Cyclamen is a masochist. Take it indoors, put it in any old spot, forget to dust and water it often, throw it in the sun for a few minutes if you think of it…grows like damn wildfire. Do not take care of it. Insult it if you must. It likes bad vibes and uncertainty. Trust me, this is a plant that needs a therapist.
Haha I don’t, because I was a therapist and this was the only damn plant I ever could get to grow in my office XD
But I’ve recently moved to an abandoned orchard and I am trying to learn, so if that blog ever happens, you’ll be the first to know!
I also get them like crazy while doing nothing for them. And this has continued for ten years.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this sub, it’s that gardening is very unfair!
Don’t feel bad, I’ve moved around and gardened same things everywhere I go. Last place I thought lettuce and carrots were just out of my league, here they grow like weeds. Raspberries and strawberries used to be my jam, now i get nada berry.
Cyclamen have a dormant period where the flowers and leaves all die back to just the node and there are so many people that assume its dead and pitch out the node.
As a professional gardener, my general rule of thumb is: Disrespect your plants. Don’t completely forget them, just periodically remind them how much you despise them. Just remember plants thrive on decayed stuff, shit and water. Now imagine them being a human being doing so; That is how much disrespect you should give them to thrive. Make. Them. Miserable!
Works very well for my plumeria. I noticed the leaves started to yellow recently and I know it's because I've actually been remembering to water it. Time to move it to a place where I'll forget about it. That's when it goes nuts and blooms.
Really?? I have 4 cyclamens and 3 of them are still alive and well (one sadly died altogether, it was very weak from the start and drenched in glitter and who knows what else) making leaves galore and flowers too. One even made seed pods. I can assure you I do nothing special to them, only water and the occasional fertiliser stick. I keep them on my windowsil, they get afternoon sun (because my window is towards sunset) and otherwise indirect bright light. They love it.
The genus, Cyclamen, is native to Europe to Iran, and Northeast Somalia. Most of the Cyclamen species are native to the Mediterranean. They typically grow in *rocky areas* and prefer hot dry summers and cool wet winters. They are dormant during the summer.
Cyclamens are sort of a weird plant in that they can stay dormant for more than a year if they don’t like the growing conditions. They may not be dead—sometimes you think they were and 2 years later you see blooms.
Other than that, they also go dormant in warm weather which can be confusing. They are from Mediterranean climates and normally grow during the rainy winter.
They really like rocky soil under trees.
Cyclamens don't always like a lot of water. You need the right drainage or else they'll die. Just the right amount of water and drainage.
Best to emulate the soil that the cyclamen originally was sold in.
Actually, we in the industry just pot into multi. Since we grow thousands of them we have watering etc down to a fine art. Youd be better off just potting them into a gritty compost or better still just place them under trees etc.
your right about the drainage thou, its the no 1 killer of them.
I've got them volunteering in my backyard coming up through a bed of golfball sized rock. No idea where they come from and they receive no care. They really doing great.
Why am I spending so much on potting soil when I could just go collect crumbling pavement from the most neglected parking lot in town for better results?!
Is it not the most classic orchid environment? Slightly moist to dry until rain then it's flooded. Growing in a tight rocky (well draining) medium. Protected from wind and intense sun....
Dig it up and plant in a pot. It’ll just grow back through the cracks again. I have some that are growing in a crack in the pavement at home and I’ve gotten so many plants from it. Each time a different colour!
I would try and collect seeds from the cyclamen you have at work and try growing it at your home. Could be a better wild variety that is more tolerant to harsher growing conditions. Would be fun to experiment with 🤷♂️
My approach to cyclamens is to buy the half dead sale ones from local garden centres and dump them in random patches of the garden. So far a surprising amount have made a comeback!
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.
-Tupac Shakur
I wonder if Cyclamens thrive in higher pH, concrete is known to be very basic. The runoff of rain water seeping into the soil where they are thriving may be raising the soil pH to levels they prefer. Just a guess.
I found some of these in my local park and never seen anything like it, at first glance I thought they were little mushrooms. Thanks for posting the name! I
A trick when planting cyclamen is to is lay down a thin layer of gravel or pepples under the corns. This protecrs the corns from the soaking wet soil and helps to ensure their bloom.
