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I brought bulbs for both my Mother and myself. This is the first planting of bulbs for both of us. We planted them in late April (Live in Phila, PA). We both have tall leaves (over 2-1/2 feet), mine are strong and straight, My Mom's have fallen over. However, neither have bloomed. We are both feeding them once a week.
* * * * Thea Plants: 5 | From: Philadelphia, PA | Registered: Jun 2004
| Seeded: 205.188.116.71
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My glads are just now starting to bloom, so yours should be blooming soon. You may want to stake them, especially if you have the taller kind. All it takes is one good rain and they will fall over and possibly break off. I have the tall ones...they get about 5 ft. tall. I made the mistake last year of not staking them before we had a heavy rain...several of them broke off...so I cut them for inside the house.
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I'm in Tennessee. Since you're farther north yours would probably bloom later than mine. It's not too late to stake them. She should use a stake thats about a foot taller than the foilage so she can tie the flowering stem to the stake when it emerges. This will prevent the stem from breaking off.
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