Cyclamen

Hi. We were at B&M about 6-7 weeks ago and decided to look at the garden section. They had red cyclamen plants reduced from £7:50 to 5.00 to 50p a box but only neeeded watering.We purchased 5 boxes and planted them in hanging baskets and pots and they have been flowering lovely.
Now this is the 1st time we have purchased Cyclmen and had now idea like a lots of species you get hardy & tender.The flowers have all but died back but leaves still look healthy. I have checked for a corm and cannot feel one so I presume they are indoor tender plants.They seem to of survived the frost but with rain are very wet.Is it possible if I dug them up and potted them up in dry compost in garage they will survive till next spring/summer or it it not really worth it as I am sure they are the tender variety and damage to roots may already been done.Thanks for any inpand then finallyut.

 

If they are very young plants the tubers may be still quite small.
The cyclamen I buy from a GC or supermarket usually flower from around sept/Oct through till Feb/Mar. I do deadhead them often which keeps the flowers coming.

There are begonias - some of which have corms and others that are fibrous rooted and have no corm.

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I wouldn't disturb them now, move them to a frost free place to dry out a bit, but not too much, and hopefully continue growing.
Usually I dry them off as spring warms up.

 

We keep ours in a cold porch from October through to March/April so it might be worth trying a couple in a similar location if you have one.

The key is to only water from below in the saucer and use some Fungus Fighter spray if you see any fungus around the top of the corn / pot.

 

They always plant Cyclamen too deeply, and the base of the leaf and flower stalks can often become mildewy. I always scrape off the surface compost, which is usually soaking wet, and adds to the probability of them becoming mildewy. I believe the corm should be just at soil level, not buried under it.

 

If you see them growing naturally in the garden the corm pretty much sits on the surface.