NOTES FOR PLANTING GLADS 
Soil and Fertilizer 
Any good garden soil is ideal. Glads do well on 
most any soil if they are planted in the open garden 
where there is plenty of sunshine and a reasonable 
amount of moisture. Soil should be well drained. 
If your soil is not strong, you may apply manure 
and turn under in the fall, or you may work well 
rotted manure into the soil in the spring. Two or 
three applications of commercial fertilizer may 
be made on the surface along the rows during the 
growing season and before the plants bloom. Any 
fertilizer should be kept from direct contact with 
the bulb or foliage. If you wish to grow immense 
spikes you must fertilize heavily but your plants 
must also have at least an inch of water every three 
or four days. Heavy fertilizing with insufficient 
'water will make your spikes a disappointment. 
Treating Bulbs 
We treat all of our stock before planting with 
Corrosive Sublimate. One ounce to ten gallons of 
water. Soak bulbs or bulblets over night in wood 
container. 
Planting 
Work soil to a depth of eight inches, or ten inches 
will be better. For large bulbs they should be cov¬ 
ered with not less than four inches of soil and many 
cover them with six inches. The deeper planting 
helps keep them upright when blooming. Smaller 
bulbs should be planted more shallow but not less 
than two inches. You may regulate your distance 
apart in the row by the space you have. Plant rows 
anywhere from twelve inches to two feet apart in 
garden, depending on space. Plant in rows from 
two to six inches apart, depending on space and 
number of bulbs. They do well planted close to¬ 
gether, making fine spikes but require more water. 
Also you should have richer soil or more fertilizer 
to get large spikes if planted close. You may, of 
course, plant in beds, spacing the bulbs about six 
inches each way. 
