Digging up, washing and separating gladiolus corms

I loved the (few) gladiolus that bloomed in my garden this year which was a bit of a surprise as I have never paid them much attention before. The growing conditions in my garden however are really bad so less than 50% of the corms actually flowered so I am digging them all up, washing them and separating out the fresh growth from the old mother corms so I can transplant them to the allotment for a hopefully much better bloom next season.
I'm Pheigi at From The Witch's Garden, a Scottish girl trying to grow cut flowers on my allotment in Kanagawa prefecture in Japan. Remember to subscribe if you want to follow along and see if we actually get any flowers at the end of the season or if it is all a crispy burnt mess.
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