Gladiolus - Pretty Capricious Flowers. Each fall, their bulbs need to dig out from the ground and keep in the room by a special way. But if this is worth paying due attention, next season the plant will delight luxurious and long flowering.
When digging the bulbs of gladiolus
None, even experienced, gardener will not be able to say in advance about the exact date of digs of the bulbs of gladiolus. It depends on the date of disembarking them into the ground and the weather conditions affecting the start of flowering. Also worth paying attention to what kind of varieties are planted on the flower.
- It is worth remembering that from the moment of complete flow of the plant until the bulbs of the bulbs from the Earth should pass at least 30 days and not more than 40 days.
- Gladiolus are early, medium and late flowering. The difference in the distortion of the flowers in different varieties can achieve even one or a half months. If all the varieties are put in the passage, then when digging the early bulbs, you can damage medium or later and they will not be able to bloom. To avoid these troubles, the varieties of different blossoms are better to plant on separate flower beds.
- In order not to miss the breakout time of the bulbs, it is recommended to accurately record the time of blowing a two or another bed and add 30-40 days to it. Example: The flower completely bleached by September 1 - digging tubers from 1 and ending on October 10.
- If the gladiolus the host grows for cutting, the beginning of the time of ripening the bulbs in the ground should be started from the moment of the cutting of the bloomer. Example: gladiolus were cut off on August 20 - digging their bulbs from 20 and ending on September 30.
How to dig the bulbs of gladioles
Technology is quite simple.
- For digging the bulbs, a small bayonet shovel or forks will fit. You can also use two small blades that enjoy soil to flow into flower pots - they use simultaneously, sticking into the ground from the bulbs from the bulbs.
- The shovel in the ground must be sticking to the ground at a distance of 7-10 cm from the alleged location of the bulbs. It is necessary in order not to damage the mature bulb, especially since it will probably grow small onions for the summer.
How to prepare the bulbs of gladiolus to storage
After the bulbs are digging, they need to do so:
- Crop on top of all hard leaves and as close as possible to the bulb, but try not to damage it.
- Drop the bulbs all the roots.
- Gently separate the bulbies-kids from the big mature bulb. They can be simply breaking their hands.
- Share large and small bulbs in separate sieves and rinse them from the ground in cold running water.
- To withstand the bulbs of 2-3 hours in a weak solution of manganese.
- Dispatch clean bulbs on the shelves in a dry ventilated room, but not very hot. It can be a barn, a garage or even an indoor canopy. Dry bulbs in a suitable room for 5-7 days.
- After cool drying, the bulbs move to the room with a temperature of 20-25 degrees and keep them there for two to three weeks. To increase the drying temperature, the bulbs are allowed to keep on the batteries, to underline the paper for them or laying the tubers into narrow cardboard boxes.
- After the warm drying of the bulbs move again into a cooler room and to withstand a week.
- Dry scales that cover the bulbs from above, you do not need to shoot with them for the winter. But in the spring, before planting, the scales must be removed 7-10 days before this landing.
In what conditions to keep the bulbs of gladiolus in winter
The most important in winter storage of the bulbs of gladiolus in winter is the temperature regime (only 3-9 degrees) and the humidity of the surrounding space (55-60%). Also worth paying attention to the illumination of the storage location - it should be dark. Storage service, cellars, mezzanine in Tambour Apartments are suitable for storage, but if all the storage conditions are followed in these premises.
In winter, gladiolus bulbs need to be periodically checked. If the mold appeared on some, they can be additionally adding them. If the bulbs look crossed, i.e. They began to dilute, then it is absolutely not scary. In the spring, lined in the ground, they will come to life and go to growth.
One more thing. Competently dried and placed in good storage conditions, the bulbs of gladiolus can be lost in the preservation of even two winters. After that, they will also bloom and delight the eyes.
0
447