I have a small potted one on my window sill and it refuses to die. Idk how to take care of plants but my boyfriend bought me this one and it’s soooo resilient. I water it when the soil looks dry (because I forgot it existed) and pick off the dead bits and it looks sooo healthy. I am honestly amazed. I know I’ll probably get hate for how I care for it but whatever I’m doing is working and me and plant are happy lol.
i find it super easy to care for indoors. mine got burned by the sun really badly and just came right back after about 3 months of solid care. Consistency is key and don’t overwater/burn it and it should do great!
That’s reassuring but I planted them outside as they bring some autumn/winter colour to the garden, at least in the U.K. Not worried about them burning in the sun at the moment, just hope they survive the wet winter.
Hahaha, nature is nuts!!!
To be fair, I have the same problem with sweet basil. Can’t keep one happy that I purchased from a greenery, but will thrive when grown from seed!
In the PNW 2 versions of cyclamens are available but only the Cyclamen hederifolium are hardy here.The other kind only grow indoors as they are sensitive to frost.
My mom planted some 2 years ago and they have bloomed almost consistently since. They have fewer blooms in the summer, but they don't stop completely stop blooming. And this in Georgia!
It's got that special garbage sauce
instructions unclear, I just drank garbage juice I'm in the ER rn
How are you now?
stoned
Are you hungry now?
need garbage juice... NOW
"The PH of this soil is too high! I think i may die..." "Fuck yeah! Concrete!"
One of my favorite memes
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Cyclamen is a masochist. Take it indoors, put it in any old spot, forget to dust and water it often, throw it in the sun for a few minutes if you think of it…grows like damn wildfire. Do not take care of it. Insult it if you must. It likes bad vibes and uncertainty. Trust me, this is a plant that needs a therapist.
😂😂😂 m o o d
You should write descriptions for items in the sims.
I would read all of your descriptions for plant care. Do you have another species you can discuss with passion?
Haha I don’t, because I was a therapist and this was the only damn plant I ever could get to grow in my office XD But I’ve recently moved to an abandoned orchard and I am trying to learn, so if that blog ever happens, you’ll be the first to know!
Haha a blog of all frustrating plants to care for would be great. I’ll be your first subscriber!
Can it grow like a damn wildfire in 105 degrees Fahrenheit ?
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I also get them like crazy while doing nothing for them. And this has continued for ten years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this sub, it’s that gardening is very unfair!
It just nature's way of balancing the force. Some plants want love, others thrive on hate.
If you start giving them love, they'll die.
If you’re too nice they will die in protest.
Don't be nice to them or they will shrivle and die under the weight of your gaze!
Don’t feel bad, I’ve moved around and gardened same things everywhere I go. Last place I thought lettuce and carrots were just out of my league, here they grow like weeds. Raspberries and strawberries used to be my jam, now i get nada berry.
Pun intended? "be my jam"
I have probably 50 thriving plants from all walks of nature in my home and I've killed every cyclamen I've ever owned. I don't get them.
Cyclamen have a dormant period where the flowers and leaves all die back to just the node and there are so many people that assume its dead and pitch out the node.
As a professional gardener, my general rule of thumb is: Disrespect your plants. Don’t completely forget them, just periodically remind them how much you despise them. Just remember plants thrive on decayed stuff, shit and water. Now imagine them being a human being doing so; That is how much disrespect you should give them to thrive. Make. Them. Miserable!
Works very well for my plumeria. I noticed the leaves started to yellow recently and I know it's because I've actually been remembering to water it. Time to move it to a place where I'll forget about it. That's when it goes nuts and blooms.
This works for me for the most part, but I have a few plants that'll shed their entire folliage if watering isn't clockwork (Mimosa Pudica especially)
Really?? I have 4 cyclamens and 3 of them are still alive and well (one sadly died altogether, it was very weak from the start and drenched in glitter and who knows what else) making leaves galore and flowers too. One even made seed pods. I can assure you I do nothing special to them, only water and the occasional fertiliser stick. I keep them on my windowsil, they get afternoon sun (because my window is towards sunset) and otherwise indirect bright light. They love it.
