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Too late to transplant Gladiola??

5 years ago

live in the California High Desert zone 9 I believe. I have all these Glads in a half barrel. Along with a Geranium and some Daffodils. They have not bloomed yet and last year's blooms were pitiful. I'm wondering if it's too late to put them in their own barrel? Is there any chance they will bloom if I move them now.

Comments (6)

  • 5 years ago

    They don’t look as if they'll bloom this year. Moving them won’t change that. But doing so, either now or when dormant, might promote bloom next year.

  • 5 years ago

    Thank you so much for your response. If I may ask. How can you tell that they don't look like they will bloom this year. Is there something I should be looking for? Besides the flowers of course.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Well, I was just assuming, given your location, which I was guessing is warm, and comparing with when Gladioli flower here, that they'd already be showing buds. This starts as a bumpy thickening at the centre of the sheaf of leaves. And they're very crowded which would reduce flowering. Maybe I'm wrong. When did they bloom last year?

  • 5 years ago

    the usual suggestion.. is to transplant after bloom ... to not interfere with flowering with a lot of stress ...


    as to when you give up and decide they arent going to bloom .... is left to you ... at some point.. you just want to get the job done ... so you do it .. and not worry about flowers ...


    when you do go for it... why dont you plant some in the ground ... and then next year.. see which perform properly ...


    never forget.. the most important thing in a pot is the media.. not the plants... so get a good media for the pot.. and the plants... they can vary wildly ...


    even without flowers.. its a nice impact with the foliage ....


    ken


    ps: other reasons for flower failure may include.. improper fert .. or none.. too many plants in the pot.. improper watering... which can be a function of worn out media that isnt moving water properly thru the planter.. etc .. i bet you are going to find out all kinds of things.. when you disassemble the whole pot .... the hard part will be figuring out what it all means.. lol ... and we will be around to help ....

  • 5 years ago

    Thank you so much for all of your responses. I went out to look again and found 3 flower spikes. They r very hard to see. So I decided to just feed w bloom fertilizer. I will dig into the pot after blooms have faded and transplant foliage into good healthy soil until they wither. Thank you again for all your help.

  • 5 years ago

    That’s good news. Those spikes werent visible in the first pictures so I thought there were none. As it turns yours do indeed flower much earlier than here.

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