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How to choose Gladiolus seed ball

Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
2020-05-08 10:55:20
Shape and size: it is better for seed ball to be oblate and medium size. With or without diseases and insect pests: choose bulbs without brown or black spots, mildew and rot, and insect bites. Whether there is damage to the bud eye and the bottom: if there is damage to these two places, it will affect the germination of hair roots. Variety to be pure: select the pure species, or you will not get the flowers you want.

Shape and size

Selection of Gladiolus Corms: Shape and Size

It is better for Gladiolus to have a flat ball and medium size.

The flat bulb indicates that it has degenerated or even aged, and is not suitable for planting; the bulb is too large, although it has more germination, but it consumes a lot of nutrients, and the flowering is not good.

Are there any diseases and insect pests?

Selection of Gladiolus Corms: Shape and Size

The bulbs should be free of brown or black spots, mildew, rot and insect bites.

Is there any damage to the bud eye and the bottom?

Selection of Gladiolus Corms: Shape and Size

Because the bud eye is the place where the bulb germinates after planting, and the bottom of the bulb is the place where the root sprouts, the two parts cannot be damaged, otherwise it will affect the root and germination, and the plant cannot grow normally.

The variety should be pure.

Gladiolus seed ball selection: shape and size

There are many kinds of gladiolus. When choosing, we should choose pure species and try not to choose hybrid ones, or we will not get the desired flower branches.

If you want a specific flower color, you can choose it according to the seed ball. For yellow or orange flowers, the bulb base will be yellow; for red or pink flowers, the bulb base will be pink; for white or light flowers, the bulb color will also be light.

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