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Let's plant 100 gladiolas corns.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben, and today
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we're going to be planting 100 of these.
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Now, I've got gladiolas in my a lotment,
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and they're absolutely gorgeous. They
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come back every single year, and this is
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a mixed variety of colors. So, plenty of
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different colors in this pack. So, we're
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going to plant these, but we're not
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going to plant them in the ground this
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time cuz we've been having a lot of
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issues with squirrels down at the plot,
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and they pinched a lot of my tulips. So,
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we don't want them pinching these
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because I want them to grow. So, we're
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going to grow these in pots and then I'm
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going to put netting over the pots until
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they are big enough and take the netting
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off once they can handle themselves and
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hopefully grow and the squirrels won't
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get them. These are perfect for either
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cut flowers or for beautiful displays in
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the garden. We're not going to grow them
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as cut flowers. We're going to grow them
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for the beautiful displays in the a
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lotment because I love the flowers down
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here. So, I love uh attracting
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pollinators. These are ideal for bees
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and insects. So, that will help with
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pollination down at the plot as well.
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So, yeah. So, let's get these planted
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and let's get these growing.
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So, these are the plant pots that I'm
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going to grow them in. And as you can
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see, there's no holes in them at the
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moment. So, we need to pop some holes in
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them to help with drainage as we don't
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want them to get water logged and rot
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the corns. So yeah, we need to drill all
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these and get these filled up with
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So we've put some compost in the bottom.
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We've not filled them too far up because
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I want them to take root and I want them
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to build a good support system so that
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hopefully they stand up pretty well in
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the plant pots so that they can grip on
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perfectly. So yeah, we're going to put
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10 in like this and that should be
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ideal. And these buckets or
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pots, should I say, will look absolutely
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blooming fantastic once they're all out.
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And the best thing is with gladiolize is
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that usually you have to dig them up in
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the winter because frost can kill them
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and damage them. So I can just bring
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these back in the poly tunnel over the
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winter and then take them back out when
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it's nice and weather outside. So yeah,
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let's get these all putotted up and
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let's get all the gladiolas corns in
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So we've done all them and remember when
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planting that the pointy side goes up
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because that's where the shoe will come.
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So yeah, we're going to get these
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covered with compost now and give them a
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good watering to get them working and
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get them starting to germinate.
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So we've covered them all with compost.
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So, we not filled them right up to the
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top cuz I didn't want to use loads of
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compost. But, yeah, we've got them all
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done. So, next job is to make them
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squirrel proof and to protect them from
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the dreaded squirrels.
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So, for them, all I'm going to do is I'm
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going to use some of this netting, which
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I got from Oakland Gardens, and tie them
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around the tops. And then when they
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start growing and getting some good
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growth on them, then I'll take the
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netting off and let them shoot through.
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That should hopefully protect the
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squirrels from getting the gladiolas
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So that's it. We're just covering and
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we're netting it and that's perfect.
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Perfect to keep the squirrels out and
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hopefully get some nice gladiolas
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coming. So we need to get these outside
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and get them watered.
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see these blooms in summer. I can't wait
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to see what they look like. Until next
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time everyone, remember keep smiling,
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