I dug these up today and I couldn't believe the corms these plants had. They were layered upon layer of these sometimes as many as five riding piggy back. I am wondering if I can separate all those layers from each other and will each corm be viable? I know this isn't really the time of the year to do this but ... they were so crowded.
I've always been under the impression that corms replaced themselves each year, new on top of the old, and the old one died. With glads I always pulled the old corm off the bottom, as it was typically shriveled. Do the bottom layers of corms look viable?
They do actually, they are not shriveled at all and hard as a fresh one.
Then they are not fully finished growing for the season.
Bert, you are absolutely right, I definitely dug early but they were falling over and such a mess. Do you think I have killed them? I hope to replant right away.
No, you did not kill them. Suggestion to put a stick or re-bar in the middle and tie some green string around them to hold them up?
I promise to do that next time. I had a 4 by 4 foot section of these and so I am sure I could have rigged up some sort of staking system. I have plenty of rebar as DH cut a whole bunch for dahlia stakes. He even painted them green.
