We have drought in New Jersey (USA) this summer and have been put on Water Restrictions. It only applies to those who use the city water, mine is New Jersey American Water, with a few exceptions. For me, both for…
Category: Bulb Information
Information about condition and health of bulbs.
daff net
I have been posting information on daffnet mostly to try and get people to talk about daffodils. However, it seems to have dried up again, sort of like the drought we are having along with the extreme heat. The weather…
Miniature Name
A few years ago, before COVID-19, I had a collection of five miniature not judged. When I asked the Captain of the team why was it not judged and I was told that the ‘Yellow Minnow’ 8Y-Y in my collection…
Selecting bulbs to chip, guidance
All, I plan on chipping bulbs this season and understand that single nosed, round bulbs are what to use. However there are some varieties where the only single-nose bulbs are newly separated off-sets that are definitely *not* round. But, they…
Breeding that does not come true
To the hybridizers out there. I you cross two daffodils and the resulting seedling bloom so that they don’t favor any of the supposed parents, do you still show them using the cross that you registered. e.g. you cross a…
N. bulbocodium
Hi everyone, I am overcome by my N. bulbocodiums this year. There was a time when I was trying to breed them but my experience is that if you cross a yellow bulbocodium with anything, you get a yellow bulbocodium.…