Not sure you can see this in this size photo but a row of Sweetness is to
the right, then three rows of Campernelle.
In the first photo notice the large oak tree hanging over the road. In the
second photo notice the lack of blooms in a wide section of the row of
Sweetness. This lack of blooms is less noticeable in the next three rows of
Campernelle as they get further away from the shadow of the oak tree.
Not long after these rows finish blooming the oak leafs out and shades a
section of these rows cutting out about 6 hours of sunshine. The rows are
already way too thick and the individual bulbs themselves will cast shade on
the bulbs to the east and west as the sun rises and sets.
Also these will get competition from grasses and weeds well before they die
down completely further shading the foliage and cutting out the sunshine.
When we dig the rows of Campernelle I can get 1,000 larger bulbs that are
ready to sell and that are going to bloom next year out of EVERY 10 foot of
row. In addition to that we normally end up with about another 2,000
Campernelle out of these same 10 feet that need to be replanted. Out of
these 2,000 bulbs about 20 percent of these will bloom, but we seldom get
them back in the ground until January so a lot of the buds have already
blasted.
Most of my campernelle are at my house but we planted some of these for some
friends who also like daffodils…The lady picked about thirty bloom stalks
from Sweetness last week. Out of the thirty stems she accidentally picked
five that were twin headed. Here at my house I picked several three headed
Sweetness out of a small area. Correct soil PH, correct soil nutrients but
most importantly think about SUNSHINE or quality of SUNSHINE from morning
till sunset! Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas