Proper care for gladiolus after flowering and before it

Gladioluses are flowers that belong to the family of iris. Their homeland is the African continent and the Mediterranean. These plants have narrow wedge-shaped leaves and amaze with a variety of shapes, colors and varieties.

Flowers gladioli: planting and care

These representatives of the flora are very demanding on the amount of light. The area for their planting should be well lit during the day. Even in the morning hours shading should not be, otherwise the flowers will begin to bloom 2-3 weeks after the usual time. Gladiolus can not be planted for many years in one place. The sites for their planting need to be changed.

The best soil for these representatives of the flora is sandy loam or light loamy soil with a weakly acid reaction. Preparation for planting should start in the autumn. At 1 square. M. It is necessary to make humus 1-1.5 buckets, 100 grams of ash, 50 g of superphosphate and 20-30 g of potassium sulphate. The site needs to be thoroughly and thoroughly dig.

The bulbs of plants before planting should be kept in garlic solution for three hours. This disinfects them and stimulates good growth. Planting is performed in the spring, when the soil warms up to +10 C at a sufficient depth. Before stabilizing the temperature, it is better to cover the plants. Bulbs are planted with an interval of 8-15 cm (depending on their size). In loose soils, gladioli are planted deeper, and on heavy soils closer to the surface. The distance between the rows is about 25 cm. Large and small bulbs are best planted on separate beds.

Care for gladioli is in abundant watering (a couple of times a week), weeding and loosening the soil (after each moisturizing). Plants also need to feed nitrogen in the phase of the second leaf. Next time they are fertilized (potassium + nitrogen + phosphorus) with the appearance of a flower bud. Potassium with phosphorus is also introduced when the inflorescence appears, then when the plant blooms. Gladioluses after flowering are fed with the same composition. You can also use organic fertilizers.

Care for gladioli after flowering

Cleaning is very important for caring for these plants. Care after gladioli after flowering is in it and the proper storage of bulbs. Dig them up after 40-50 days after the plants have faded. To tighten with this procedure should not be, since the raw soil does not affect the bulbs too well. Caring for gladioli after flowering is very important. The first to clean the varieties that have faded before. Those representatives of the flora, which were grown tubers, are left in the end.

Bulbs are best for digging with a pitchfork to reduce the risk of their damage, and then pull them with their hands from the ground for the stem. Then they are cleaned of the debris and put on tarpaulins or polyethylene. Sick items are discarded and burned. The stem must be cut under the base. You can leave only a short stump - no more than 0.7 cm. Care of gladioli after flowering is also in the proper storage of bulbs. First they dry for 3 days in the sun. Substituting corms should be separated from the maternal, cleaned from tubers and roots. This avoids fusariosis. After this, the material is etched for about an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate, and then carefully dried in capron or gauze pouches for about 3 weeks, after hanging in a warm place. The bulbs are kept for about a month at room temperature. Store them in a dry room at a temperature of + 5-7 C, air humidity of about 70% (you can use a refrigerator for these purposes). Once a month, the material should be inspected, the diseased specimens removed, and the dampened dried.