I think I saw Carol Shenkenberger say to Melvin Hatcher on 08 Jul 97  
19:14:13:  
MH> Can anyone tell me how to get my gladiolas to stand upright?
 > Water them more?
Mine get deep watered 2x a week as it is.. (sprinklers.)  They get nice and 
tall, and still fall over.  :-\    Had one mutate on me last week - all the 
flower buds were at the very top of the stem, instead of along its length.  
Kinda neat looking though.
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