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Care and Culture 

SOIL AND FERTILIZER 
Glads do well on most any soil if they are planted in the open garden where there 
is plenty of sunshine. You may work well rotted manure into the soil in the Spring by 
putting it into the bottom of your planting trench, then covering with an inch of soil, 
then planting your bulbs. Vigoro is also good. Two or three applications of com- 
mercial fertilizer may be made on the surface along the rows during the growing season 
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; your plants 
must also have at least an inch of water every three or four days. 
TREATING BULBS 
We treat all of our stock before planting with LYSOL, one tablespoon to one 
gallon of water. Soak bulbs or bulblets six hours. This treatment is a preventative 
against scab and rot and also is said to be a sure killer of thrip. 
PLANTING 
Work soil to a depth of eight inches, or ten inches will be better. For large bulbs 
they should be covered with not less than six inches of soil. The deeper planting helps 
keep them upright when blooming. Smaller bulbs should be planted 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. Plant in rows from two to six 
inches apart, depending on space and size of bulbs. They do well planted close 
together, but require more water. 
BULBLETS 
In planting the rare kinds, remove a part of the hard shell first, then keep in damp 
sand until bulblets sprout, then plant, covering with about two inches of fine soil. They 
should not be allowed to dry out during this process of germination. Temperature about 
70° F. The commercial varieties are generally put in cloth bags and soaked in water 
for a day or two, then taken out for a day and then put back to soak. This may 
be repeated several times until bulblets sprout, then plant. 
DIGGING AND STORAGE 
Our early stock is taken up in late September. The bulbs should be taken up 
within six weeks to two months after blooming but before the tops begin to get brown. 
Even if the tops are green, bulbs should be taken up before the ground freezes deeply. 
After digging cut off the tops close to bulbs and put in screen bottomed tray to cure. 
They should have plenty of ventilation while curing and must not be put in containers 
more than three or four inches deep. Stir them every few days and keep dry. In three 
weeks they will be cured so that old bulbs may be removed from the bottoms. They 
may then be placed in storage. 
The storage temperature is best at 40 io 50 degrees. Your storage room should be 
dry, cool and ventilated and as near uniform as possible as to temperature. It is well 
to look at your bulbs every two or three weeks. If they are showing signs of too much 
moisture or looking mouldy, dry them out and give better ventilation. Keep them in 
small containers and spread thin. 

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