Hi, my partner just bought me a cyclamen and I am having trouble finding information about how to care for it indoors? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Like when to repot (assuming to be done after blooming) I read something about a “corm” in the roots and removing it 🤷🏼♀️ and generally what to do so I can see it bloom again next year. I am in southern Ontario Canada, if that helps. TIA
Keep the soil slightly moist but you want a really good well draining soil. Bottom water it, they are prone to root rot. Bright indirect light! It wants a cooler temp than most houseplants. They go dormant after they’re done blooming so if it looks rough just start watering less! Cyclamen have tubers to store nutrients, kinda like corms. You can replant/make a new plant if you want. Make sure not to water directly onto the tuber.
2 likes Repot if you need to/want to in the summer when it’s dormant. They can generally go a few years in the same pot, they don’t have huge roots bc of the tuber.
2 likes Thank you so much for all this information, very helpful. I want to repot, cuz it’s in a plastic nursery pot, right now and I’d like to put it in something that is easy to bottom water it. So I will plan to do that in the spring. And luckily where my plants are is usually cooler, especially in the winter. So it sounds like a win, win :) Thanks again for the help and advice
1 like Of course! Your partner picked the perfect plant for Ontario, I’d say as long as it doesn’t get over 70 where it’s placed you should be golden!
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2 likes Thank you, it is love, I love the white flowers. I hope it’s perfect for our climate, It can get pretty hot & humid in the summer (well it used to, like we used to have white Christmases too :/ ) so hopefully it’s okay come the summer, as we don’t have a/c
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