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Posted by malamute5 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 8, 08 at 21:34
| Just doing my annual wondering about gladiolas. Was cutting plants back today so that reminded me to ask. 1st, do they have seeds? Pods where each blossom has been seems to have seeds. If so, can they be propagated from them?
This isn't earth shatteringly important -- just a nice distraction from the economy and the elections. THanks for any info. |
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RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| Yes,yes & yes... Soak seed in water for 8 hours then lightly cover , soil temp 64-77F & takes 21-042 days to germinate. will flower after 2-5 years. |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| also if you pick those glads up, those bulbs have tiny bulbs attached to the original bulb that you planted, i have found that guess what? you can replant them and they grow. its weird, they have seeds up top and below!! amazingly awesome!! this is the only plant i know of that does that, well my tulips did that with the corms down below but nothing above. ~Medo |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| lilies also have babes beneaTH THE SOIL AND PRODUCE SEEDS. tHE BABY BULBS ARE CLONES BUT THE SEEDS MAY BE ANYTHING IF POLLINATED WITH OTHER VARIETIES. My Glads never seem to set viable seed but I replant all the cormlets to add to the inventory. I only lift the Glads every other year or so. |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| Hi, I just dug up my 30 corms for the winter and have about 150 of little cormlets sized between 4MM and 10MM. I would love to be able to plant and have all of them come up next year. What exactly should I do with them?
Do I just overwinter them the same as the larger Corms? |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| malamute5 I think many glads sold now are infertile triploids. That's a guess, I don't know the breeders' secrets- but they rarely set seed for me. When they have, they bloomed in only about 3 years, and as said above, they can cross with other colors and be complete surprises. lydon71 Yes, just keep them with the mother corms. Plant them like big seeds in the Spring 2" deep. (I do it in the fall, but glads are hardy here). Vincent |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| I put my baby crom glads in peat moss in a small cardboard box. Should they be fine for the winter? |
RE: gladiola ? do they have seeds?
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| An interesting thing about Glads, and all corm type plants, i.e. Crocuses, and many others. The primary method of reproduction for the commercial market is harvesting the small corms, I think they’re referred to as ‘bulbils’. If you dig your corm, you will see the current season’s corm totally shriveled at the bottom, and a new corm for next year has developed above it. The bulbils are usually found on the bottom of the shriveled corm, although this varies from species to species. With the new corm developing above the old, one would think that the whole thing would drive itself to the surface, that dosn't happen, the corm develops what is called ‘contractile’ roots which will pull the new corm to the proper depth.. this will happen with Narcissi (Daffodils) as well, if you plant them too shallow in the fall, contractile roots will pull the bulb down to the proper depth. Not to say one should be careless on the depts., the bulb will expend energy (i.e. reserves) to accomplish this downward movement. An after thought, several years ago I found out that Chinese Water Chestnuts are 'corms' Mike Cassidy |
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