I-cyclamen isitshalo esihle sokwehla kwezimbali zomndeni wokuqala we-primrose. Ukuthenga lesi sitshalo esihle ebhodweni, akufanele uthembele futhi ulindele ukuthi luzohlala lubukeka kanjena. Masinyane ngemuva kokuqhakaza, i-cyclamen ilahlekelwa umphumela wayo wokuhlobisa, kepha ungazama ukuyigcina kuze kube unyaka olandelayo bese ulindela ukuqhakaza okulandelayo.
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Ama-cyclamen blooms kusuka ekwindla kuya entwasahlobo. Ngesikhathi sokuqhakaza, lesi sitshalo sidinga ukukhanya okuningana, okushisa okungcono kakhulu angama-degrees ayi-12. Kufanele iniselwe kakhulu, kepha ngokucophelela ukuze amanzi angangeni ku-bulb yesitshalo. Kungcono ukuthulula amanzi epanini lokuthosa. Ngemuva kokuqhakaza, i-cyclamen iqala isikhathi sokuzola: icishe ayinawo amanzi, kepha inhlabathi akufanele ivunyelwe ukuba isomile ngokuphelele, ngenkathi igcina isendaweni epholile neyomile. Kulokhu, lesi sitshalo silahlekelwa amaqabunga ayo, futhi kuphela nezilimo eziyizigaxa kuphela. Izilimo eziyizigaxa zidluliselwa enhlabathini entsha ngoJuni - Julayi, engxenyeni yenhlabathi enamaqabunga ngokufakwa kwe-peat, isihlabathi kanye ne-humus bese kuqala ukunisela kakhulu. Okokuqala, amaqabunga ayakhula, bese kuvela amaqabunga emaphethweni amade, kungekudala okuzokujabulisa ngezimbali ezinhle ezinezinsimbi ezigogekile.
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I-cyclamen ingabuye itshalwe kusuka ezinhlanyelweni ezihlwanyelwe ngoJulayi - Septhemba. Izinga lokushisa elihle lokuhluma kwembewu lingamazinga angama-20- 22 degrees. Imbewu imila kuphela emva kwenyanga. Lapho kuvela amaqabunga amabili okuqala, ngoDisemba, izithombo ziyadedelwa. Izilimo eziyizigaxa ezincane zimbozwe ngokuphelele nomhlaba. Watshalwa ezimbizeni kuphela entwasahlobo, waqiniseka ukuthi nezilimo eziyizigaxa bezingamboziwe ngokuphelele ngenhlabathi. Kusukela esikhathini sokuhlwanyela imbewu kuya ekuqaleni kokuqhakaza okugcwele, kudingeka okungaphezu konyaka.
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