I thought I’d repost an email I got from Bob Spotts on Hot Water Treating The only question I still have is should I do the hot water treating just after I dig the bulbs or just prior to planting…
Category: Diseases and Pests
Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.
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…
Segovia didn’t come up this year-thoughts?
In the fall of 2011, I purchased and planted 10 big, beautiful Segovia Bulbs from a reputable on-line source. Though I’d guess probably all of my daffodils have emerged, that have survived, there is no sign of the Segovia. The…
Deformed flowers
This year, I have had a lot of deformed flowers on my miniature daffodils in my bulb house. In most, the corona is deformed in some way, usually puckered in at the mouth, but sometimes shortened or straightened when it…
Deer don’t eat daffodils, right? Wrong!
Quite a few daffodils have sprouted foliage this fall, and this morning on my “walk about,” I saw that the deer had been munching on this miniature! Along with some daylily and Oriental poppy foliage. I didn’t actually SEE the deer,…
Flower deformation
This flower of HAMBLEDON shows characteristics common to a small patch of my bulbs that I share with another grower. His flowers are similarly affected. Many flowers are starry, small and wavy in the perianth. Foliage is normal. Some varieties are…