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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 
commercial 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. 
Flant rows anywhere from twelve inches to two feet apart. Plant in rows from two 
io 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. 
Fven if the tops are green, bulbs should be taken up before the ground freezes deeply. 
/\fter 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 the bottoms. 
They may then be placed in storage. 
The storage temperature is best at 40 to 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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