Growing Daffodils

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Cutting back daffodils  If the daffodils are cut down to one inch in May, will they bloom again next Spring?

Doug says they will if the leaves were left alone long enough to ...

Fertilizing Daffodils  I have about 30 daffodils coming up in my morning sun front garden. The soil here is good and I added a bit of composted manure last summer. Do I need ...

moving daffodils to a different spot in spring  Hi, I would like to move my tulip and daffodil bulbs to a different part of my garden, can this be done in May?
Thanks; Lee.

Doug says you can move ...

Daffodil transplanting and leaf management- whipper snipper?  I have access to possibly thousands of daffodil bulbs to transplant and have studied all on these pages. I have seen gardeners fold over plants and wrap ...

bulb size and blooms  How big does a daffodil bulb have to be in order to produce a bloom?


Doug says a #2 or something about 1-inch across should produce a small show of ...

Keep daffodil bulbs unplanted through winter  I have not split my 1200 daffodil bulbs in 12 years. I dug them all up(all I could find), so now I have about 10,000 bulbs!!!!! My question is do I HAVE ...

When to Plant Wild Daffodils  hi when should i plant my 100 bulb wild daffodils in zone 5? and will they bloom the first season?


Doug says that daffodils are usually planted 6 ...

Which is the Seed  After taking the base of the bud appart I found a black seed like ball in the center and then there were much smaller seed like parts, like that you find ...

after blooming clean up  What can I do with the yellow leaves after blooming is over? Cut?

Doug says cut off the yellowing leaves and put them in the conmpost pile

Cutting back daffodils  If the daffodils are cut down to one inch in May, will they bloom again next Spring??

Doug says as long as you don't cut back the leaves but only cut ...

when to cut foliage back  when can you cut the bulbs back? Do I need to wait for the stems to naturally die out? I don't won't to hurt the bulbs for next seasons bloom.

Doug ...

Cutting dead blooms of daffadills  When do I cut the daffadill dead blooms off and cut back the folliage?

Doug says that the flower was held up on a stem - slide your hand carefully down ...

How to store daffodil bulbs   I would like to know how best to store daffodil bulbs. The daffodils were in my tubs. I have now taken them out and planted summer flowers. There is no ...

Storing Daffodil Bulbs for more than a year  I have recently purchased a property with lots & lots of daffodils. I have dug up many of the bulbs. I will be tearing down the existing house & re-building ...

Daffodil Plant Being Eaten  As my daffodils are coming up some of the leaves are being eaten down to the ground. I had 2 plants in full bloom for a week and this morning they were ...

no flowers  I have lots of plant but no flowers. How can I make them bloom next year.

Doug says you read the how to grow daffodil articles and give the plants ...

Feeding Daffodils  I have many green daffodils leaves with no blooms. When and how should I feed the bulbs?

Thanks!

Doug says that the easiest way is to toss a shovel ...

poisonous plants among vegetables  Is it safe to plant things like daffodils and azaleas amoung edible plants like vegetable or strawberries?

Doug says that unless you're going to be ...

Too many white/orange ones  Hi. I have more white/orange daffodils than all yellow and they have become mixed together. Any suggestions on how to separate them so I can have clumps ...

After separation daffodils do not bloom.  I separated my bulbs two years ago, after they were in the same area for five years, and they do not bloom, even though I waited and let them turn yellow ...

Do Daffodils Grow Wild?  Do Daffodils grow wild?

Doug says of course they grow wild... somewhere :-)

If you're asking if you can naturalize them - will they grow in your ...

Can I plant bulbs  Can I plant the bulbs after the flowers died off from a Easter plant that's been in doors for two weeks. If so, when


Doug says you can plant them ...

My daffodil blooms lay on the ground  I planted my daffodils several years ago and each year they come up with even more blooms. Great! However, most the flowers, soon as they open, lay on ...

What are the easiest Daffodils to grow?  What are the easiest Daffodils to grow... A friend lives near Mt Hood Oregon and the weather is often cooler and he wants to know what kind of daffodils ...

daffodils not blooming  Please can you tell me why all my Daffodils have come up blind and will they flower next year? Thank you so much Kind regards Thelma

Doug says you ...

continued blooming of daffs indoors?  i bought some daffs at my local grocery store, potted already and about 6 - 7 inches tall.
well they grew and finnally bloomed a pretty soft yellow.
the ...

