2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The main advantage of gladiolus is its spike-shaped inflorescence. The value of the inflorescence is the higher, the more simultaneously blossoming flowers adorn it. The ability of a plant to simultaneously show up to a dozen blossoming flowers on one peduncle to the world is influenced by a number of moments in the behavior of its environment
Curvature of peduncles
Among the abundance of varieties of gladioli, there are those in which the curvature of the peduncles is observed already at the beginning of the flowering of the spike-shaped inflorescence. This makes it difficult to enjoy flowering, causing instead of joy a feeling of compassion, which is also necessary for a person, but the purpose of growing gladioli is to give birth to other feelings.
There is only one way to deal with this phenomenon. Having identified the tendency of a certain variety to curvature of the peduncle, you should simply exclude the planting of such bulbs in your flower garden.
Causes of the curvature of the peduncle
Curvature of the stem can also be observed in other varieties that, under favorable conditions, do not lend themselves to such ailment. The reason may be sultry dry weather, which is established in nature even for a short period of time. The heat leads to a temporary wilting of the entire plant, provoking a significant curvature of the peduncle. When the heat subsides, the gladiolus recovers and continues to grow successfully, leaving traces of damage.
Protection methods
The heat affects the gladiolus not through the soil, which can be watered, but through the dry air. In such cases, to help the plants, they should be shaded from direct, exhausting all living things, sunlight. Shading methods depend on the scale of the area occupied by gladioli. You can use the primitive old method, covering the inflorescences with pieces of gauze, or build protective awnings, awnings.
Flowering quality
Heat not only bends the stems, but also affects the quality of flowering. Moreover, here the high air temperature acts in conjunction with the high temperature of the soil. The flowers become smaller, change their original color, and the buds located on the upper floors of the inflorescence dry up before they have time to bloom.
To the troubles is added the stoppage of the growth of the lateral branches of the peduncle. In addition, the edges of the petals of the flowers that have bloomed and the bracts of the buds receive sunburn, turning decorative inflorescences into sick invalids.
Correct agricultural technology, the creation of a microclimate for gladioli, rational organization of irrigation and mulching of the soil serve as protection.
Simultaneous blooming
The more flowers bloom at the same time on one peduncle, the more decorative the gladiolus, the higher it is appreciated by gardeners and amateurs. Today, breeders are working on breeding varieties that can delight the world with the simultaneous flowering of up to ten flowers.
Breeders' efforts are retreating when dry, hot weather takes the lead. Even varieties with a pronounced ability to give at the same time a dozen flowers that have opened their petals are inferior to the heat of the position, reducing the number of such flowers.
Favorable mild weather with sufficient air humidity, unlike heat, works wonders. Varieties capable of simultaneous flowering of three or four flowers give a lush flowering in such weather, with a much larger number of opened flowers.
Little trick
To achieve the simultaneous flowering of a large number of flowers on one stem, the plant's ability to inhibit flowering in low light is used. To do this, the lower buds, ready to reveal their beauty to the world, are covered with dark material, allowing the higher buds to catch up with them in development. When the upper buds are ready to bloom, the darkening is removed from the lower buds. And gladiolus gives the simultaneous flowering of a large number of its beautiful flowers.
Cutting off flowering ears
When cutting off blooming gladioli, try not to damage the leaves of the plant. Your neatness will help the gladiolus develop lateral peduncles and give you another flowering.
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