I tend to agree with David about the naming of selections of species I would rather group them under the banner of obesus, etc as a sub species. There seems to be too much of it going on…
Author: Terry Braithwaite, England
Long Stems
Hi All In the UK most national standard exhibitors grow standard daffodils with long stems without any detriment to the flower quality and size. I myself cut most 95% with stems around 2′ 3″ in length them I trim…
Digging
Hi All Not all commercial growers have such machinery, we still do it by hand. But Terry and I have the next best thing a 29 year old son who is as fit as a butcher dog. He plants…
Roundup
Hi all I have always used roundup to clean the daffodils beds, in the summer months I clean them with switch hoe ( bit like a Dutch hoe but only one side connected to the shaft and the blade cuts both ways)…
Doreen Bircumshaw
Dear Daffnet I wanted to get a message to Kathy Anderson to tell her that sadly Doreen Bircumshaw has passed away. I know Kathy was a great friend of Derek’s and knew them both through Chrysanthemums and Daffodils. (I…