i need help. i planted 10 gladiola bulbs this spring and they were doing fine. they started out nice and pretty. then all of a sudden i started losing some. they started turning brown at the base of the plant and continued turning brown until the entire plant just disappeared. i am now down to 7 with 2 more doing the same thing. please help me to save the remainding 5 plants.

hello weezie,

the soil is rich, it was orginally a strawberry plot, and it does have some strawberries in it now, but not close to the gladiolas.....we added some garden soil to it to make it richer.....it is getting full sun....we water the plot every other day (unless it has been raining), usually in the evening once the sun is not fully on the plot....we haven't used any fertilizer on them at all....there is the strawberries, some dahlias and the gladiolas in the section and only the gladiolas are dieing.....everything else, especially the dahlias are growing like crazy

Yep, I'd agree with Gardenmom!
That's what I was thinking!
I know they don't like it tooooooo wet!

Or would the mixture be ttttttoooooo rich for for glad's or the type of dirt that holds too much water that would hold the water too close for too long???

What type of soil is under the bed?
Would it be clay?? That holds in extra water?

Have you pulled the dying plants up to see the roots on them and what they are doing and or look like? Brown, smelly, slimey, etc.?????????

Weezie

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