Hi Tammy4,

Per the Forum blurb, corms are included here on the Bulb Forum, so you came to the right place.

Here is a site that describes digging and storing glads. How to Dig & Store Gladiolus Corms

My neighbor grows glads and hers make baby corms and have multiplied well over the years.

I'm not sure about growing them from seed though. If you don't get any or many replies here, you might try asking at The Growing from Seed Forum at the link below.

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing from Seed Forum

Some of the literature says glad seed will produce blooming plants in 2-3 years. I think this is wildly optimistic since even the little cormlets produced each year might take at least that much or more to produce a bloom - as has been my experience when I used to grow glads.

Another pitfall is that seed probably will not reproduce true to the parent plant - a major disappointment if you have a particular glad you want to perpetuate by means other than digging and storing. And if you let the parent plant produce mature seeds, it is being robbed of nutrients that allow it to form the new corm for the next season.

I wish I had found this info sooner. My grandmother told me to refrigerate my gladiolus corms that I just purchased this summer. I stored them in a Debbie Meyers green bag to keep the harmful gasses from other foods from getting to the corms. As I pulled them out to plant this october, I found them wilty and rotted looking. Only a couple look as if they will survive! I think I wasted my money...I was really looking forward to the beautiful muli-colored blooms next spring. I planted them anyway and I will just have to wait and see. I will not get my hopes up. :(