Re: Cylamen seeds

Moira,

A very informative reply as usual.

I will give it a go.  I doubt my seed sowing skills will result in
flowering plants next
Winter!!  Many thanks,  Maria


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony and Moira Ryan" <tomory@xtra.co.nz>
To: "Mediterannean Plants List" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Cylamen seeds


> marianoo@wanadoo.es wrote:
>  > My potted plant has just finished flowering and there appears to
be
>  > some seed capsules.  Do they produce viable seed and are they
easy to
>  >  germinate?  Should I continue watering the plant until seeds
ripen?
>  > And what do I care for the plant until next winter?
>  >
>   Maria
> Cyclamen grow very easily from seed, which may be sown as soon as
the
> capsule opens up. If you don't then harvest them, the seeds will
often
> fall back into the pot and grow there or anywhere else they happen
to
> land. I sometimes have a few self-sown plants growing in the gravel
> floor of my glasshouse! The capsules don't need a great deal of
water to
> complete development, but I suggest you continue to keep the soil
> slightly moist until they are fully grown.
>
> Sow the seeds about 2 millimetres deep in any regular seed raisiing
mix.
> If you use a fairly deep container and space them a few cms apart
you
> should be able to leave the little plants until they have a definite
> bulb and two or three leaves before potting them on, especially if
you
> give them an occasional liquid feed.. Continue after potting to keep
> them watered and growing in a cool but light place until after their
> first flowering. They don't need to go dormant until then.
>
> Depending on how well they grow, most will be likely to flower first
> next year or else the year after. You might get some interesting new
> colours if you are lucky.
>
> If there is anything else you want to know about this, please ask
>
> Moira
> Ps There are ever so many seeds in esch capsule, more than you may
even
> want to sow and perhaps you should only let one or two of the
present
> ones complete development. In future years you should  break off
most
> spent flower stems as the flowers fade and only leave one or two to
> develop capsules, If you regularly let a lot of capsules grow it
tends
> to weaken the bulb.
>
> Moira
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