Subject: dig & divide questions Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:52:55 -0400Morning everyone, I’m doing an overdue “dig and divide” operation on my daffodils and have some questions: Keith Kridler “It always helps to know a general part of…
Category: Basal Rot
Bulb Fly photos
Keith’s reference to bulb flies on Google brought me to check: http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=carpenter%20bees&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi And, similar image searches for “Daffodil virus” or “Daffodil basal rot” or “Daffodil stem nematode” are all much more enlightening than the single color pics in the ADS…
Early die-back of foliage
In my garden, early die-back exactly like that in Mary Lou’s photograph has invariably been an indicator of basal rot. Unless dug right away and treated (I use a fungicide containing Cleary’s 3336) these bulbs seldom, if ever, survive and…
Martha Washington?
Too tired to pull up label. I think this is Martha Washington, Dick Wellband right behind Martha there. These were moved in spring of 2007 in full bloom but we had a wetter spring that year. Section to the right…
trichoderma
Hi Daffnetters, The home block where I grow some of my daffs has had bulbs [mainly daffs , a few gladioli], for over 30 years, frequently with short rotations between lifting and replanting. The replanted stocks , almost always have a…
Soil fumigants and microorganisms
1. The use of a cover crop, mustard or other, to fumigate soil is an interesting proposition. However, I would want to be sure that the treatment did not destroy or suppress beneficial organisms along with the bad guys. For…