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I'm new to cyclamen, having just bought a few flowers in small pots. I want to break them up to get a few more clumps. Can I do it now, when I plant them out, or should I wait for them to self seed next year?
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Cyclamen grows from a corm. I have never heard of them being split.
Hope someone else may be able to advise you better.
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And your hands begin to harden.
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I've dug clumps up and replanted further apart but I don't think you can split in the conventional sense.
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I agree - think they need to naturalise by self seeding to spread or give you individual corms to split. Also check that you've bought a hardy variety - some of the ones in the shops now may die over the winter as the corms rot (in my experience)!Comment
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Thanks folks. I did mean dividing the clumps, rather than splitting the corms, should've been more specific. I think I'll just plant them as they are, except one which I'll try dividing up.Comment
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