Gladiolus Experience

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

After a long long time I planted Glads in three batches 1st,15th,and 30th November, the last batch was half in pot and half in a bed.
Got only one bloom from the two pots of 1st November sowing, No scape on 15th sowing and one in the pot of 30th sowing. those planted in the bed did better they caught up with the rest and have six scapes.



Center two pots are of 1st, right one of 15th and left one of 30th sowing right back ground is the bed.

As today
The pots



The bed



Conclusion, draw your own
Arif

[mikhurram]

Brig Sahib, a long time back i used to grow Gladiolus but stopped growing them as their bloom time is erratic. They only look good together if all of them bloom together. As evident from the picture shown by you only three glads are in bloom with the fourth gearing up for its display and by the time bud appear on others the blooms will near to an end in the current Glads.

Also i have noticed that during the 2nd year the bloom time would be even more unpredictable with some of the Gladiolus that may not bloom at all. However having said that there are farms near Pattoki where Gladiolus are grown successfully by lifting them and planting them at a particular time.

regards,

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

It is too early to draw any conclusions, So far I feel It may be a disappointment.

[mikhurram]

This image of a Gladiolus field near Saggian bridge appeared in today's 'Dawn' paper.

http://epaper.dawn.com/Advt.php?StoryIm ... 14_176_004

[khabbab]

I do not think at the farm they get flower spikes on all the corms (If even 60% flower then keeping in view corm price and market price of one flower spike) But just enough to achieve a good profit. What do they use, potash? Are their Corms very large? Corm size is very important in my limited experience of glads.

[rafique]

Ready to harvest Gladiolus Farm. First time sowing and its looking successful to me. Anyone willing to observe can visit near University College of information Technology New Campus, me visited last week and have some images.

[Munir]

Very nice, healthy plants- all uniform height,though they look rather dense.

[Hamad]

wow what a view, looking stunning may I ask whose farm is it, lush green foliage and like Muir sb said uniform height, most of the plats seems to be flowering, what is the secret behind this success any specific fertilizer or combination of fertilizers and tips to grow.

Hamad

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Hamad its widely grown on commercial bases now in Pakistan for the cut flower industry. The bulbs are available on good rates from Patokki in whole sale. The real secret is the time.One thing which is important that only sex or seven colors are available for commercial growers.The growers apply DAP for good results.

[mikhurram]

by rafique » March 19th, 2014, 8:25 pm

Ready to harvest Gladiolus Farm. First time sowing and its looking successful to me. Anyone willing to observe can visit near University College of information Technology New Campus, me visited last week and have some images.

It's always to joy to see these refreshing photos. Fantastic shots. Even the photo image which appear in Dawn posted by me pales in comparison to the sharpness and clarity of these images.

Amsterdam or White Prosperity is the preferred white Gladiolus variety by growers. The main distributor of Gladiolus is based in Centre Point, Lahore who also imports the Amaryllis on behalf of seed shops. At one time i had managed to collect 8-9 gladiolus varieties with an year but then gave up due to reasons mentioned above. The key is not fertilization but the particular timing when these gladiolus are taken out of the fields after flowering and then placed in the soil again. I suspect that the corms are stored in crates in commercial chillers used for making ice for certain months and then taken out again. While these Gladiolus are resting in the chillers, probably fresh harvest supplies are brought from the northern parts of the country, NWFP, Kashmir or Murree for the remaining duration. The cut business of Gladiolus has really thrived and taken off particularly in the last 10 years.