gladiolia

lynne24 · October 2014

hi

can anyone tell me what to do with my gladiolia, do I leave it in, or if I dig them up, do I wait until the leaves die back?

Fairygirl · October 2014

Hi Lynne, I think most people lift them and replant the following year as they're not completely hardy, but sometimes they survive if you're in a favourable part of the country or have a sheltered garden. especially if they have a good mulch over them. Always best to wait till the foliage has died back as that feeds the bulb/corm, but if you're worried about severe weather arriving before that happens, you could lift them and put into pots of compost under cover somewhere to let them die back.

Yviestevie · October 2014

I grew them for the first time this year and decided I really didnt like them so I dug them up.

Fairygirl · October 2014

philippa

I've grown some Acidanthera for the first time this year, but I think they'd die if I left them in the ground here. Might leave some and see what happens

Fairygirl · October 2014

Could you arrange a little fleecy greenhouse round them philippa? Fasten some battens to the wall, or even just vine eyes and wire, and then attach a few layers of fleece if there's going to be a bad spell of weather. Seems a helluva job to lift and shift them all.

My Acidantheras are in one of my raised beds and the soil's light and free draining so it's worth a punt, but in an ordinary border here I'd lift them - I actually wouldn't bother growing them at all to be honest. Our winters are just too wet and they'd rot in the clay soil even with plenty of grit dug in.

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