Ripening time of the seeds
The seeds are ripe between June and July. During the ripening period, the appearance of the perennial leaves more and more to be desired. She goes on her resting phase in summer to.
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External characteristics of the seeds
The seeds are tiny. They are in brown and flattened capsules. They are brown-red in color and have a jelly-like appearance due to their slightly translucent surface. Their shape can vary widely from oval, egg-shaped to rounded or angular.
Self-sowing is not a foreign word
Willingly increased yourself that Cyclamen about self-sowing. Some species have stems that bend down to the ground after the fruit has ripened. There they are partly 'drilled' into the earth. The seeds are sown by the plant itself.
Otherwise the ripe fruits will open and the seeds contained will fall out. Usually there are plenty of seeds when the cyclamen is outside in the garden and has been pollinated by insects. An advantage, but also a disadvantage, can be that the plants that emerge from the seed have different properties than the mother plant.
Use the seeds at home for propagation
You should sow the seeds as soon as they ripen between June and July. Then they are best able to germinate. But be careful: in front of the sowing you should let the seeds dry out. They have a slimy shell that breaks when dry. This will facilitate the later germination process.
So it goes on:
- Soak seeds for 24 hours
- Fill the seed tray or pot with soil
- Sow seeds 0.5 cm deep (cover with soil, as dark germs)
- keep moist (no cover required)
- ideal germination temperature: 15 to 20 ° C
- Germination time: 3 weeks to 2 months
- later put light and warm z. B. to the north window
- protect outside in the first winter
Tips & Tricks
If you want your cyclamen to sow itself, you can use the withered flowers after flowering do not pluck out or even remove it.