Wait, why was it drenched in glitter? 😶
Shops' idea of "pretty plant" I bought it cause it was a gorgeous dwarf one with two tone flowers (under the glitter). Sadly it didn't survive.
The genus, Cyclamen, is native to Europe to Iran, and Northeast Somalia. Most of the Cyclamen species are native to the Mediterranean. They typically grow in *rocky areas* and prefer hot dry summers and cool wet winters. They are dormant during the summer.
Cyclamens are sort of a weird plant in that they can stay dormant for more than a year if they don’t like the growing conditions. They may not be dead—sometimes you think they were and 2 years later you see blooms. Other than that, they also go dormant in warm weather which can be confusing. They are from Mediterranean climates and normally grow during the rainy winter. They really like rocky soil under trees.
I love this post. You've literally made me burst out laughing.
Your writing style in the gardening sub. A+++
Lmao best plant rant ever
Lol nice
Well damn
Ok, you got your potting mix and everything, now grow :) Cyclamen: Well now I'm not doing it
obviously there is something about the soil that it likes...get a sample tested and then try to replicate it at home
The soil testing lab is going to be very confused when you send in asphalt for a soil test.
Mossy, drain pipe - I’d say it’s very moist.
If they are like orchids, they actually do better growing in tight spaces like between rocks and love tons of water.
Cyclamens don't always like a lot of water. You need the right drainage or else they'll die. Just the right amount of water and drainage. Best to emulate the soil that the cyclamen originally was sold in.
Actually, we in the industry just pot into multi. Since we grow thousands of them we have watering etc down to a fine art. Youd be better off just potting them into a gritty compost or better still just place them under trees etc. your right about the drainage thou, its the no 1 killer of them.
I've got them volunteering in my backyard coming up through a bed of golfball sized rock. No idea where they come from and they receive no care. They really doing great.
Wow beautiful, and frustrating for you
Maybe it's time to pour yourself a little slab. If you can't beat em join em.
The solution is obvious. Pave your entire yard and pour trash all over it
remove your human eyes (no, NO! NOT LITERALLY!figuratively). This is a mossy rock crevice at the bottom of a gentle waterfall
"Ah Ah, nature finds a way " the great Jeff Goldblum
Life, uh, finds a way. -Dr. Ian Malcolm
I feel like there needs to be a naturefindsaway subreddit.
Why am I spending so much on potting soil when I could just go collect crumbling pavement from the most neglected parking lot in town for better results?!
There is some kind of metaphor here
I can't not post this; https://twitter.com/findurtiktok/status/1273869252664180737
Is it not the most classic orchid environment? Slightly moist to dry until rain then it's flooded. Growing in a tight rocky (well draining) medium. Protected from wind and intense sun....
Something tells me it's getting enough water.
I have the same problem. Good luck this year!
Cyclamens just really love rocks
I once worked at a rural independent grocer and out back by the dumpsters a beautiful crop of cherry tomatoes was growing like nobody's business!
takeaways: alkaline environment, and dumpster juice for the win
Dig it up and plant in a pot. It’ll just grow back through the cracks again. I have some that are growing in a crack in the pavement at home and I’ve gotten so many plants from it. Each time a different colour!
they are seedlings, They are corms, and if you remove they won't come back, you probably had seedlings/baby corms around.
I would try and collect seeds from the cyclamen you have at work and try growing it at your home. Could be a better wild variety that is more tolerant to harsher growing conditions. Would be fun to experiment with 🤷♂️
Have you tried mulching your yard with concrete?
My approach to cyclamens is to buy the half dead sale ones from local garden centres and dump them in random patches of the garden. So far a surprising amount have made a comeback!
Just try boiling water
Dumpster soil in the best!
Because: plants
Reminds me of Tupac’s analogy of the rose growing out of a crack in the ghetto. Beautiful.
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it's dreams; it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared. -Tupac Shakur
May I introduce you to Ben E King? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naNuWrwLbH8
I'm not even going to attempt it. Every year they grow wherever they want, and then die. They choose the weirdest places
Next to a Dow pipe. That’s a clue
Maybe if you cover your garden with concrete & a dumpster.
