Archive image from page 10 of Descriptive list of gladiolus (1934). Descriptive list of gladiolus . descriptivelisto1934cham Year: 1934 ( CHAMPLAIN VIEW DON'T PAMPER GLADS. Some people, especially with new kinds, try to be too good to the bulbs. Start them inside and give them too much fertilizer and treat them as if they were a new born babe. Many people did this with Picardy. Picardy is a very easy propagator and likes nothing more than to be put right outdoors where it can rough it with the other varieties It will really do better than it would to be pampered too much in the house. Of c
Archive image from page 10 of Descriptive list of gladiolus (1934). Descriptive list of gladiolus . descriptivelisto1934cham Year: 1934 ( CHAMPLAIN VIEW DON'T PAMPER GLADS. Some people, especially with new kinds, try to be too good to the bulbs. Start them inside and give them too much fertilizer and treat them as if they were a new born babe. Many people did this with Picardy. Picardy is a very easy propagator and likes nothing more than to be put right outdoors where it can rough it with the other varieties It will really do better than it would to be pampered too much in the house. Of course it is all right to start some new things inside but don't be too good to them as the gladiolus is a cool weather plant and doesn't like too much heat. CROOKED STEMS. Many people write me as to the cause of crooked stems on their glads This is largely a matter of variety but is aggravated very much by bad weather. Some varieties have a natural tend- ency to be a little weak and then when we get very hot weather followed by cool nights the stems will crook and are not able to straighten up again. Personally I don't think that a slight kink in a stem hurts it any but when they get the saxaphone type or tie themselves up in knots it is pretty bad. The location where grown affects them a good deal which is another way of say- ing that the weather causes crooked stems. Out on the west coast some varieties grow perfectly straight that here in the east are very crooked. The variety Coryphee for instance I understand grows straight in the west but usually here in the east ties itself up in knots though you occasionally hear of someone here who does grow it straight. Of course it can be grown straight by staking.
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