Category: Diseases and Pests

Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.

Help please, What’s wrong?

Hallo all ! I am busy repotting some plants, including some daffodils. The label stated there were four bulbs planted last year. One managed to double, two totally disappeared, and the third one seemed to have lost most of the…

Solarization of Daffodil Beds

Question: When I was first introduced to “solarization” of daffodil beds back in 1998 the Brookside Garden curator that I was talking too said to use clear thin plastic and because it didn’t get hot enough in Maryland, to keep…

No Winter yet in NE NC

It’s been very quiet lately on Daffnet.  Thought I’d post another one that isn’t read. It doesn’t look like we are going to have winter this year here in Northeast NC.  No “deep” freeze yet and only one day below…

Lifting bulbs

I’m in Zone 7a, Central Virginia.  We’ve had crazy, wet weather, but it’s mostly been hot and humid. This month I’ve lifted EVERYTHING from a 15 year old daffodil bed in order to rototil it and enrich the soil.  Since it is the…

Signs Of Disease

Hi everyone, This is my 4th year growing and like most new starters I have, over the past few years, purchased bulbs from commercial suppliers, my local society and a few other exhibitors.   Early growth for the large majority…

Spam

Hi Folks, This is not necessarily a Daffnet priority however tonight I received a posting from Janet Hickman MD. I believe Janet is a daffodil grower and the only place our addresses are likely to be linked is through daffodil…