Hi kris how often do you feed your cyclamen & what do you feed them with?

[Roma]

My best Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen hederifolium with ex. PN99/151 Zakythnos on the right
Two Cyclamen mirabile ex Tilebarn Nicholas' from SRGC  seedex 2001

[krisderaeymaeker]

Hi kris how often do you feed your cyclamen & what do you feed them with?

Hi John.
Once in a year (just before the start of the season ). I use a special bulb fertilizer from a local company. I think that it is not available in the UK . (DCM special bulb fertilizer) . I mix the fertilizer with leafmould and very fine bark. I spread this  mulch on the Cyclamen bed .This year I run out of time and so I did not do it ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

My best Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen hederifolium with ex. PN99/151 Zakythnos on the right
Two Cyclamen mirabile ex Tilebarn Nicholas' from SRGC  seedex 2001

Great plants Roma ! Especially the mirabile.

[ebbie]

Cyclamen graecum:

[johnstephen29]

Hi Kris every so often in the growing season I give mine tomorite at half strength, it's a tomato feed over here.

[udo]

In my collection are some Cyclamen purpurascens f. album and I try always to produce seeds/seedlings
Until now the seedlings Comes always up with pure white flowers ..but today I saw a nice surprise 
All flowers of this plant has dark veines ...and the edges of the petals have a hint of pink - really interesting
I will look in next year if the flowers on this plants are same - here are two pics :

enjoy
Hans

Hello Hans,
i have a similar 'problem'.
A part from seedlings Cyclamen purpurascens `Album`have in the first days pure white flowers, later with a rose glimmer.

[SJW]

Mature tubers of cilicium and hederifolium doing well.

[Maggi Young]

Mature tubers of cilicium and hederifolium doing well.

  Nice understatement there, Steve!

[SJW]

Three mirabile plants at different stages of growth (you think you've treated them all the same over the summer...). I suspect the one in leaf and yet to flower got an earlier, more thorough, watering which has brought the leaves on.

[SJW]

  Nice understatement there, Steve!

And me being from Yorkshire as well, who'd have thought it possible? Although with brass bands being part of our heritage, the urge to blow your own trumpet is sometimes irresistible!

They are looking good although they'll probably be passed their best when the Cyclamen Society show is on in two weeks time, and the warm weather isn't helping.

[David Nicholson]

And me being from Yorkshire as well, who'd have thought it possible? Although with brass bands being part of our heritage, the urge to blow your own trumpet is sometimes irresistible!

It comes with the birthright doesn't it Steve? 

Nice Cyclamen. Most of my collection are seed grown and still smallish tubers. My largest ones were passed on to me by my friend Mike Quest. Two here, Cyclamen graecum grown from seed CSE 93643, and a C. mirabile

[David Nicholson]

A couple grown from seed.

a light pink Cyclamen cilicium from SRGC 1046/07 sown August 2008
C. hederifolium from exchange seed (no record) but labelled 'White Cloud' sown September 2008

[Yann]

Your Cyclamens look healthy, patience always pay off

[SJW]

Some nice plants there, David. Interested to see the graecum ex 93643. I have a pot of seedlings from the same plant which I'm waiting to see how the leaves will develop. My graecum are not so advanced - only just coming into growth.