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Author Message   Guff  Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 02:58 pm EST :    I am soaking the cyclamen seeds. There seems to be two types. One is dark, and the other is lighter in color. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 04:11 pm EST :    How many days does it take for them to start to germ. I have them in soil and in a cool dark spot. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 10:44 pm EST :    It varies, because the steady temperature of 60 is what you need to aim for so they will germinate. I started mine in late August and they started germinating in early November as the temperature in my basement came closer to the 60 degrees on a steady basis. I would keep a temperature gauge near them to see that the temperature is staying near 60. About once a week, check the pots as when the seeds start to germinate it is a very fragile seedling that will appear to be poking out of the grit. Here are Tim's instructions which helped me. They were posted earlier in the forum. http://www.gardenbuddies.com/forum/messages/1133685/1133574.html Maybe someone else can add their thoughts on the subject. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Valia  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2005 - 07:52 pm EST :    I planted my seeds on November 26, and the first ones sprouted on January 10. That's about 45 days. It was cool from the very beginning and I believe they would have sprouted a week or so earlier if I had soaked them as I was instructed. Germination has been uneven and I believe this also is a result of my not soaking them, as it was hard to water them properly without disturbing their positions, and I believe some of the seeds were never moistened as well as the others. Anne, Washington State, Zone 5   Guff  Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 09:06 pm EST :    when the cyclamen seed germs, does it form the bulb/coum first,or does it put up a growing tip then form a bulb/coum at a later time. I checked a couple of my seeds, and they seem to be swelling up into a bulb/coum shape. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 03:07 pm EST :    Guff, when I get home in a few days I can research and answer this as explained by Tim. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 06:05 am EST :    Guff, sorry I am just getting back to you. Tim had explained the situation this way when I thought the seed was swelling and becoming the tuber: "It's not actually the seed which swells to form the tuber - a leafshoot forms from the seed and works its way towards the compost surface, and the tuber is formed when a swelling occurs at the base of the leafshoot, the stalk if you like." At this point I am sure you are seeing more growth. How about an update? Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 08:22 pm EST :    Well tonight it marks 3 weeks since I soaked them in water. No grow shoots are poping up yet. Maybe another week or 2, they will begin to show signs. I picked up some more seeds on ebay. There are a couple sellers selling 10 seeds for .99 plus shipping. I'm use to it taking acouple days for seed to germinate. So the waiting and wondering if it's the right temp/mositure level is the hard part. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 08:43 pm EST :    Guff, we do understand your impatience but it does take time. It also may be a temperature factor, if the area you have your seeds is below 60, it may take time for temperatures to go back up there on a consistent basis. My room where I have the seed is only starting to go back up into the low 50s. Maybe there is someone else who has grown from seed that can confirm this or give you more concrete answers. The other factor is good seed. If it has not been stored well, you may not get germination. If you don't succeed with the seeds you are getting now, be patient and wait for Seneca Hill to offer seed in late summer or contact Tim for his seed in mid June. I have had great success from these sources. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 12:30 am EST :    I checked a couple different seeds tonight, I have growth coming out of the seeds now. Hopefully a bunch of the 100 seeds will germ. I thought maybe I had junk seeds, glad they are growing now. Should I put them in a lighted room, or should I wait till they come to the surface. I would think they need some sort of light, how else they know what way is up? Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 05:40 am EST :    Glad to hear your seeds are coming along. Put the pots that are starting to exhibit germination under grow lights. I don't think you will want to put them into an area that has light and temperatures near 70F. You will continue to see germination in these pots even though they are under light. One of the reasons for keeping your pots in a somewhat dark area in the beginning is the pots hold some moisture better and this along with the temperature requirements are needed. The watering does become a bit tricky after you put them under lights. You want to keep them from drying out completely but over watering will kill them. If the area you are going to put them in will still be on the cool side they will dry out less and you may not have to water them except for once every 10-12 days. I am finding now that spring is approaching, the room I have my seedlings in is not as cool as it had been, the temps are going up to the upper 50F range. I imagine as we get more sunlight each day now, the room will have temperatures go higher. I am watching this carefully, I don't want to loose my seedlings now. David_b had mentioned he grows his cyclamen in a cool greenhouse and his temps in the winter are in the 30's. If I find out any other info I will let you know. If anyone else has grown from seed and has more info, it would be great to hear from you. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"   Guff  Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 03:27 pm EST :    Thanks for the help Well I have my seed flat under one of those fluorex type grow light bulbs. Already seeing small pink colored, bulb looking breaking through the grit. I used bird grit, I read in a magazine article about Cyclamen growing. Maybe in a week I will post a picture. I'm wondering how other growers are posting Hi res pictures, when I posted my seedlings soaking I had to resize it to what it is in order to upload. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Valia  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 06:13 pm EST :    Guff, there are several ways to post photos. If you use the paper clip, you are limited on size. But the other methods (thumb, star and link in the options above the composition box) require you to have the images stored somewhere on the web, either in a gardenbuddies gallery or someplace like photobucket.com. Anne, Washington State, Zone 5   Guff  Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 09:58 pm EST :    How do you upload to the gardenbuddies gallery. I see the tab/icon, other then that I dont see how to upload to the gallery. Well as of tonight I have 6 seedlings popping up. I hope I get atleast 50-60 plants out of the 100 seeds. Maybe I will get lucky and get 80+ I'm very excited, now that I have seedling emerging. Guff - NY, Zone "?"   Terryk  My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 05:49 am EST :    They are fun to watch germinate. You will see that even from the first leaf they have patterns on the leaves that vary even within a species. All part of the fun of growing them! You can post pictures by using the paperclip and then browsing through your pictures on your hard drive. You have to have them a certain size and if the pictures are larger you will get a prompt that they can not be uploaded and what to size they need to be. If you go into the Test area you can practice. I am a member so I have contributed a certain amount which gives you your own garden albums. This makes it easier to insert one of your pictures from your garden album. Check out "donations" topic at top of page. An other area that may help is the "photography, computer, software" forum. Terryk - NY, Zone "6"

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