Cyclamen seeds?

My Cyclamen plant which is over a year old had a seed pod that exploded on my kitchen widowsill, I collected loads and would like to try to grow them....does anyone know how easy are they to sow and when and how should I sow them?

Cyclamen seeds?
I have grown cyclamen from seed.


The "pods" develop after the flowers have withered, they grow into balls the size of blackcurrants.


I have just put the contents of these onto compost, and kept them alongside the adult plants.


The adult plants die back, dry off, and have a dormant period through the summer, and around August I water them and they start back into growth.


The "seeds" (actually liik like small cyclamen corms) then also start putting out leaves and growing on.


It has taken mine 2 or 3 years to grow to flowering size. I have 2 adult plants, and had hoped that the "babies" would be cross bred, and exhibit characteristics of both, but so far they all look like one or other of the mature plants.


I originally grew the adult plants from seed, bought in a packet, which were germinated in damp compost on the top of a central heating boiler - germination was slow and erratic, and of 13 seeds planted only 2 grew to maturity.


I have had better results with my own seeds.


Good Luck - it's fun but needs patience.
Reply:not entirely sure but this seems to be a good website;


www.cyclamen.org/propag.htm
Reply:I am not sure of this plant, but I know how do you get (prety much any seed to grow). you need a wet napkin in a small plate, put the seeds there. The idea of this is that seeds need to grow small roots before you plant. So it should take you about a weak for them to grow. Then plant them in the ground. you should wet the napkin atleast everyday (it needs to be moist all the time) Hope this helps! =)) Thats how i grew my lemon tree. =)
Reply:Vegetative Reproduction


Cyclamen are plants which spend part of the year in growth, and part of the year in a dormant state, during which there is no living foliage, although is some species fruiting pedicels may remain in a vegetative state as the seed matures. During this dormant period the plant remains in the form of a subterranean tuber, which is in fact a swollen root As a tuber, the possibilities which exist for corms or bulbs do not exist, however, as in the case of a common potato (which is a similar organism), the tuber can be divided provided each portion has both a growth eye and part of the rooting region of the tuber.





This makes this operation more feasible in those species which have multiple growing points, such as Cyclamen graecum. However, since there are inevitable problems in efficiently sealing the cut edges to guard against rot, without the tuber desiccating, division of tubers is not a practical method of propagating plants regularly.





Experiments have been carried out in the use of Meristem culture to propagate Cyclamen, but it is not appropriate to detail this here.





Propagation from Seed


Amongst enthusiasts there is much discussion about the most efficient ways of germinating Cyclamen seed in order to obtain the most consistent and highest percentage of germination. Articles and notes concerning this regularly appear in the Society's journal, and research projects have been carried out by various individuals and organisations.





Click here, or examples of these articles and notes of the Experiences of Members of the Society with seed germination





In 1992 the Society co-operated with the University of Reading, in the UK, who carried out experiments in the germination of Cyclamen seed, without the use of chemical additives, the results are now often referred to as The Reading Method
Reply:sorry im not sure

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