Indoor cyclamen seed pods

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  1. yorkshire lass

    yorkshire lass Gardener

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    I have a very healthy looking cyclamen indoors which flowered beautifully but now it is just a mass of seed pods and not a flower in sight. Does this mean it's the end of the road for the plant ?
     
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    No the cyclamen will eventually flower again if you remove the seed pods. The aim of any plant is to produce seed to continue the species. First you have flowers and the seed pods develop from those, the plant is putting it's energy into the seed development which is why you won't see more flowers until those seeds are removed. :)
     
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      I agree with Sheal, remove the seed pods.
       
    • yorkshire lass

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      Thanks John & Sheal, I'll remove them now and wait with bated breath for the flowers ! Thanks again.
       
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      From memory (not grown them for a while):

      Water from below only.
      Sit in a shallow dish with some gravel in it, and keep water in the gravel (i.e. pot itself raised above the water by the gravel) to keep the humidity up around the plant
      Don't let the plant get too hot - a cooler place within the house would be better (but perhaps then move it to wherever you want it when "in bloom" again)

      If it has just flowered, and when it starts to flower again, I would feed with a high Potash liquid fertiliser.

      If anyone disagrees Speak Up - my memory not what it used to be !!
       
    • yorkshire lass

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      Thank you Kristen I shall do that
       
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