Springville Herald | 1958-02-27 | Page 10 | Dust Glad Bulbs with DDT Powder

Dust Glad Bulbs With DDT Powder Thrips may be damaging gladiolus corms (bulbs) if they were stored without being dusted dus-ted with DDT, cautions Joel C. Barlow, agriculture extension exten-sion agent. 1 "Gladiolus corms should be cleaned and then dusted with 5 or 10 percent DDT dust immediately im-mediately wherever this has not already been done," advises ad-vises Dr. G. F. Knowlton, extension ex-tension entomologist at Utah State University, Logan. . Only 1 ounce of DDT dust per bushel is needed to get rid of the gladiolus thrips infestations. infes-tations. When DDT powder is mixed with an equal amount of Ara-san Ara-san fungicide 'for dusting corms, the combination treatment treat-ment also prevents root troubles. trou-bles. "It protects against both thrips and disease. If the clean corms receive this treatment and are properly stored, they should need no additional chemical che-mical treatment before planting plant-ing in the spring," Dr. Knowlton Knowl-ton added.