Daffodils
Wendy Riley
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Residents in the Parish planted about 1000 daffodil bulbs, this was a few years ago, up until now they have bloomed well, this year we have noticed that almost 1/2 of them blind,could it have been the hot summer,or not so cold winter,any suggestions please.
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Are they maybe becoming congested? It might be time to split the clumps up. Or they might have been attacked by narcissus fly.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
Just seems strange that some clumps have produced lots of flower buds and others nothing
That is what has happened to my daffodils this year. I have daffodils but far fewer than usual of the plain yellow ones that flower earlier. It happens from time to time, I think it's when the spring is too dry when the leaves are dying down.
Thank you all,We shall just have to see what happens next year
Did all the clumps have their leaves left on to die down naturally?
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
I have had the same problem with some of my daffs this year - those out the front and the ones in my grass. I know it's not over crowding as I dug up the ones in the front and replanted straight away when they were dormant and the ones in the grass first flowered last spring. I left them all to die down naturally (the ones in the grass were a test of my father's patience (he mows my lawn as we share a mower).
I am hoping it is just a quirk of this year and they will be back next year.
Might be worth feeding the leaves with tomorite (or something like it) a couple of times this year before they disappear -will give them a boost for next season
A bit expensive for us to feed them as they grow in the grass along the lanes in the parish. We do let them die down before they topped by a hedge cutting machine on a tractor,gone are the days when our verges were cut well, now a cutting machine just does one run along the road edge,so would not touch most of the daffs,which are there.