cyclamen

[lettuceleaf10]

Help !! I bought some cyclamen coum corms and I can't tell which way up to plant them they have a dent in one side and a rounded other side .

[quark1]

I think the dent side is the top and which should be placed with its 'shoulders' proud of the earth/compost.

If overwatered this dent can collect water and rot the corm. I think this is also true of begonias? In fact any corm which presents with a dent as you call it.

I have just 3 one year old 'babies' started from seed last year and they're still roundish with a bit of a point - no flowers yet and I think I'll have to wait another year - but quite interesting to see just how quickly the seed bulks up to form the corm. Leaves are now getting quite large.

[vicky]

Yes, rounded side down, dimple on the top!

[Flummery]

Don't plant too deep though. Don't fill the dimple with soil.

[lettuceleaf10]

Thanks everyone I have now planted them the right way up