aladium Notes 
GROW S.S.S. FANCY LEAVED CALADIUM: INCREASE YOUR PROFITS 
VARIETY SELECTION: Use the Color Chart and select 
those varieties whose color will in your opinion (your opi- 
nion is best) have the greatest appeal to your clientele. Some 
varieties are not vigorous bulb producers and if you are us- 
ing a large bulb, check and see if the variety selected can 
normally be had in the bulb size you wish. If not, then 
time and disappointment will be saved if another variety 
is selected or your order submitted to conform to the bulb 
size commonly available in that variety. Many growers are 
now using several small bulbs instead of a large one, es- 
pecially if the large sized bulbs are not available in the va- 
riety wanted. 
CARE OF BULBS: 
to cold temperatures. It is imperative in cold weather and 
Caladium bulbs are very sensitive 
desirable at all times that when your bulbs are received 
they be removed from the carton and packing material im- 
mediately and spread thinly in trays in a warm location 
with good air circulation. When bulbs are received in win- 
ter, TO JUST BE PLACED IN A WARM LOCATION WITHOUT 
UNPACKING MAY BE MORE HARMFUL THAN TO LEAVE 
COOL, because in warming rapidly a caladium bulb col- 
lects moisture and unless it is exposed so that the atmos- 
phere may absorb the moisture mold and decay begins 
immediately. 
Bulbs spread thinly in trays in a dry place that is warm 
and has good air circulation should hold for any reasonable 
time until you are ready to plant. 
PLANTING: 
upside down or as they grew, some prefer one and some 
Relative to best practice in planting bulbs 
the other. Both procedures seem to have some merit and 
the one used will depend on what is desired. Bulbs planted 
upside down seem to throw growth into a large number of 
eyes hence a nicer pot developes in the end, but normally 
emergence seems to be delayed by the adverse position of 
the bulb. Hence, if there is plenty of time the upside down 
practice would probably be best. If a quicker pot is desired 
the right side up planting is correct. 
CULTURE: 
ally grows best in very warm temperatures, 90 degrees or 
The caladium is a tropical plant and natur- 
more. They will grow in lower temperatures, but as the 
growing temperature is lowered performance is propor- 
tionately less desirable in growth and coloration to the point 
of intolerance. 
Caladium are heavy feeders and seem to grow best 
in a soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6 and with sufficient organic 
matter to prevent its packing and sealing to the point of lock- 
ing out air circulation. The pot soil should be loose and 
fluffy even after continuous and frequent waterings during 
the growing period. A mixture of equal parts of coarse 
sand, peat, or leaf mold and dairy manure has been found 
very satisfactory. 
Caladium should be started in moist soil after roots 
have started more water is required. As the plant develops 
it will use more and more water as the leaf area increases 
and more water is thrown off, but the soil should never con- 
tain sufficient water to “water-log” or seal out air circulation. 
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MINIMUM ORDER 100 BULBS — NOT LESS THAN 10 BULBS OF A VARIETY 
