Tall, slender beauties with a proud bearing are able to decorate any garden. Every year in the fall we dig up the bulbs, because this beautiful flower is not able to withstand the winter, we send it to storage, and in the spring we plant it in a warm ground. All the subtleties that I will tell you about today were taught by my grandpa.
- The main thing in growing gladioli is observance of crop rotation, a sunny place and good quality planting material. In winter, corms dried and peeled from old roots and babies should be stored in gauze bags at a temperature of +4 +6 degrees and check their condition. Get rid of the bulbs affected by bacteriosis without regret and the slightest hesitation, otherwise everyone else will get sick from them.
- In the first ten days of April, remove and remove the scales from the bulbs and send them to "dry distillation". They can be divided into 2 - 3 parts, leaving part of the bottom with the root roller. Sprinkle the slices with crushed charcoal. If brown spots are found, cut out these places and grease with brilliant green. Damaged bulbs are immediately visible - they become shriveled and gray in color. Lay the planting material on the bottom of small boxes covered with paper and put it on the side of the window so that the sun's rays do not fall. In a month, sprouts 2 - 3 cm long and tubercles of roots appear.
- Prepare a flower bed in advance - spill it with potassium permanganate, cover with a black film to warm up and destroy weeds.
- Before planting, sort out all the material, reject it and immerse it in a solution of the Maxim fungicide or another disinfectant for 30 - 40 minutes. You should not plant old corms - such plants usually grow worse, and, as weaker ones, are the first to be infected, later infecting neighbors. A good criterion for the age of the bulb is the bottom size: the smaller it is, the younger the plant. Replace the old, worn out bulbs annually with new specimens that have grown from "babies".
- Planting should be carried out in late May or early June - in warm ground the plant will quickly grow.
- When planting a "baby", you need to make sure that there is not a single speck on it, which will indicate a disease.
- Planting depth depends on the size and age of the corms and the composition of the soil. Plant at a depth of 10 - 12 cm on light sandy loam soils. On loamy ones, 3 cm higher. Bury small tubers 5 - 8 cm from the surface, and "kids" not lower than 3 - 5 cm.
- Gladioli that are too deep when planting will bloom later, and the formed large corm will give fewer "babies". In a cool summer, from excessive root deepening, the culture can become infected with fungal and bacterial infections.
Throughout the season, the plant will provide moisture, which will help to keep a layer of mulch. When planting gladioli, you need to clearly know which ones are intended for cutting and which ones are for decorating the garden. After all, even one gladiolus flower can look like a bouquet of lush flowers.
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