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What happens if you don't dig gladioli up?
Do they all just rot and die?
Do they all just rot and die?
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They often survive, as long as they are deep enough to avoid frost. But I have found that they diminish year on year, so I dig them up. I did mine on Monday, pulled off the tops and the old corms, they are now in a paper bag in the shed. -
I never dig mine up. They are in a sort of raised bed against a stone wall and are fairly well sheltered. Having said that I think Martin is right, they do diminish over the years but mine are still going strong after about seven years.A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)
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I never knew you were meant to. I planted out 100 bulbs all around the borders of my garden, i didīt even get to see them one season as i disappeared to Spain and never came back. I just thought it would look beautiful but i guess most have died.I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them
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Can confirm similar experiences to Martin and Scarey. Occasionally dug them up when they were near the surface, divided them and put them straight back in a little deeper. They did reduce over a number of years.Comment
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Mine tend to rot- even in tubs."Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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