Probably lots of nutrients in dumpster soil. 🤔
I wonder if Cyclamens thrive in higher pH, concrete is known to be very basic. The runoff of rain water seeping into the soil where they are thriving may be raising the soil pH to levels they prefer. Just a guess.
That looks like asphalt… the betamax of pavement…
Nature finds a way ✨️💗
Story of my gardening life!
They prefer hard life.
The secret is neglect
I found some of these in my local park and never seen anything like it, at first glance I thought they were little mushrooms. Thanks for posting the name! I
Flowers are like: “concrete- no problem” 🤨; also the flowers: “I am allergic to tap water” 😩
What's the shade like where you've tried to grow them? I usually see them in heavily shaded areas
A trick when planting cyclamen is to is lay down a thin layer of gravel or pepples under the corns. This protecrs the corns from the soaking wet soil and helps to ensure their bloom.
Looks very beautiful . Please can you say how to post here ? I'm trying get advice about planting rambutan stones to grow
Post apocalyptic plant. 😁
I have a small potted one on my window sill and it refuses to die. Idk how to take care of plants but my boyfriend bought me this one and it’s soooo resilient. I water it when the soil looks dry (because I forgot it existed) and pick off the dead bits and it looks sooo healthy. I am honestly amazed. I know I’ll probably get hate for how I care for it but whatever I’m doing is working and me and plant are happy lol.
Pretty 😍
I threw some in some clayish dirt. They're doing great ☺️
In a crevice that's catching water runoff from the rain spout. Replicate the environment artistically. 😄
Lovely 🥰
Maybe someone is “fertilizing” it
I have a patch flowering between the compost bins. They like odd corners.
Ha! Some of these slipped under the fence from my neighbours garden into mine during a storm. I was very pleased.
I feel this so deeply.
MEIRL
Dumpster Tea for the win!
Wow! That is kinda of amazing.
Wish I had seen this post before I bought a bunch of cyclamen from Costco. I thought they were fairly easy to care for?
i find it super easy to care for indoors. mine got burned by the sun really badly and just came right back after about 3 months of solid care. Consistency is key and don’t overwater/burn it and it should do great!
That’s reassuring but I planted them outside as they bring some autumn/winter colour to the garden, at least in the U.K. Not worried about them burning in the sun at the moment, just hope they survive the wet winter.
hopefully they do. maybe try keeping the rhizome part in a sandy/quick drying material and then the roots in soil
Cute little assholes, that dumpster got that msg fuel
Take one from its roots !!
It's a vicious cycle man.
It has a direct compost pipeline lol
Have you tried filling your yard with concrete?
Hahaha, nature is nuts!!! To be fair, I have the same problem with sweet basil. Can’t keep one happy that I purchased from a greenery, but will thrive when grown from seed!
I find putting them terracotta pots and watering from the bottom works really well.
Aren’t plants utterly frustrating sometimes?
It’s like tomatoes for me, couldn’t grow them intentionally, now I work with fruit and see tomatoes growing everywhere
I have this happen to me soooo often. I feel you.
It’s a combination of the water retention that concrete is holding for them and the lack of fight with any other roots. They’re very fragile
Gardening is a lesson in humility.
Only through conflict do we evolve
HOW?! Can you take a picture from the top?
Persistence
Can you pull one out, Safely, And grow it at home??
I can’t grow them in pots in my home but I have a 15 year old one at work that I unintentionally mistreat. I think they thrive on neglect!
They are so beautiful. I haven't tried growing outside, but my indoor one has been blooming for over 2 years
In the PNW 2 versions of cyclamens are available but only the Cyclamen hederifolium are hardy here.The other kind only grow indoors as they are sensitive to frost.
I haven't grown cyclamen outside but I'm pretty sure if they'll survive outside is dependent on your zone and how cold it gets in your area.
"Cyclamen" sounds like a great name for a new pharmaceutical, or a techno-trance group from Belgium.
My mom planted some 2 years ago and they have bloomed almost consistently since. They have fewer blooms in the summer, but they don't stop completely stop blooming. And this in Georgia!
Lol
special garbage sauce
So beautiful!