Show r You and Your Garden I Grow Gow Easy Colorful Gladioli For Added Bouquet Beauty Dy ny Genevieve II Folsom Telegram Garden Editor I If you are arc one of those people who prefers to grow flowers which will supply you with an abundance of bloom for cut flower use then you ou should have some gladioli in your our garden Gladiolus are one of the easiest flowers to grow and Reed Nuttall of Provo one of the states state's leading growers of these beautiful flowers gives us some timely hints on how to successfully raise them Mr Ir Nuttall suggests that gladioli gladi gladi- oli oh do well any place a vegetable garden will grow They need plenty of sunshine regular watering watering watering water water- ing and a n well vel drained soil At planting time regardless of where your corms 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 The formula formula formula for for- mula to use is one teaspoonful Lysol to orie one quart of water Grow Gross In Rows flows It is best to grow your gladioli in rows in the garden just as you do your vegetables Make succeSsive successive successive sive plantings about three weeks apart according to Mr Nuttall This should be from the time the trees first show their leaves in the spring until the early part of ot July Dig the soil solI deeply and make furrows or holes four to six inches deep for planting Place the bulbs or corms root end down 4 to 8 inches apart in rows two feet apart When planting later in the thc season it is well to irrigate the soil before planting Small bulbs less than 1 inch in diameter should be planted three to four inches deep and apart Mr Nuttall says to plant the the tiny little bulbs which are clustered around the roots when you dig the gladioli gladioli gladi gladi- oli oil in the fall While they seldom bloom the first year they will make good bulbs for blooming the second year These should be sown thickly like like- pe peas s in a furrow about two inches deep Cultivate Irrigate Gladioli should be cultivated and irrigated once a n week according to this expert This Tills should be coni continued con con- i Untied until at least a month after the thc plant is through blooming At blooming time he says the new bulb which will be dug in the falland fall falland falland and saved for next year ear is only about the size of a thimble If growth is stopped at this stage the bulbs will ill lack vitality for the next season Well Vell rotted manure is excellent as a fertilizer if applied in the fall or early spring Mr Nuttall Nuttall Nut- Nut tall cautions that the manure or oran an any other fertilizer should not come in direct contact with the bulb or plant as m serious injury will result Spraying digging curing and care of blooms will be discussed in another article to appear in this column together with some out outstanding gut gut- ut- ut standing varieties suggested b by Mr Nuttall I 1 |