Gladioli in summer

[aykhan]

I have been told to plant them in Fall. I a planning for end of October.

[newton]

Even humans have the highest number of florets in spring as compared to summer. What do you expect poor gladioli to do in 47c? Ask any one over 50 how perky he feels when it is 48.

Hey ,,,,, speak for yourself I still feel like 21

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in mind and spirit only though as the body sometimes disagrees

[Syed Adnan]

@ BRig. Sb : For Lahore although Glads will do well if planted by end Oct, my general experience of GLads planting is mid Nov., they will bloom exactly after 3 months , ..... but corms should be healthy

[rafique]

I have planted in last week of august. i dont yet know how they will perform? Hope to get flowers in november.

[farah fayyaz]

Mine didn't response well.Rather it was a bad experience.still bulbs are in the bed.

[aykhan]

After the season is over Can they be left in the ground or in the pot or is it best to remove them and store Adnan?

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

I have been told to plant them in Fall. I a planning for end of October.

So I would be planting some in last week of Oct, mid Nov and last week of Nov.

[mikhurram]

Dilawar owner of Gulkar Cut Flower Florist corner shop in front of Mini-Market's roundabout grows Gladiolus on his farm near Pattoki. People interested to grow Glads can get in touch with him. I believe his father looks after the farm and would be able to guide better.
Glads only make an impact in grown en-masse and are sensitive to soil PH and maybe not bloom on a regular basis unlike Amaryllis who despite even neglect bloom atleast once. However i do not wish to discourage people from growing them and they are advised to seek input from Dilawar's father. The cost of glad corm is around Rs 4 and seed shops tend to sell them around Rs 20-25.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Imran, thanks.

[gulzarullah]

I had a one year research project on some eight glad varieties and many of them performed well. Now I am planning to import some 20,000 corms for my long term research from VWS Holland. I have some 400 corms produced from last year crop, If any one needs for free can tell me. Varieties I have are Red Balance, White prosperity and Yellow Flevo Breezer. Red Balance resulted in highest number of florets for me.