Gladioluses are flowers that belong tofamily 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.
These representatives of flora are very demandingamount of light. The landing area should be well lit during the day. Even in the morning hours there should be no shading, otherwise the plants will begin to bloom 2-3 weeks later than usual. Gladiolus can not be planted for many years in one place. Plots for their landing need to be changed.
The best primer for these representatives of florais sandy or light loamy soil with a weak acid reaction. Preparation for planting should begin in the fall. On 1 square. m. you need to make humus 1-1.5 buckets, 100 g of ash, 50 g of superphosphate and 20-30 g of potassium sulfate. The site must be carefully and deeply dig.
Gladiolus care is plentifulwatering (a couple of times a week), weeding and loosening the soil (after each wetting). Plants also need nitrogen fertilization in the second leaf phase. The next time they are fertilized (potassium + nitrogen + phosphorus) when a flower bud appears. Potassium with phosphorus is also introduced when the inflorescences appear, then when the plant blooms. Gladioluses after flowering are fed with the same composition. Organic fertilizers can also be used.
Care for gladioli after flowering
A very important event for the care of theseplants is a cleaning. Care for gladioli after flowering is in it and the proper storage of the bulbs. They need to dig up after 40-50 days after the plants have faded. To tighten with this procedure should not be, as the wet soil is not very good effect on the bulbs. Care for gladioli after flowering is very important. The first removed varieties that faded earlier. Those representatives of the flora, which were grown by tubercles, are left last.
Луковицы лучше подкапывать вилами, чтобы снизить risk of damage, and then pull them out of the ground with their hands behind the stem. Then they are cleaned of the remnants of the soil and put on a tarp or polyethylene. Sick copies are rejected and burned. The stem should be cut under the base. You can leave only a short stump - no more than 0.7 cm. Care for gladioli after flowering is also in the proper storage of the bulbs. First, they are dried for 3 days in the sun. Replacing the corm must be separated from the parent, clean from the tuber buds and roots. This avoids fusarium. After that, the material is etched for about an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate, and then thoroughly dried in nylon or gauze bags for about 3 weeks, hanging in a warm place. Next, the bulbs are kept for about a month at room temperature. They should be stored in a dry room at a temperature of + 5-7 ° C and about 70% humidity (you can use a refrigerator for these purposes). Once a month, the material must be inspected, the diseased specimens should be removed, and the damp ones should be dried.
