Narcissus?

Question

What does it need to grow well? Scientifically speaking.

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Answer 1

A good quality compost and a stable temperature to start growing, not too much water. Once it starts growing then water more and make sure it get plenty of natural light

Answer 2

Narcissus is the Latin name for a group of hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs. There are several Narcissus species that bloom in the autumn. Daffodil is the common English name for all narcissus

Mine are blooming allready!! The bulbs can be put in the ground or in a pot. If you live in a cold area of the country you could still be able to put in a pot and have them blooming by Easter in mid April. Just soil, water a little everyother day and a sunny window.

Answer 3

Very easy to grow even the double and pink and white varieties.
Mine grow in a temperature range of Minus 5 deg C (4 deg f) to 40 deg C (105 deg F) so I wouldn't worry about having an "english" temperature range for success.

Im in dry inland Australia and mine flourish with no real attention, just regular garden water. They are a good choice for under deciduous trees. They grow when the trees have no leaves (they need sun to flourish).

In regards to watering, don't overwater or the bulbs will rot off. Just regular garden watering when they are growing and occasional moisture when they are dormant (have died down). Good drainage shouldn't be overlooked.

I never dig mine up, but I will have to eventually when they get too overcrowded to improve, bloom size and flower production. As suggested when dug up pick the best plump bulbs discard the rest and replant leaving space between the bulbs.

When the leaves appear in spring I give them a good bulb food.
It is important not to cut leaves of the plants after flowering (for neatness) as the plants are using the leaves to produce food for flower production for the next year.

Any beginner can grow them with great success.

Answer 4

Most of them are hardy to the UK, and will grow happily outside. They grow in typical conditions upto about 20 degrees C and most leaves are died down during the summer, leaving the plant as a dormant bulb.

Dormant bulbs start to come to life in September, when their roots need cool and good moisture. The entire growth of next spring is already in miniature form, inside the bulb.

It continues to grow its root network during the dark cool months of winter, ready for a late winter push through of its growing tip, above soil level.

The typical narcissus seen in the UK, the older large yellow 'King Alfred' type, start flowering in March through April. Smaller forms are now more commonly grown that flower from late January and early February.

Whilst bulbs can be grown in an almost inert bulb-fibre for their first year, this doesn't give them the nourishment that they need to build up strength to reflower in the following year.

A balanced fertiliser will provide the correct mix of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium, abbreviated to NPK, as well as other trace minerals that it needs to succesfully propogate itself, given an adequate three or four months growing period each year.

Bulbs can rot if soil is over water-logged.

Good luck! Rob

Answer 5

You could get a semi flat bowl put a handful of pebbles in it and place the Narcissus blub on top of the pebbles and add water. They grow well in the house and have a sweet aroma that last all winter. The water needs to touch the bottom of the blub, so press the bulb down in the pebbles.

Answer 6

Most kinds of daffodils prefer sunshine, however there are some that grow well in shadow - they will bloom a little bit later. It's very important not to "drown" them - the bulbs will rot, that's all. I would also recommend digging them out every other year in late June, drying the bulbs, getting rid of the bulb that look unhealthy and planting them back.
Good luck!

Answer 7

Scientifically speaking, it needs sufficient water, some medium to anchor to (such as soil), adequate minerals (potassium etcera) and sufficient light and carbon dioxide for photosynthesis to proceed. Supplemental to this it needs a tolerably low level of biotic (pests and diseases) and abiotic (high/low temperature, wind etcetera) stresses.

Answer 8

Well drained soil, amended with a little bone meal, and they will flourish. Here in the southern us they naturalize readily and are seen growing quite well in cow pastures. IMO they are one of the easiest bulbs to grow.

Answer 9

soil and water.

a pot might help