Category: Soil

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

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…

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…

About the potted bulbs here

Goodness gracious me, what a spate of reactions! First off my thanks to those of you that have written both publicly and privately with tips, tricks, and ideas about how I might grow potted things better. I appreciate your willingness…

Damage of daffodils by frost

In an e-mail to Daffnet of April 9 I wrote that I lost many daffodils by frost. Now I have some further details, but the whole dimension of the damage is not yet to be seen, because I dig out…

Turface-Expanded Shale-Coal Ash

It all depends on your soil analysis but maybe more importantly as to what type of soil structure you have from your soil surface on down to about 24 inches or 60 CM where good daffodil roots “might” be growing…