I love gardening, so I don’t mind that some plants demand more of my attention than others.I’m not mad when I have to grab the pruners to
11.07.2023 - 07:37 / gardenerspath.com
How to Identify and Manage 9 Common Gladiolus PestsGladiolus is a classic summer perennial known for its spiky, sword-like foliage and upright flower stalks that offer a burst of summer color.
These plants are typically pretty robust and don’t struggle with a lot of pests. However, there are a few different ones you might encounter.
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Gladiolus are particularly vulnerable to those pests that affect bulbs and rhizomes as well as corms, which are the underground structures these plants grow from. These storage structures look similar to bulbs but lack the onion-like layers that true bulbs have.
In our guide to growing gladiolus, we cover cultivation instructions for these showy perennials.
In this guide, we’ll be diving into the most common types of pests that may affect your plants, how to identify them, and what you can do to control them.
Here’s what’s coming up:
1. Bulb MitesBelonging to the Rhizoglyphus genus, various species of bulb mites are tiny pests that will infest many different bulb and corm plants, including daffodils, hyacinths, tulips, and garlic, as well as gladiolus.
Bulb mites are itty bitty, between 0.55 and 0.75 millimeters long, with translucent, oval white bodies with amber or brown legs. They move slowly, and upon closer inspection, it’s not uncommon to mistake these pests for insect eggs.
The mites themselves feed on the corms and also provide entry points for the introduction of secondary bacterial and fungal pathogens.
Symptoms of a bulb mite infestation are varied. In the case of a large infestation, or a secondary infection from soilborne fungal or bacterial pathogens, the bulbs may fail to
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