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Cultural Instructions 
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possible. Much of the trouble with glads can be avoided 
by quick curing. The commercial growers use heat and elec- 
tric fans. Screen bottom trays will give them more air and 
help to dry them quickly. 
In two or three weeks, the old bulbs should come off easily. 
This is the time to clean them as afterward the old bulbs get 
dried on and are hard to remove. Just remove the old bulb, 
but do not take off the husk from the new bulb, as it is 
needed to protect the bulb and keep it from drying out too 
much. After cleaning, dust them again with DDT and Arasan 
or Spergon or other good combined fungicide and insecti- 
cide. Dry the bulbs a few days more after cleaning, before 
putting away for the winter. In storing, keep them in shallow 
trays or boxes or if you have only a few of a kind you can use 
paper bags. Keep temperature 35 to 50 degrees. Nowadays, 
a warm temperature is favored over a cool one. At cleaning 
time discard all bulbs showing disease, as diseased bulbs com- 
ing in contact with clean ones may spoil the latter. 
GROWING BULBLETS —This is not much different from han- 
dling bulbs. Plant them in a trench like peas, or if you want 
to get the most growth, give them more space. Even if 
planted fairly thickly, they should make small and medium 
size bulbs. Under extra good conditions many should make 
large size bulbs. 
Varieties vary a great deal in germinating. Some will grow 
under most any conditions, while others will germinate only 
25% or less. If you have new high priced varieties, peel the 
bulblets, or at least take a part of the husk off on one side to 
let moisture in; or you can just crack them between the 
thumb and finger. Most varieties of bulblets will not germi- 
nate 100% anyway. 
There are various ways of helping germination. Some soak 
them a day or two in water. Others place them in the sun 
for 10 hours or so. One of the best ways is to soak them a 
few hours in a cloth bag, and then put the bag in the sun, 
wet it, and turn it 2 or 3 times a day for a week or so. Bulb- 
lets must have moisture after planting. They are easy to 
grow but there are so many things beyond the seller's control 
that no dealer can guarantee germination. An occasional 
variety will not germinate until held over a year. 
GROWING FOR SHOWS — This is about the same as 
growing for pleasure, but to grow the best to compete with 
others, you have to do things a little better. Soil should be 
deep and mellow, plant 6 to I2 inches apart, use plenty of 
fertilizer and lots of water at all times, especially from the 
time the bloom spikes appear above the leaves. Side dress 
lightly 2 or 3 times with 5-10-10 or other good fertilizer and 
water it in. Sometimes in trying to grow glads to perfection 
you may sacrifice the bulb, as all varieties will not stand the 
extra forcing. Better just give them plenty of room and good 
ordinary culture and lots of water and save your bulbs. 
In order to hit certain show dates, plant late varieties very 
early and make 2 or 3 plantings of the others 10 days apart. 
Early varieties usually bloom too early for the shows and are 
not good show varieties anyway. If your blooms come out 
too early for a show, you can usually cut them with one or 
two blooms open and hold them in a cold storage or butch- 
er's refrigerator at 35 to 40 degrees. 
There are various ways to get blooms to a show but what- 
ever way you use, be extremely careful not to bruise a petal, 
have as many blooms open as possible and have them all 
faced right. If any buds are misplaced you can push them 
around to the front while growing. 
In spite of the above seemingly complicated instructions, 
GLADS ARE REALLY EASY TO GROW. 
