What to do if cyclamen fades and why does this happen?

Cyclamen is a beautiful indoor flower. The foliage of the plant is dark and patterned, and during flowering it produces large and bright flowers, which will especially please home gardeners-amateurs on winter gray days.

Since it is precisely in the autumn-winter period that alpine violets begin to bloom. Caring for cyclamen is not easy. Sometimes it withers, and witnesses to this are the yellowed twisted leaves of the flower. What to do to keep Cyclamen always flowering and healthy? This can be found below.

Plant description

The flower grows in bushes, each 30 cm high. Other varieties are slightly smaller, their height is 15 cm. The leaves are dark green in the form of a heart or rounded. Juicy and rich colors of leaves go well with reddish petioles.

Growth Features

As a home plant, two types of cyclamen are more often used - European and Persian. To grow any of them you need to work hard, as alpine violet is very finicky. Often, beginning flower growers complain that the flower quickly turns yellow and fades. To prevent this from happening, you need to know about caring for the plant from the very beginning, that is, from choosing a flower when buying it.

First look carefully at the tubers. They should not be damaged and rot, they should be smooth, and the leaves are shiny and bright. If the foliage of cyclamen is sluggish or dried, then this indicates a flower disease. Therefore, buy a flower in the autumn, when there is already flowering and you can determine whether the plant is healthy.

Bringing a flower home, you must be able to properly care for it. Otherwise, it will lose its former appearance, the leaves will begin to turn yellow or fade. An important role is played by the temperature regime in the room. So, if you notice the yellowed edges on the leaves, then the air in the room with the flower is too dry. So you need to increase the humidity in the room.

For a flower, the most comfortable temperature is 17 ºС, no more. Alpine violet does not tolerate direct sunlight or lack of moisture. These factors affect the inflorescences, flowering becomes rare and not so magnificent. If watering is regular, and frequent top dressing, cyclamen will delight you with its flowers again and again.

Why are there problems with leaves and flowers?

The flower may have an unhealthy appearance from the fact that the leaves and inflorescences of it fade. There are always reasons for this.

Leaves may fade for the following reasons:

1. if the flower is crowded in a real pot;
2. if the kidney has not been fertilized for a long time and there is a lack of nutrients in it;
3. the presence of pests;
4. illnesses.

Disease

The reason for the wilting of the flower can be associated with a number of diseases:

• The presence of gray rot. First, a whitish coating forms on the leaves, which over time develops into brown soft spots. The infected flower is transplanted into new soil and treated with fungicide.
• Late blight disease. Gradual drying of the lower leaves and peduncles occurs, then the disease passes to the tubers. Treatment is based on transplanting the plant and treating the soil with a fungicide.
• Fusarium Yellowing and gradual drying of cyclamen occurs. The disease is not detected for a long time, since the tuber does not give out anything, it is the same as usual. To save the flower you need to water it with the addition of funzol.

Read about other common cyclamen diseases, how to recognize them and how to deal with them.

What to do if leaves and flowers have wilted - detailed instructions:

1. So that diseases do not prevail over the plant, conventional sterilization of the soil will help.
2. Water the soil periodically with a weak manganese solution. It will eliminate the bacteria and fungi that are common in the soil.
3. Do not overdo it with nitrogen fertilizers. If there is an excess of this substance in the soil, the plant's immunity will become too weak, and the flower will be very susceptible to any kind of infections.
4. Excess moisture and low temperature in the room contribute to the withering of cyclamen. Therefore, you should deal with these shortcomings, otherwise you risk losing your flower. Read more about how to save the drenched cyclamen here.
5. Rot, as has already been clarified, appears on the leaves due to various diseases.IMPORTANT! In any circumstances, it is worth treating cyclamen with fungicides. These may be its analogues - ridomil, previkur, foundationazole, etc.

How to save?

You can try to save the plant by taking the following emergency measures:

1. Change the place for the pot. Relocate it to another room, where the conditions meet the standards.
2. Spray a butterfly flower with a stimulant. Usually, you may need this after buying a flower and adapting it to new conditions.
3. Add additional fertilizer to the cyclamen pot.
4. If you see a clear disease or notice pests, then dig a tuber, free it from the remnants of the earth and transplant the flower into a good fertilized soil.
5. Leaves can be treated with a medicine that is used to control pests. To have a positive effect, do this several times after a certain number of days. Approximately every 3-5 days.

Read about how to save cyclamen if he dies.

Preventative measures

To prevent the plant from withering or other negative consequences, should take preventative measures, or know how to properly care for this variety of indoor flowers:

• The room where the plant is located should be cool. If the room air temperature is within + 6 ... + 12 ° С, then cyclamen can bloom up to six months.
• You should not make the lighting too bright, it is better to try to make it scattered.
• The soil must be prepared loose, with a weak reaction and good drainage, for example, ready-made for plants such as violets are suitable.
• Do not pick up a large and deep pot.
• Cyclamen transplant is done once every 2-3 years, while the capacity should be chosen more than the previous one.
• Planting depth will depend on the type of plant.

Do not bring the flower to a state where it will require emergency assistance. In order for cyclamen to grow and bloom normally, it is necessary to fulfill the minimum number of requirements for caring for it. If you follow all the rules, then cyclamen on average will grow another 15 years and delight the household with its lush flowering.

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