How To Care For Your Cyclamen Plant

Cyclamen Care

Cyclamen will bloom from mid-November until spring, provided it likes the conditions it is in.

Temperature and Light

Cyclamen prefer cool temperatures and bright indirect light.  The ideal daytime temperatures are 60-65 degrees Fahrenheit with night temperatures around 50 degrees Fahrenheit.    An east window is a great location.

Humidity

High humidity during the winter indoors is important to cyclamen.  To maintain humidity, fill a large plate or broad shallow pan or tray with water.  Set the cyclamen on an inverted dish, just out of the water.  Pebbles could be placed on the plate, pan, or tray with the pot sitting on the pebbles.

Watering

Plants prefer to be kept moist.  Most Cyclamen are planted in peat moss soil that dries quickly.  Plants can wilt quickly.  Make sure pots have drainage holes.  If not, be sure to repot them into a container that can drain.  Avoid watering the crown or center of the plant. Fertilize once or twice a month with a complete liquid fertilizer.

Troubleshooting

If you notice the buds are falling off of your plant, or the leaves are yellowing, it may be because it is too hot and dry, there is a  lack of water, or not enough light. Check all these factors if these signs begin to show.

Storing and After Care

After flowers start fading, gradually reduce water.  When the foliage is withered, remove the “bulb” (tuber) from the soil, clean off all soil from it and store it in dry peat moss or vermiculite in a plastic bag in a cool dry place.  Replant in good potting soil in May or June, keeping the upper half of the tuber above the surface.  Grow the plant in a cool, bright, protected spot outside, with partial shade during the hottest part of the day, and with the pot sunk in a bed of moist peat moss.

Water regularly and feed about twice a month with a complete liquid fertilizer.  Bring indoors before cold weather comes.