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Help, cyclamen - Roitelet - 14-01-2021
i was given a cyclamen for Christmas. It is potted in a compost that feels like cotton wool and always seems dry on the top so I have watered it and now it seems that I have over done it and it has gone all floppy. Can I save it?
RE: Help, cyclamen - Can the Man - 14-01-2021
I think cyclamen are watered from below not from the top.
RE: Help, cyclamen - Mark_Riga - 14-01-2021
If the corm is hardish, I would remove it and leave it to dry for a couple of days then repot it, half under some moist compost. May be remove any drooping leaves.
RE: Help, cyclamen - Mark_Riga - 14-01-2021
I grew some once from seed and vine weevils killed off most of them despite repotting in fresh compost, so check that it is over waatering and not something else.
RE: Help, cyclamen - Roitelet - 14-01-2021
Thanks, it was watered from the bottom and the corm is still hard so I will try repotting it as you suggest and inspect it for crawlies.