Unfortunately, several of us in Minnesota have daffodil bulb flies. I’ve been killing them for several days, and killed 22 today. I realized that the remains were disappearing from where I had dumped them on the driveway (after squashing the…
Category: Bulb Fly
Can Hot Water Treating (HWT) impact blooms? Yes but they recover.
Bulb Flies
Sous Vide for hot water treatment
Anyone wanting to hot water treat their bulbs on a small hobbyist level might want to consider a sous vide machine like this one: https://anovaculinary.com/. I’ve used the Precision Cooker one for 2 years now and am very pleased with…
Updates to the ADS Handbook for Growing, Exhibiting, and Judging Daffodils
There have been many changes made by the ADS Board of Directors to the ADS Judges Manual (officially known as the Handbook for Growing, Exhibiting, and Judging Daffodils) since the Judges Manual was last updated and printed in 2007. There…
Narcissus Bulb Fly , Hippeastrums and Autumn Tazettas .
I have a keen interest in Hippeastrums , as well as my daffs . They flower in NZ from November until the early New Year . One of the bigger and most destructive pests can be Narcissus Bulb Fly , …