Can I transplant now  I have a bunch of daffodils on a bank, that are coming up now Feb 14 2009 about 3 to 4 inch green stems, can I dig up now and separate and replant and ...

reblooming daffodils  Will my daffodil plant flower again if I cut off the old blossoms and how do I cut them off?

Doug says that you only get one bloom per year on a daffodil....

late season bulb deals  Wal-mart has bulbs cheap now. Could I get them now and plant them this year and have them live, other than forcing them?

Doug says the reason those ...

buying proper bulbs to take home  hi.i am in amsterdam now.but i will be going back home in february.( bangalore,india).i want to buy some bulbs like tulips,daffodils etc from here.what ...

forcing didn't go so well  I tried forcing daffodils/crocus/tulips/hyacinths in pots, new bulbs, fresh pot. mix, clean pots; left em in fridge since early Sept- the hyacinths sprouted ...

seed daffodils  When starting daffodils from seed, after the cold period in the fridge, should the seeds be planted in something that gives them nutrition? I've always ...

frost protection for seedlings  Do I need to protect daffodils started by seed from the frost the first year outdoors? How soon do I put them out when they have germinated?

Doug says ...

making daffodills bloom in late april  how do i put off the blooming of my bulbs i have not planted yet i live in zone 7

Doug says - if I understand you correctly, you haven't planted them....

when do daffodils grow?  When do daffodils grow and where are they usually found growing?

Doug says that daffodils are a spring blooming perennial - but the leaves grow for ...

Too cold for dug bulbs?  I have Daffodil bulbs that I dug and put in my unheated shed. The temps this winter got colder than in the last 10 years (-19 degrees). Is that too cold ...

Bulbs sprouting early  It is only October 1st (I am in the SF Bay area) and the bulbs have started sending up leaves... Should I cut the leaves back in hopes it will get cold ...

My tee tee daffodils dont stand up straight ??  I planted some tee tee daffodils for my mother in law as she lost her only daughter unexpectedly this year. The daffodils are in flower but wont stand ...

Transplanting in the summer  I need to put down new ground cover and bark. I would like to move my bulbs along my fence. It is in the 90's and I just wonder if it will make a difference ...

Lift hyacinths to plant again?  If I want to replant hyacinths which were outside this season to another outdoor location, when should I lift them and how should I store them until replanting ...

Planting bulbs or grown plant?  When and what is best to plant the daffodil bulb or full grown plant at this time of the season? I am planting them in soil 10- 15 blocks from the ocean ...

Daffodil maintenance with no flowering  Our daffodils were all leaves (plentiful) this year. No flowers. Does that mean the leaves were removed too early last year? Should we dig up the bulbs,...

how many bulbs to plant  We just trimmed our daffodil leaves all the way down and then dug up the bulbs since we are redoing our entire flower bed. I wasn't sure if I should replant ...

Daffodils cut too soon  I made the mistake of cutting my daffodils to the ground after they bloomed last year. Therefore I only got two blooms. If I let them go until the leaves ...

maintenence after blooming  Once the flowers are done blooming, do I cut the plant back to the ground surface or just remove the blooms?


Doug says remove the spent blooms by ...

daffodill bulbs sprouted early in the fall  I planted daffodil bulbs last fall & during an unseasonably warm November the tips began to emerge about an inch above the soil. Now it's May & although ...

No blooms after long winter  I, too, am having the problem of lots of wonderful green leaves, but no blooms on my daffodils or tulips. I read your response to the Atlanta post, but ...

Bulb storage after growing indoors  How can I store bulbs that have been grown indoors so that I can plant them in the garden for next year?

Doug says - why store them? Plant them outside ...

no blooms for 2 years straight  First year we lived there had plenty of blooms, next year 2, last 2 years zero blooms. Big healthy greens but no blooms. Why

Doug says - see the post ...

Daffodils leaf but there is no bloom here in Atlanta  Why do some daffodil bulbs bloom and others do not. Thes bulbs were all planted at the same time (50 bulbs) and only three have shown flowers. I live in ...

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