As rose - the queen, so gladiolus - the king among all flowers. His unique grace, certain stateliness, variety on coloring and form cannot leave indifferent anybody. Therefore he can very often be met on various garden sites.
With arrival of spring the summer residents ask question: how and when it is possible to plant gladioluses in soil in what month it is better to make it? Many of them glance over heavy encyclopedias or look through lot of information on the Internet in search of the answer to the question which is actually quite simple. Cultivation of gladioluses - business not it cunning and is available not only to professionals. But one after another.
Preparation of gladioluses for landing to the open ground
Before starting landing, gladioluses need to be prepared. For this purpose they should be got from cellar in which they were stored. If you bought flowers by seedling, then had to pay attention to tubers even upon purchase. They have to be without wreckers, mold, sores and other signs of the disease.Old or too big tubers should be cut accurately in half on the line going between sprouts. It will allow to rejuvenate gladioluses.
Healthy roots of gladioluses should be spread out in shadow on open space for prorashchivaniye. It will be the final stage of preparation of flowers for landing.
The choice of the place for cultivation
Before planting of gladioluses to the open ground it is necessary to consider in the spring that they prefer the friable soil rich various macro - and microelements and well lit throughout the day. Landing in the darkened place will lead them to the fact that they will badly blossom. However it is necessary to consider that these plants also have to be protected from norths.
Spring landing of gladioluses in soil
After you have decided on the place, it is possible to start directly disembarkation. Do everything in the following sequence:
- Carefully dig over bed, bring in it the rerotting compost and dry sand.
- Make on it transheyka of 13-15 cm in depth for large roots, in 7-9 - for averages, 5-6 - for small.
- On dny each transheyka fill dry sand.
- From above on it place gladioluses, slightly pressing them into the soil. The distance between them has to be rather long that to flowers it was comfortable grow.
- Powder tubers with the earth. Water bed from above with warm water (it is possible with the potassium permanganate dissolved in it).
On it to consider work on landing of gladioluses complete. It was necessary to answer question: in what month do plant gladioluses in soil? From the middle of March to the middle of May. However nothing terrible happens if you put them at the end of May. Just they will blossom a bit later (approximately for 1-2 weeks).