Flower Bulbs?
Question:How are the bulbs produced from the plant? For example, my gladiolus, will it produce new bulbs that I can plant other places? What about other flowers? How do they get the bulbs in the first place? I also have lillies and some others too.
Answers:
bulbs are the coolest, i have many, i love them.
So, they spread sort of under ground. If you look at your bunch, you will see that they are grouped or clumped together like onions (btw they are related to the onion). Once a group is established (about three years), in the fall, separate them. You can do this in a few different ways: take a spade and just hack em apart (you wont kill them); take two hand rakes and pull them apart; dig up the whole clump as a unit and sort of gently tug them apart. I prefer the hand rake method. Then you leave the mother (original) plant in its spot, recover it, water etc., then transplant the rest. All bulbs need this every few years to prevent them from becoming a snarly, unhealthy mess. Good luck!
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if you're talking glads, you need to 'lift' them all in the fall and store them for the winter. All other bulbs, like lillies etc, follow my directions. Just dont want you to lose all those gorgeous blooms by not lifting them
the plant goes to seed after flowering, drops seed, seed germinates. bulb nub and seedling develop simultaneously. in addition to this method of propagation, the bulbs may also multiply underground during the growing season, massing together as one big happy family. they compete for resources when they get too crowded, which is why people dig up and "divide" these masses, spreading them around to less congested areas. do this in the dormant season, when all leaves have dried up. do not water during their dormancy.
the plant makes the bulbs.The plant roots make the plant bulbs.all ya have to do is dig the plant up i the fall and take the bulbs off the roots and separate let them dry out put them in a dark dry place for the winter and plant them separately in the spring they will multiply by them selves no help needed
Glads make tiny bulblets that are a little rounder than M&Ms. You can dig up your glads and plant the babies. In my area (zone 9) we just leave glads in the ground all year.
Some bulbs also make seeds, like narcissus. And they also spread by the bulbs multipying, older ones are huge compared to babies.
Daylilies can be split ever few years. Or they can be propigated w/ seeds. But the seeds may be different than the mama plant.
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