actually the original bulb has withered to give life to the newer bulb
underneath and small cormel's have formed because it was making little ones.
Those will take three years to mature and bloom but you could leave them on
the mother bulb if you wanted to to supply strength. The top withered mom
corm will come off easily once the green leaves of the glad have dried out
completely, and as you tug it, it pops out cleanly leaving the newer corm
and babies underneath. I don't dig my glads up because they have acclimated
here in my flowerbeds so far.......(zone 7 in Eastern Tennessee)
madgardener
"Jerry Small" wrote in message
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We have dug out the bulbs on several plants and found that some tiny
bulbs are growing from the original bulb. Question is will these tiny
bulbs produce a new gladiola if separated and planted? Seems logical
that they would.