You probably should stake them. They look a bit sad when they fall over. A bamboo cane would probably do the trick.
I like glads as a cut flower, but I hate staking them, so I grew them in blocks of 50 – 100 which kept them mostly upright. That’s probably no help in your situation though.
skaterbrain
Yes, do. if they start lying on the ground they get trampled and don’t show their best flowers well.
Try not to make it look too much like a prisoner tied to a pole, though; I make little tripods with three bamboo canes – preferably green ones, if you can – and sort of drape the plants so that the sticks aren’t too visible. One tripod will easily support several plants.
life_m2000
Definitely stake them. I have to do it with mine.
AnyDamnThingWillDo
Yep. All of ours went over this year after the wind last week. I had intended supporting them and then scratched my arse on the 5 minute job it would have been. Serves me right
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You probably should stake them. They look a bit sad when they fall over. A bamboo cane would probably do the trick.
I like glads as a cut flower, but I hate staking them, so I grew them in blocks of 50 – 100 which kept them mostly upright. That’s probably no help in your situation though.
Yes, do. if they start lying on the ground they get trampled and don’t show their best flowers well.
Try not to make it look too much like a prisoner tied to a pole, though; I make little tripods with three bamboo canes – preferably green ones, if you can – and sort of drape the plants so that the sticks aren’t too visible. One tripod will easily support several plants.
Definitely stake them. I have to do it with mine.
Yep. All of ours went over this year after the wind last week. I had intended supporting them and then scratched my arse on the 5 minute job it would have been. Serves me right