

HOW TO GROW GLADS FROM BULBLETS 
A great many of our customers order bulblets and apparently have good success 
as we have had few complaints. We do not guarantee the germination of bulblets, 
and they need good care after germination. A 75% germination is fine — some varieties 
are so difficult that 25% is good. They are cheap in comparison with the price of bulbs 
because they are uncertain, and given even fair germination it is an economical way to 
get a start in new and expensive introductions. With expensive varieties it increases 
your percentage of germination if the hard hull is cracked or, even better, entirely 
removed. With these sorts it pays to give each bulblet ample room to develop. Given 
two to three inch spacing, with ample water, they can easily make a large bulb and 
even bloom the first year if they germinate quickly. We plant as early in the spring as 
we can get into the ground, covering the bulblets about 1¥2 to 2 inches deep. Sizes vary 
greatly with different varieties, but the bulblets you will receive on your order are the 
largest we have on hand. 
One treatment we find helps greatly, and that is to keep bulblets stored in a warm 
room — 70 degrees or more —for four to six weeks before planting. This seems to 
promote quick germination. Bulblets that are produced by bulbs grown from bulblets 
ordinarily germinate very much better than those produced from older bulbs. They 
are always smaller in size than those from older bulbs. When available, we always 
send out the bulblet grown from a bulblet because of the ease of germination. 
GROWING GLADS FROM SEED 
At some point in the progress of the Glad grower comes first the idea of growing 
them from seed. This is indeed a fascinating garden adventure. The results are 
guaranteed to relieve bordom, and if you have never tried this experiment — by alll 
means plant some this year. The planting and culture are quite simple — plant just as 
early in the spring as weather permits working the ground. The soil must be friable 
and mellow. By mixing leaf mold or finely ground peat in the soil trench, it can be put 
in good condition even if quite stiff and hard. The seeds are covered with about 2 inch 
of light mellow soil (pressed lightly to firm the ground about the seed) and spaced about 
2 inches apart so that the new bulb will have room to grow to good size. Germination 
requires 3 to 5 weeks, when first blades will appear looking almost like a single blade of 
grass. Keep bed well watered, not of course until the ground is soggy, but well moist at 
all times. If ever the ground is allowed to become quite dry at root level the growth of 
the bulb is stopped, and later watering will not start its growth again. The bulbs are dug 
late in summer or fall and if they have attained a growth of 2 inch diameter or more 
they should bloom the next year. Most of them, if seed is from the finer modern varieties, 
will be better than the old-fashioned kinds (which for some unexplainable reason most 
local seed stores still offer), a few may be as good as the parent, but of course not like 
it — and once in 10,000 or so you may achieve a miracle. Regardless of the quantity 
you grow no two will be exactly alike. 
BULBLETS AND BULBLET PRICES 
We are prepared to supply bulblets of every variety we list, although to save on 
printing costs these are not listed or priced except in a few instances. The basis of bulblet 
prices are 10 bulblets for the price of a large bulb. Smaller quantities are furnished 
at equivalent rate, but no bulblet order of less than 25 cents per variety can be furnished 
because of the expense of labeling and packaging. Since 75% germination of bulblets 
is exceptionally good, we do not guarantee germination, nor replace those that fail to 
germinate. We do not recommend the purchase of less than 2 or 3 bulblets of a variety. 
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