Cyclamen 2009

[Jo]

Cyclamen Coum foliage today.

Lovely cyclamen Michael, are they outside in the ground or potted ? And are they self sown or planted out seedlings 

[Michael J Campbell]

Jo, they are planted in a slightly raised bed, mostly strays that come up in the most unusual places. I planted a few from pots originally and then add any strays I find.

[johnw]

Can anyone recommend a fungicide which is safe to use on cyclamen?

Gerry - We've occasionally used Rovral (GUARANTEE: 500 g/kg IPRODIONE) for grey mould, it's a wettable powder. Also the systemic Funginex (Triforine 195 g/L), Captan and Benomyl over the years never with ill effect. Never spraying in hot sun.
You can google these for the MSDS.
johnw

David / Gerry - Funginex and Benomyl are gone now here.  For the consumer, there really is only Captan in 1 Fruit Tree Spray, Sulphur and Bordo.  Rovral is only for licensed sprayers. So much the same situation here.  Last month it was announced that No-Damp will be off the market here for consumers and growers.  You can see what's available to consumers and growers on the www.plantprod.com site.

johnw

johnw

Many thanks John. I recent times many fungicides formerly available to amateurs have been withdrawn in the EU & I think this includes the ones you mention - Benomyl has certainly disappeared. I used to use Carbendazine (='Supercarb') on 'bulbs' when needed (rarely) but  this no longer exists. The only ones I can find at the moment are old style Copper fungicide, Mancozeb (='Dithane') & Penconazole (='Fungus Clear'). How effective these are &/or how safe with 'bulbous' plants I guess I will have to discover for myself. 

Gerry, from what I read a couple of weeks ago the next round of EU 'inspired' attacks on agricultural and horticultural chemicals will see all the existing fungicides, and most of the insecticides currently available to gardeners being wiped out.

David / Gerry - Funginex and Benomyl are gone now here.  For the consumer, there really is only Captan in 1 Fruit Tree Spray, Sulphur and Bordo.  Rovral is only for licensed sprayers. So, much the same situation here.  Last month it was announced that No-Damp will be off the market here for consumers and growers.  Registration of chemicals is very expensive in Canada and the market too small for the chem companies to bother.   You can see what's available to consumers and growers on the www.plantprod.com site, a useful site if you enter in the commercial part of the site.

johnw

[Tony Willis]

Cyclamen coum in flower at the moment from NE Turkey

[Oron Peri]

Tony that is superb

petals are a bit elongated aren't they?

[David Nicholson]

Lovely potfull Tony.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb plant Tony - any idea how old it is ??

[Tony Willis]

Superb plant Tony - any idea how old it is ??

just been out in the dark with a torch to look at the label. Sown 1992.

Oron I cannot notice anything different about the petals. What I think is interesting are the leaves. This is from eastern Turkey where they are supposed to be  moving into the elegans shape and yet it is no different to those found in the west.

[Katherine J]

Absolutely beautiful! 

[Miriam]

Beautiful plant Tony!

Cyclamen persicum with pink Schizanthus pinnatus ,taken today.

[TC]

This is a picture of what I believe to be Cyclamen persicum taken in Paphos, Cyprus, in January 1996.  I wonder if they are still there ?  The picture was scanned from a slide as digital photography was not yet in amateur use.

[Tony Willis]

Although they are building all around the area on every available bit of land the site of 'The Tomb of the Kings' at Paphos has tens of thousands blooming all over the grounds and in every crack in the brickwork. I think they are quite safe unless herbicide is used.

[Gerdk]

Cyclamen persicum with pink Schizanthus pinnatus ,taken today.
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What a stunning combination - South America and the Mediterranean! Beautiful picture!

Gerd

[Oron Peri]

Photos taken this morning, the first C. pseudoibericum
the second is coum originally from the most soutern population known, South to Mt. Meron in the upper Galilee.
This is the typical appearance of the coum in our region [S. Lebanon and N. israel], there is very little variation in flower color or leaf pattern [accept offcourse from coum 'Golan Heights].

Tony if you look carefully at the flower form, color of the mouth and its flat form you will notice what i meant earlier, compering to your plant.

[Jo]

Good markings on the leaves of your pseudibericum Oron and quite long coum leaves, getting towards elegans shape.  Good colour in the coum flower. Is the eye white or pink ?