Category: Diseases and Pests

Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.

Virus -?

All, In one clump only, all of the plants are exhibiting slow but progressing leaf tip die-off. Reading thru Dr. Snazelle’s ‘Daffodil Diseases and Pests” the closest diagnosis I come up with is Narcissus tip necrosis virus. Is my diagnosis…

PHS Daffodils Summer Supplement

At long last, the summer supplemental offerings for PHS Daffodils and Oakwood Daffodils will go live on Tuesday, 03 August at 9:00 a.m. CST at phsdaffodils.com (the website is currently offline for updating). New additions to the existing storefront will…

Oakwood and PHS lists now open

The 2021 PHS Daffodils web store is now open! Woot! 😃 All bulbs are grown in the Midwest, not imported. The majority of this year‘s listing is unique to other vendors worldwide, representing some of the finest specialty daffodils available.…

Formalin and HWT

I’ve read many posts where people use Formalin as a fungicide when doing HWT. Many posts say Formalin has been banned. I see it is available for sale on Ebay. 1) Should I purchase some for my HWT? 2) How…