How to help cyclamen in case of illness - treatment and prevention

Alpine violet, scum, cyclamen - these are all different names for the same grassy perennial that is so widespread in the world. The popularity of cyclamen - this lovely flowering plant - has only recently increased. In room culture, two species are more common than others: Persian cyclamen and European cyclamen. One and the other species is conquered with lovely original flowers.

Any plant, even garden, at least indoor, can be susceptible to disease. Cyclamen is no exception to this rule. This article will talk about the main types of diseases of this plant, their symptoms and methods of treatment.

Plant features

Cyclamen is a popular houseplant that belongs to the genus primrose. It is often called alpine violet. Flowers can have different colors. The most common is white, pink, red and purple. The shape of the flowers is pointed and curved.

Cyclamen has basal leaves. They have dark green leaves that are heart-shaped. They also have a special grayish-silver pattern.

Common Causes of Problems

The reasons why this flower can occur diseases are very numerous. But still, experts were able to identify the most common of them. They are:

• improper care and selection of soil;
• pests;
• soil contaminated with viruses and bacteria.

Diseases and their photos: how to recognize and what to do for treatment?

Diseases due to which this indoor flora can lose its flowering appearance and even die can be quite a lot. They all have different symptoms and treatment methods, so they need to be considered separately. Also in the photo you can see how the most common cyclamen diseases look like.

Leaf dropping

Yellowing of leaves and their fall in this plant is a fairly common problem. Most often this happens with improper care.

Cyclamen can shed its leaves before the seasonal rest period, but then they fall slowly and gradually.

If cyclamen discarded part of the foliage or almost all of the leaves, you need to know what to do to resuscitate it. To do this, you need:

1. Adjust the air temperature in the apartment (cyclamen loves temperatures from 12 to 17 degrees).
2. Normalize watering. Watering the flower is necessary when the top layer dries out almost completely, that is, about once a week. Find out more about how to save a flooded flower from waterlogging here.
3. Protect cyclamen from direct sunlight. This plant loves diffused light.
4. Fertilize the soil. This should be done with nitrogen fertilizers about once every two weeks after transplanting before the buds appear, and once a month after the buds appear.

Gray mold

Another common disease for cyclamen is gray mold, which can look like silver or gray plaque on leaves.

The reason for its appearance is a fungus, the development of which is due to dampness and coolness in the room. Also, such rot can be the result of improper watering, for example, if during watering moisture gets into the "growth points" of buds and leaves.

The presence of the following factors indicates this disease:

• the presence of gray or silver mold on the leaves and stems of the flower;
• affected peduncles that darken and fall away;
• leaves affected by the fungus, which begin to crumble.

Thus, if leaves and flowers have fallen at the same time, and also a characteristic plaque is visible on the leaves, the disease can be diagnosed with all the evidence. To get rid of the disease, it is necessary to carefully, with a sharp knife, remove those parts of the plant that are affected by rot. You should also ventilate the room more often, but avoid drafts. Moreover, the affected cyclamen must be treated with fungicide.

Fusarium

Fusarium is a fungal disease that is caused by a fungus like Fizarium. This fungus affects the vessels and tissues of the plant. Such a disease is also called fusarium wilting or dry rot.

With this disease, the fungus stops the vessels of cyclamen and releases toxic substances. All this can lead to withering of the plant and even to its complete death. The causative agents of fusarium can be contained in the soil and enter the flora through the root system.

Diagnose this disease by the following symptoms:

• the tops of the leaves begin to turn yellow;
• wilting can touch only one side of the plant;
• the general appearance of the plant is deteriorating;
• when a tuber of a flower is cut, bundles of vessels affected by rot can be seen.

In order to get rid of this misfortune, you need to water the flower with a 0.1% solution of foundationazole and spray it with 0.1% topsin-M. You need to water cyclamen under the root.

Wet rot

This disease has a bacterial nature and is fatal to cyclamen. Such an infection will get through cracks in the tuber. It happens that infection occurs in places of separation of leaves or peduncles.

Wet rot appears as follows:

1. the plant begins to fade sharply;
2. the smell of rot appears.

It is impossible to deal with such a disease. If wet rot appeared in cyclamen, then it must be destroyed, otherwise you can infect other plants.

Anthracnose

This ailment occurs due to infection of a flower with a fungus of the genus Gloeosporium. This type of fungus has a strong effect on the plant during the flowering period. This disease requires warm and humid conditions.

The symptomatology of this problem is as follows:

• Appearing flower stalks of the plant do not develop to the end. They have a distorted appearance and dried top.
• Flowering plants never happen.
• Further, leaf contamination may occur. Young leaves begin to curl, and old ones dry up and die off (you will learn here about when the cyclamen leaves are curled and what to do about it).

In order to prevent the development of this disease, it is necessary to use steamed soil. If anthracnose nevertheless appeared, then the plant should be watered less often, and damaged peduncles and leaves should be removed. Also, it will not be superfluous to treat cyclamen with fungicides about 2-3 times.

Rhizoctonia rot

This type of rot can occur in this plant due to frequent watering and constant waterlogging of the soil. Due to the high moisture content, harmful fungi develop in the soil. Rhizoctonia rot looks like gray spots on a plantthat spread from bottom to top.

If cyclamen has such an ailment, then you need to stop watering the plant and transplant it into another soil. Also, the flower itself needs to be treated with a fungicide.

Late blight

This disease is very common in many plants, including cyclamen. It can affect both young and old specimens. It is called fungi of the genus Fitoftor. It is very difficult to diagnose this disease in the early stages. Infection of the flower occurs due to diseased soil.

Symptoms of late blight are:

• violation of cyclamen growth;
• discoloration of leaves;
• withering and drying of the lower leaves and peduncles;
• at a late stage, the entire plant withers noticeably.

With this disease, tubers and flora roots are covered with dry necrotic rot.

In order for such an ailment not to affect cyclamen, the flower needs to provide good aeration of the soil. Also, too much deepening of the tuber should not be allowed. It is better if it will be visible, then the crown will not be exposed so aggressively to moisture.

With late blight, it is imperative to disinfect the soil mixture with such substances as basamide G or 2% formalin. In addition, when the first signs of the disease appear, it is necessary to stop watering and pour dry soil into the pot.

Soot fungus

This disease is represented by a black coatingwhich spoils the appearance of the plant. It is harmful in that it covers the surface of the leaves from sunlight, thereby slowing down the growth of the flower and weakening it. If this problem occurs, immediately wash off the coating with a wet cloth soaked in a 2% solution of green soap. Then the plant must be treated with a copper-soap solution and washed with clean and warm water. The treatment of cyclamen with fungicide will not damage either.

Preventative measures

The easiest way is not to fight the disease, but to do everything to prevent its occurrence. The main preventive measure is the soil treatment with weak solutions of special products, which include:

1. Fundazole.
2. Copper sulfate.
3. Potassium permanganate.
4. Alirin B.

These products disinfect the soil, which is the main preventive measure in preventing fungal diseases.

Also, proper care refers to the prevention of cyclamen diseases., namely maintaining the required level of humidity.

Cyclamen is a very beautiful houseplant that does not require excessive care. If the owner monitors the condition of the flower, then many serious diseases can be easily stopped and the plant will delight the owner with its flowering appearance for a long time.

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