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I just recently pulled my Glad bulbs (my first year growing them)and there are bunches of little "baby" bulbs all over them. My question is this, can I plant those little bulbs net spring with the rest of the bulbs or will they need some special treatment before they can be planted. My fear is because they are so small, they will dry out over the winter in my basement. If I can plant them next year, can I expect them to bloom the first year, or will they need a year or two to mature?
 
Posts: 12 | Location: Elk River, MN | Registered: September 24, 2009Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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I'd put them in sand, peat moss, or something to keep them from being exposed to the air, and keep them barely moist, then plant them just like they are with the other bulbs. Next year you should be able to seperate the small ones (if you can tell the difference) and plant them seperately the next year. You probably will get some extra blooms next year, but the following year they should bloom fine.


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Posts: 688 | Location: East Tennesse, at the foot of the Beautiful Smokey Moutains Zone 7 | Registered: June 16, 2009Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Gladiola corms need a storage place similar to the of the spring flowering bulbs or summer flowering bulbs, tubers, rhizomes of plants like Dahlias. A place with a fairly consistant 45 degree temperature and fairly low humidity. Some people will store these summer flowering bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, or corms in boxes of peat moss, or sand.
I have not dug up my Gladiola corms in the last 10 years and they keep coming back with more and more and very often with some really small blades that sometimes look similar to a grass. So next year you may well want to plant these smaller corms in pots to allow them to grow into big corms that will flower, eventually.


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