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Baby cyclamen
Many yrs ago I got a basket of plants at Xmas including 2 cyclamen.
I popped the cyclamen into a raised border just outside and they flower every year.
I was removing some died-off lobelia and found these!
Should I transplant yet or let them to overwinter in-place?
Thanks
Pete
Billericay - Essex
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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You could do either. Carefully lever up a few seedlings and pot on in gritty compost. They look a bit crowded there.
Good thinking fb! Thanks
With all the cuttings I've got already I'll be needing a bigger g/h
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Don't be in too big a hurry to transplant them. They do not seem to mind being crowded like that, but they do resent being moved when young tubers. If you do decide to thin them out, try not to damage any of the tiny roots.
Thanks Berghill - I'll transplant 20 or so and put them in the g/h and leave the rest until spring, as fb suggested. It all depends on what winter has in store for us this year.....
They're in a very sheltered and quite dry and shady spot close to the back door so I'll keep an eye on them. I reckon the blackbirds will be the biggest threat searching for bugs in the winter
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I'd keep them outside (potted if you like) and let them die back in their own time. Then leave them alone till they leaf up again next season
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes, they do not need g/h treatment as long as the pots do not freeze solid for any length of time.
I used to grow them in huge numbers for sale and often left them in the seed trays until there was no space between the corms and the tray was often distorted by the pressure from their growth.