Does any one know why my gladiolus don't stand right up. They are all tipping over?

It's possible you don't have your bulbs planted deep enough. Bulbs should be planted about 6 inches deep. They will fall over anyway sometimes though, and the little bamboo stakes are inexpensive. You could actually make your own stakes. They need to be about 3 feet tall and 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter.





If you leave your glad bulbs in the ground every year instead of digging them up, over time they will work their way nearer to the surface every year they are not dug up. The old corm starts to die off and produces a new corm on top of the old one in spring when the vegetation begins to protrude from the ground.|||They are somewhat top heavy for a flower so you probably need to fix some sort of guard for them so they wont bend . Infact they make a flower stakes.


Below is just one type


http://www.gardengatestore.com/flowerSta...


You can also purchase the small (usually green)


bamboo sticks in the garden center for proping them up.


I bought mine at Big Lots they are about 3 feet tall with a Q at the top for inserting the stalk.|||you have to stake them.|||They tend to be top-heavy. I found an easy remedy though. I planted mine right next to the house, and secured a small strip of chicken wire to the brick. Then I used thin twine (burlap type, not the white stuff) and dyed it green (to be less visible). Then when one of my glads was drooping, I just tied it loosely to the chicken wire. Another option is to go ahead and cut them when they bloom. That's what most people raise glads for. Me though, I prefer to leave them outside and just dead-head them.|||Gladioli usually need staking. You can either stake each spike individually or grow them through a frame.|||before my neighbor planted his he built a trellis like but laid it out flat and on top wooden stakes about 3 ft off the ground, then they grew up and thru and had no problems falling over.|||it's either too hot or they are too heavy|||They are too tall and top heavy. Glads need support and you can use stakes and tie them up or you can use cages made for keeping them up.


Here is a site that sells supports:


http://www.nenature.com/Garden/plant-sup...