Planted bulbs four years ago. Lovely healthy leaves but only few flower. Can anyone tell me why please?
2007-02-28 05:14:36 · 10 answers · asked by janet s 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Did you let them die down naturally last year, rather than cutting the leaves off?
2007-02-28 05:23:38 · answer #1 · answered by selractrad 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Daffodils arising blind are frequently because they're planted at too shallow a intensity or in the journey that they have got develop into over crowded. it really is slightly early interior the united kingdom to inform in the journey that they are going to be blind this year. Bone meal will do no longer some thing to extend flowering, it really is used to promote root boost, what you want is a tomato or a liquid seaweed fertilizer. prepare as a foliar feed each 2 weeks until eventually the leaves die down certainly. raise them and replant earlier the foliage dies down thoroughly on the appropriate intensity and with extra appropriate spacing. The bulbs must be two times their own intensity so how deep you plant them relies upon on the size of you bulbs eg. a million inch bulbs must be 3 inches deep. An software of bone meal would now be acceptable. Any grubs discovered interior the bulbs at the same time as replanting are likely to be narcissus fly larvae, chuck those and commence lower back with clean inventory.
2016-12-05 01:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bulbs Do Not Flower Because Of Shallow Planting
If daffodil bulbs are not planted deeply enough, they produce short, unattractive leaves and stems. Underground they split up prematurely and produce small, non-flowering bulbs. Plant bulbs 6 to 9 inches deep. Mulch their beds over the winter with 1 to 2 inches of organic material to protect bulbs from heaving to the surface when the soil is disturbed by temperature fluctuations over the winter.
above copied and pasted from a website, this has hapened to me before and I took advice from a keen gardener who told me the same. Annoying when you wait all year for the first signs of spring then you get no flowers. Good luck for next year :)
2007-02-28 05:27:26 · answer #3 · answered by jazzmynvee 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many bulbs for the commercial market are 'forced' so that they have a good store of energy to get them started.
However, as far as I understand, failure to flower can be due to too much nitrogen, creating lush growth at the expense of flowers.
Try not feeding your daffs with anything apart from high quality organic mulch and they should produce better.
2007-02-28 05:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by Leaf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably you need some fertilizer. Bone meal is a classic. Just space a few sprinkles in on the sides.
Bulbs should be pulled up every few years in the fall, divided, fertilized and then replanted.
2007-02-28 05:25:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They naturally lose there 'luster' over the years. Thus, it's necessary to replant new ones.
2007-02-28 07:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by Steve W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not enough sun dig up and plant in a more sunny location
2007-03-01 01:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by wildrice64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try moving them to somewhere more sunnier.
2007-03-02 06:36:43 · answer #8 · answered by intelligentbutdizzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blind? They can't see? I'm so sorry, but I understand. My flowers can't see either. If only they had more self control, this never would have happened.
2007-02-28 05:35:06 · answer #9 · answered by The Atomic Punk 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
get new ones,when they die down,don't cut them back
2007-02-28 09:13:41 · answer #10 · answered by avril h 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