Recommendations - how to care for gladioli for beginners

 

Figuring out how to care for a gladiolus is easy. It has been grown since ancient times. Even a novice gardener masters the cultivation of gladiolus quickly.

We grow gladioli

This large but delicate flower is a worthy garden decoration. There are basic processes that create the rules of care:

  • watering,
  • loosening the soil,
  • weeding of foreign weeds,
  • mulching the soil,
  • top dressing,
  • fertilizers.

Let's consider the processes separately. Provide the plants with abundant watering - 10-15 liters for 1 m2. Then it will be possible to moisten the soil easily even with a root depth of 30-35 cm. With surface watering, there will be no benefit, but the weeds will grow and develop. It is carried out between rows, as well as along furrows at a depth of 3-5 cm in the middle of the rows. They are arranged in advance in the beds - they help to avoid water on the leaves.

When watering is carried out, loosening is necessary. This way it is possible to destroy the crust, and the root system will receive an additional flow of air. Remember that loosening is akin to dry dressing. In addition, this is a guarantee of maintaining moisture in the soil near the roots. In dry weather, loosening is also necessary; it is carried out from 1 time in 10 days.

Be sure to weed the beds. Weeds can permanently overshadow the sprouts of gladioli. In the best case, the growth of flowers will be slowed down, and weeds often carry diseases. It is among the weeds that slugs willingly settle.

Nitrogen is recommended as a fertilizer, but at first. Then use the gladiolus mix. In this regard, recommendations on how to care for gladioli are also quite feasible.

Category:Flowers | Gladiolus
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I have been growing gladioli for only the second year, I think your simple advice will be very useful to me. Thank you!