Mike: One of the guiding principles regards bulbs splitting and making many corms is depth of planting. I've found that shallowly planted bulbs tend to split and make many smaller offsets. I'd try a couple planted deeper and see if it makes a difference. Arnold -----Original Message----- From: Michael Loos <loos14847@gmail.com> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2020 8:25 am Subject: [pbs] Gladiolus cormules Having grown them in the past and again last season, the cormules of G dalenii seem to stay the same size the first year after being planted out. Dug in the fall, the yearlings produced more, even smaller, cormules rather than grow larger. Is this the case in most species? The other consideration is soil fertility. The location is a heavily amended vegetable garden. Is a leaner soil better in this circumstance? The mature corms produced 3-4 large blooming size offsets along with hundred of cormules. They are lifted each year. Another grower in the area said hers in the ground, not lifted, bloom poorly after a few years of being overcrowded. Is there another method for cormule cultivation better suited to increase size? Thank you, Michael Interlaken, NY Central Upstate Zone 5-6 (firmly 7 this year) _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…