Flower perennial, bulbs plantpop 13.344207 dmaxshoot 1 cbaflag 0 tgtyield 600 cbafact 1 cyrafact 1 hyldflag 5 hyldunits lbs/ac hyldwater 72 hyconfact 8930 idc 7 grf 1 ck 0.65 hui0 0.9 hmx 1.2 growdepth 0.025 rdmx 0.7 tbas 7.000000000000001 topt 29 thudf 1 dtm 100 thum 1200 frsx1 -5 frsx2 -15 frsy1 0.01 frsy2 0.95 verndel 0 bceff 30 a_lf 0.0095 b_lf 0.8707 c_lf 0.5278 d_lf -0.0407 a_rp -6.0E-4 b_rp 1.0048 c_rp 0.613 d_rp 0.0512 a_ht 0.5078 b_ht -0.0407 ssaa 0.9 ssab 1 sla 9.5 huie 0.05 transf 1 diammax 0.27499595 storeinit 350 mshoot 350 leafstem 3 fshoot 0.03 leaf2stor 0 stem2stor 0 stor2stor 0.9 rbc 1 standdk 0.02 surfdk 0.02 burieddk 0.02 rootdk 0.02 stemnodk 0.2 stemdia 0.005 thrddys 20 covfact 5.227942 resevapa -1.20379 resevapb 0.604887 yield_coefficient 4.0333 residue_intercept 0.0313838 regrow_location 0 noparam3 0 noparam2 0 noparam1 0 crop_notes Perennial, flower bulb, below ground production, suggest harvest: Harvest dig shallow root crop, crop_devnotes Archive: Cloned from Onion, dry record. Set plant populations from Publication #CIR552 frrom UF extention, (6 inches x 30 inch row sp) 54,000 plants/ac. Set moisture like Potato at 72%. The R2 file uses the same file for both fresh cut flowers and seed bulbs. This file is for the harvest of the bulbs only. If the flowers are cut early it may lower the bulb yield. MAS 3-5-12. R2 Notes - 2/26/03 gaw. Gladiola flowers. Harvested for flower buds or bulbs. Plantings staggered throughout season, beginning 3/1. Buds harvested at 135 days, then topped at 165 days. Use hand harvest for flower bud harvest. Bulbs harvested at 170 days. Use potatio harvester for bulb harvest. 4 rows planted on 42-inch beds, then 24-30-inch travelway between beds. Representative location: southern Michigan.