The need to feed after flowering gladiolus that was the beauty of the following year 🌷
Gladiolus - a flower with its zamorochkami. Inexperienced gardener can decide that after the autumn flowering plant can throw in the lurch, and the next year say, "Uh-oh, gladiolus reborn."
To the garden did not happen sion trouble, it is necessary to understand what is happening with Gladioli after flowering. And why is it so important to feed him now. This is especially necessary in the case in the last month Gladiolus not treated any fertilizer.
Gladiolus after flowering: what is the need fertilizing
To start a claim to the title of master in the successful treatment of gladiolus, is to understand the life cycle of a gladiolus after flowering. No, not the flower dies.
The corm continue to accumulate nutrients. It is thanks to their reserves for the next year Gladiolus produces leaves and flower sword.
It is interesting: Unlike most other bulbs, gladioli form the beginnings of the flower stalk in the year of planting (usually occurs at the beginning of the summer), but not after flowering.
But starving bulb, as we all know, nothing to stock up especially and can not. That will play next year's fatal joke. The easiest way to reduce the risk - just once to make fertilizer.
I advise you not to reinvent the wheel, and take advantage of complex fertilizers, which contains equal parts of all major macronutrients - nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus. This is good old-fashioned "NPK" 17:17:17. Note has been helpful? Place a "Thumbs up" in response! Thanks.