i have planted daffodiles in my front lawn , out of about 30 only 1 has flowerd this year do you know why ?
Sounds like they're growing blind. According to my pests and dieases book ( a great thing to have!!) - it's usually because the bulbs are congested - in which case you need to divided the clump and plant the various bits separately, or they're not getting enough water and/or nutrients, in which case you need to supply the missing things!! Either way, the answer is fairly easy! Whatever you do - leave the leaves on for 6-8 weeks, to feed the bulbs - don't trim them down too soon. BUT, it also says it's somteimes down to large bulb fly infestation or bulb rot - and they don't say what to do about that!! I guess you'd have to get rid of them! You could find out by digging up one or two, and if they look ok, go for division, watering, and allowing to feed by leaving leaves on!! Good luck!
Also depends on how big the bulbs were in the first place. It could well be that they were not big enough to be ready to flower. Also daffs need about 4 to 5 inches of soil above them, so perhaps you inadvertently planted them too shallow. New bulbs are unlikely to have narcu=iossus fly in them and anyway when that attacks you usually get no gorwth at all.
Sounds as if the bulbs were immature and just need to build up strength to flower nicely. Front lawn is also suspicious - did you mow them too early? Bulbs flower on stored energy which is then replaced by the leaves after flowering. Cutting off the leaves will prevent that all important food store from building up. It's also a good idea to dead-head imediately after flowering as seed production will also take energy away from the bulb.
thank u i think my husband may of mowed too soon as we had a lovely display last year it was the first year of them being in the garden they are well seperated
