How to maintain cyclamen needs to be taken care of carefully

Cyclamen, as the king of potted flowers, is bright and beautiful, very popular, and is widely cultivated in families. But this kind of plant is not easy to raise and needs to be taken care of carefully. Next, the editor will tell you how to maintain cyclamen, take a look, and learn how to breed cyclamen.

1. Cyclamen's requirements for soil. It likes sunny, moist and cool environment, but is afraid of waterlogging. The matrix needs slightly acidic soil with loose air permeability and good drainage, and the mixed substrate of peat and perlite is commonly used in cultivation. It can also be cultivated with rotten leaf soil and slag ash. The substrate must be disinfected and sterilized during cultivation to prevent quenching, root rot and so on. The basin soil needs to be kept moist, but it is necessary to strictly prevent stagnant water or waterlogging, otherwise once the roots rot, the whole plant will die quickly.

2. Cyclamen's requirements for air temperature. It likes a warm environment, can not bear high temperature and cold, the highest temperature can not exceed 30 ℃, otherwise it will enter a dormant state, the high temperature of about 35 ℃ is prone to decay and necrosis. It is best to keep it between 10-20 ℃ in winter. When it is lower than 5 ℃, the growth is inhibited, the leaves curl, the flowers bloom poorly, and the color is dim. In summer, it should be placed in a moist and ventilated place, and the basin soil should be kept in a certain dry state to make it fully dormant over the summer.

3. Pest control of cyclamen. The main diseases of cyclamen are bacterial soft rot, bacterial leaf rot, gray mold, anthracnose, leaf spot and so on. Among them, the harm of soft rot and leaf rot is serious, and attention should be paid to the following aspects in prevention and control: strict disinfection of seeds, culture soil and tools, strengthening ventilation, cooling and humidity, and cultivation from rain as far as possible, and cleaning up diseased leaves and plants in time. Leaf picking and bud picking should be carried out when it is dry, and chemical control should be carried out regularly. In addition, cyclamen is also vulnerable to root-knot nematodes, mites, aphids and other harm, should pay attention to prevention and control.

The above is the introduction of how to maintain cyclamen brought by the editor. Cyclamen needs to be cultivated and taken good care of. I believe you already know something about breeding cyclamen. I hope this article can help you.