Hi, members >I keep hoping that people from areas with hot humid summers will respond to >Joe's request for help. The following URL is not about growing seedlings, but gladiolus from corms, in Tucson, Arizona. The cultural information may be useful, even if Tucson is not humid in summer-- http://ag.arizona.edu/~daves/wf_culture.html It might be worthwhile trying to contact the author at the email address given, to see if he has tried growing seedlings. Ken