Show gladiolus can ruin bulbs county agent says control gladiolus on stored bulbs now it if you have not already done BO so advised wm I 1 farnsworth county agricultural agent gladiolus cause winter damage to gladiolus bulbs conns by getting down under the scales and feeding on the tissues this reduces vitality of the plants which aro to grow next season if stored in a warm place this also allows the to become more abundant for stacking untreated plants when they start to grow next spring DDT dust the rate of only a tablespoon full of 10 25 or SO 50 percent DDT powder per conns and shaken up in 1 a cardboard box or large paper sack should kill all present from the standpoint of protecting the coons corms from disease as well as it is advisable to use an equal amount of aras an with the DDT thus giving double protection gladiolus conns should always be cleaned and treated for control nt 1 in fall or early winter careless growers actually actual lir set out their own infestation for next bummers cum mers plant injury when they plant untreated corms borms in ln spring a 41 P |