CASTLE - ARKEMA »» GLADIOLUS 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
PLANT ANY TIME AFTER THE FIRST 
OF MAY UNTIL THE LAST WEEK IN JUNE. 
PLANT IN ROWS OR BEDS WHERE THEY 
GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THE SUN 
KEEP AWAY FROl)l BUILDINGS, WALLS, 
SHUBBERY AND TREES. 
SOIL SHOULD BE WELL FERTILIZED, 
USING ONLY WELL ROTTED MANURE. 
PLANT FROM FOUR TO SIX INCHES DEEP, 
ACCORDING TO THE SOIL. 
PLANT IN ROWS 18 TO 20 IN. APART, 
AND 4 TO 6 INCHES APART IN ROWS. 
DISINFECT ALL BULBS REGARDLESS OF 
THEIR SOURCE, USING A SOLUTION MADE 
UP OF ONE OUNCE OF MERCURIC CHLORIDE 
TO 10 GALLONS OF WATER FOR AT LEAST 
5 OR 6 HOURS. MERCURIC CHLORIDE CAN 
BE SECURED AT YOUR DRUG STORE. 
KEEP CULTIVATED ONE-HALF TO TWO 
INCHES DEEP. 
KEEP WELL WATERED, SOAKING THEM 
TWICE A WEEK. 
DURING THE GROWING SEASON, BEFORE 
FLOWERING, IT IS WELL TO SPRAY ABOUT 
EVERY 10 DAYS WITH THE FOLLOWING 
SOLUTION; ONE-HALF PINT MOLASSES TO 
THREE GALLONS OF WATER, AND ADD TWO 
HEAPING TABLESPOONS OF PARIS GREEN. 
APPLY WITH STRONG PRESSURE. 
IN CUTTING BLOOMS, CUT WHEN FIRST 
BLOOM IS OPEN, MAKING A SLANTING CUT 
LEAVING FOUR TO SIX LEAVES ON STALK 
TO MATURE THE BULB. 
AFTER STALKS TURN BROWN; CUT OFF 
STALKS ABOUT ONE-HALF INCH FROM 
BULB IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIGGING. IT 
IS WELL TO BURN THESE STALKS TO 
DESTROY ANY DISEASE. 
DRY THE BULBS IN OPEN AIR. CLEAN 
WHEN DRY. 
DURING THE WINTER IT IS WELL TO 
PLACE BULBS IN CONTAINER WITH NAP- 
THALENE FLAKES FOR A PERIOD OF TV/O 
WEEKS TO DESTROY ANY THRIPS PRESENT. 
