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Poorly cyclamen
Amy-new-at-this
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I aquired a cyclamen from my grand house along with a few other plants that had seen better days (she was taken into a nursing home so the plants had sat there for a few month with sporadic watering on a bright window sill.) I removed the dead leaves which I was then left with 3 leaves. I have been watering and feeding it (water in a tray - not from above) for a few months now and it still only has the original 3 leaves. What am I doing wrong? the other plants were worse off so I trimmed them right down and they are doing really well but the cyclamen just isn't.
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I'm no cyclamen expert, but I do grow them in my garden.
They tend to flower in the winter/spring and rest during the summer, so I think yours is probably just resting and getting ready to do its stuff later in the year.
A bit like tulips and daffs.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I will be along soon to assist.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
They die down in the summer and start back into growth in the autumn/winter - I'd leave it to dry out now, then in Sept/Oct repot it and it should spring back into life
Have a look here - scroll down to the life-cycle bit https://www.sarahraven.com/articles/indoor_cyclamen.htm
Good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When you say to dry it out now, do you mean not water it at all?
Yes. The plant will become dormant until the autumn.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Put it somewhere dark once it has died back, but keep a sharp eye on it because it is may well start growing before September - mine start in August. Also, watch out for insects in summer - they're normally fine when it's cooler.
Cool thank you!