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Cichlmen. A great addition to any garden
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and house to brighten up those winter
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dark days. Welcome to Gardening with
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Ben. We're going to talk about the care
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and need how to look after cichlment
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during the winter months and keep them
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flowering all the way through as long as
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possible. So, let's have a look at our
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cichlment that we've got planted. So,
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we've got a few different varieties.
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We've got a nice pink one. We've got a
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nice purpley pink one. So yeah,
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absolutely gorgeous and they brighten up
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any borders and like you say, you can
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have them in the house as well. And
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obviously the best thing to do to keep
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them flowering as well is keep
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deadheading them. When you see a flower
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fading, dead head it and then it can
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focus on growing more flowers on the
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plant. Now cichlmen do take a lot of
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care as well. They don't like being in
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hot places. They like to be kept nice
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and cool. So, if you're growing them
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indoors, they need to be somewhere
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between 10 to 15 degrees. Avoid putting
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them anywhere near a radiator. When
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you're watering in the house, water from
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the base, have them in a pot, in a
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saucer, and water the saucer to let them
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soak up. Don't let the soil get too
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soggy. They like to be kept a bit moist,
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not too much water. When the flowers
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start to fade and start to disappear,
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reduce the watering and let them die
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back naturally. Let the leaves die back
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and then leave the plant in a nice cool
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spot ready for next season for it to
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start growing again. And you can have
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flowers year on year.
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So yeah, keep them in a nice cool place
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and you will get cichlmen growing all
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throughout the winter period. And year
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after year, hopefully we get these
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growing back year after year once these
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die back. We'll move them indoors into a
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nice cool spot and let the tubers rest
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and then we'll plant them outdoors again
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next year. But these are absolutely
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gorgeous and they brighten up any border
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and hopefully we'll get these to come
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back year after year.
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So, I hope you found that tips and
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advice useful on how to look after
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cichlmen and get them to grow back year
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after year and keep them flowering
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throughout the winter period. Drop us a
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