are cream, or light orange in color 
and the adult black and white. They 
hop and fly considerable distances, 
so they may attack your glads when 
least expected. Because one has not 
observed thrips in one’s garden is 
no assurance that they will not get 
to. your glads next summer or that 
they are not already present on your 
bulbs in storage. Storage treatment 
consists of dusting cured bulbs with 
3% D.D.T. powder. Leave this on 
the bulbs until planting time. If you 
have proper storage the above treat- 
ment will seldom be necessary as 
thrips and their eggs die if held for 
three months or longer at tempera- 
tures below 45 or 50 degrees. 
, At planting time. regardless of 
where your bulbs came from, give 
them the following treatment: soak 
in Lysol solution for three to six 
hours and plant immediately while 
the bulbs are still wet. This solution 
is insecticidal, fungicidal and a de- 
cided stimulant. If one fails to treat 
bulbs during the winter storage you 
should not miss treating them before 
planting. 
Formula for Lysol Solution: 
1 teaspoonful Lysol to 1 Quart of 
water, or 
~ 1% tablespoonsful Lysol to 1 gallon 
of water, or 
1 pint of Lysol to 25 gallons of wa- 
ter. 
Solution is more effective if water 
is around 70 to 80 degrees F. Solu- 
tion should be replaced after being 
used twice or three times. Cresol or 
Cresolis Compound are the same as 
Lysol. 
WHEN AND WHERE TO 
PLANT 
Successive plantings about three 
weeks apart should be made from 
the time the trees first show their 
leaves in the spring until the early 
part of July (for Provo and similar 
climate). Where frost comes earlier 
or later you can plant as long as you 
have 90 days before the first killing 
frost. At Provo glads can be bloomed 
during about a 100 day period from 
early July until October. 
Glads will grow any place a garden 
will do well. There are a few spots 
in Utah where the soil is too alkaline. 
Such areas should be avoided. They 
do best in a soil that is neutral or 
slightly acid but are very tolerant to 
other soils. They do best in full sun- 
shine but will bloom in partial shade. 
Avoid foundation or wall plantings 
as these situations are either too hot 
or too shaded. 
HOW TO PLANT 
In deeply prepared soil make fur- 
rows or holes 4 to 6 inches deep, place 
the bulbs root end down 4 to 6 inches 
apart in rows two feet apart. If at 
the time of late plantings the soil is 
dry, irrigate before planting. The 
water may be run right down the fur- 
row and the bulbs planted immedi- 
ately after water has been shut off. 
mall bulbs, less than 1 inch in di- 
ame‘er should be planted 3 to 4 
inches deep and apart. Bulblets, the 
tiny fellows that are clustered in the 
roots, are sown thickly like peas in 
a furrow about two inches deep. Bulb- 
lets seldom bloom the first year but 
make good bulbs and blooms the sec- 
ond. year. 
CULTIVATION, IRRIGATION 
AND FERTILIZATION 
Glads do best if cultivated and ir- 
rigated once a week after they come 
up until they are in bloom. It may 
be difficult while they are in bloom 
but a good cultivation after they are 
through .will be found very beneficial. 
Continue to water and care for your 
glads for at least a month after they 
are through blooming. At blooming 
time the new bulb that will later be 
dug and saved for the next year is 
only about the size of a thimble and 
is watery and immature. If for lack 
of water or any other reason growth 
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