Topic: Cyclamen Dropout

[George the Pigman]

Every time I buy a house cyclamen before Xmas it does fine for a couple of weeks then droops and goes yellow. I have tried saving the corm but it rarely recovers. Any idea what is happening? How can I get the corm to regrow?

[Hyacinth]

.....too wet?

If it's kept in a cool place with good light, watered from the bottom sparingly & left to dry out before watering again, they seem as hardy as old boots?

What are you doing?

[jesssands]

mum had the same with hers, years ago. Til she found out they like the cold.
She has heaps of them these days, all healthy.
I bought one this xmas and as she said they like the cold, I put it in the outhouse, on the sill with the window open and its been beautiful and the buds are still coming.

Sandra x