Category: Soil

Discussions about the impact some agents have on soil as well as soil composition.

Paper Whites & Alcohol

Brent Heath will tell you if you want a pot of daffodils to have short foliage and shorter sturdier bloom stalks that you need more bright light. Growing pots indoors in a cool/cold garage under very bright fluorescent or LED…

Miniatures

I have never grown many miniatures in my garage or have a little red wagon. I have tried growing some of Glenbrook div 11 minis that are winter or early spring blooming here. That was not recent. The last I…

Autumn Glow

Here is our first daffodil of the 2016-2017 daffodil season. This little bloom of  ‘Autumn Glow‘ lives in concrete soil here and does not receive the special care that Harold gives his mini. It has one tight bud right behind…

Rotted leaves of species

For species and other daffodils I used as potting compost for the first time a mixture of about 50% perlite, 20% peat, and 30% heavier soil from my garden. The surface of the potting medium was protected by basalt granulate also…

Bud Count and Cold Weather

Here’s a general question. I grow daffodils in west central Louisiana. I bought 18 Beryl bulbs in the fall of ’11. First year bulbs all flowered well, of course, and I won my first blue ribbon with a stem. During…