The VERY BEST place to buy your daffodils will be directly from the specialty growers/hybridizers of daffodils! These growers walk all of the rows of their daffodils at all seasons of the year! They are aware of how each variety…
Category: Nematode
Diseases and pest inspections
Dave brings up a good point most people do not know. You can export a diseased daffodil (or plant or fruit) to a country or region of a country that already has that particular pest or disease. Tete-a-tete is the…
Horse-teething – aka going to grass
When digging and lifting seedlings yesterday morning, I encountered an unusual situation. I had planted one or two small bulbs of each of twenty sibling seedlings from the cross ‘Miss Primm’ x N. fernandesii three years ago in a rectangular…
Pest Management
Late this past winter, as daffodil leaves of early varieties emerged, I observed an area in one bed where the leaf shoots were misshapen and some shoots were simply missing. I dug a sample of bulbs and took them to…
Narcissus pest control – Chemical & IPM update from Farwest Show
This update information only applies to the USA. The situation will be different by country. I am NOT an expert in these areas. The information is taken from seminar handouts and hastily scribbled notes. Believed to be fairly accurate but…