How to transplant a cyclamen?

Cyclamen is still known as the Alpine violet. This flower is very beautiful. His homeland is the locality of the Mediterranean.

From the side it may seem that cyclamen is a pack of small butterflies that have settled on green grass. Alpine violet has many different shades and shapes.

Plant transplant regulations

I always want such a beautiful flower to please the eye. Therefore it is important to know how to transplant a cyclamen and when it is necessary to do so. The transplant process is performed in several cases:

for the flower you need to change the soil in which it grows;
the tubers grew, and the pot became too small for them;
sometimes a transplant should be done after the end of summer, after a resting state.

There is a specific rule related to the issueregularity of transplantation of alpine violets: more than two or three times a year the transplantation process is not recommended. In addition, each separate type of cyclamen has certain characteristics of its transplantation.

For example, if you take a cyclamen of the Persian species,then its roots grow downward, and therefore, the upper part of the tuber must leave the ground, and the roots of the cyclamen of the European variety have the ability to grow over the whole surface of the earth, so the tubers must be deepened into the ground.

Professional florists recommendadhere to one particular tactic of transplantation, regardless of what kind of plant. They advise to deepen the root of the cyclamen not completely to the ground, then one third of the root will remain above the surface of the earth.

In addition, it is important to remember that transplantingthe plant can not, if it is in the flowering stage. Also, a clod of earth, which is located around the roots, should be left, then the flower will be easier to settle down in a new place.