Comments on: Fall Means Daffodil Planting! http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting Helping You Get the Most Out of Your Garden Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:13:21 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: David http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-20 David Thu, 01 May 2008 22:59:25 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-20 @ Susan - you didn't say where you are from but unless you live where it is really dry you probably don't have to worry about watering your daffodils. They are a once a year wonder - usually one of the first showy flowers to arrive in spring or late winter. They aren't usually bothered by cold weather even when in full bloom - even snow doesn't hurt them. Cutting off the spent flower heads is a good idea (but not required) because it helps to keep the plant from wasting energy on producing seeds. Many spring bulbs originally came from places like the middle east where they get just a few weeks between bitter cold and scorching dessert to flower, photosynthesize and store energy - then they seem to disapear as they lay dormant waiting for next spring. So as long as they aren't over watered or over fertilized as they lay dormant (causing them to rot) they are about as close to a no maintenance flower as there is. If they are in a happy place they will multiply and get better every year for generations. @ Susan – you didn’t say where you are from but unless you live where it is really dry you probably don’t have to worry about watering your daffodils.

They are a once a year wonder – usually one of the first showy flowers to arrive in spring or late winter. They aren’t usually bothered by cold weather even when in full bloom – even snow doesn’t hurt them. Cutting off the spent flower heads is a good idea (but not required) because it helps to keep the plant from wasting energy on producing seeds.

Many spring bulbs originally came from places like the middle east where they get just a few weeks between bitter cold and scorching dessert to flower, photosynthesize and store energy – then they seem to disapear as they lay dormant waiting for next spring.

So as long as they aren’t over watered or over fertilized as they lay dormant (causing them to rot) they are about as close to a no maintenance flower as there is.

If they are in a happy place they will multiply and get better every year for generations.

]]> By: Susan F. http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-19 Susan F. Thu, 01 May 2008 19:26:23 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-19 This the first time I've ever planted daffodils (last Fall). We had an odd Spring, with very warm weather long BEFORE Spring and then back to cold. The daffodils came up and bloomed between April 14th-26th and then the flowers dried up. I was out of town for a week during that time and no one watered my flower beds, don't know if that's why the flowers dried up or not. My question is this: I have cut the flower stems back. Will daffodils bloom again this season or are they just a one-time-wonder each Spring? This the first time I’ve ever planted daffodils (last Fall). We had an odd Spring, with very warm weather long BEFORE Spring and then back to cold. The daffodils came up and bloomed between April 14th-26th and then the flowers dried up. I was out of town for a week during that time and no one watered my flower beds, don’t know if that’s why the flowers dried up or not.

My question is this: I have cut the flower stems back. Will daffodils bloom again this season or are they just a one-time-wonder each Spring?

]]> By: Donna Wheatley http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-9 Donna Wheatley Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:12:49 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-9 Yep. That's the same type thing I was talking about. I have actually seen them in hardware stores around here. A few years ago, my father-in-law and I planted more than a thousand bulbs in a morning with one. He drilled. I planted. Yep. That’s the same type thing I was talking about. I have actually seen them in hardware stores around here. A few years ago, my father-in-law and I planted more than a thousand bulbs in a morning with one. He drilled. I planted.

]]> By: David LaFerney http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-7 David LaFerney Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:43:58 +0000 http://doorgarden.com/10/fall-means-daffodil-planting#comment-7 Great information Donna. I have a big bag of King Alfreds to plant this weekend myself. BTW, the bulbs in the stores this year look huge, and reasonably priced in my area (middle TN) it must have been a good year for them. A couple of years ago I procured a drill bet as part of a do it yourself termite prevention kit. The bit is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and made for drilling in soil. By working it around you can very quickly dig a 3" by 6" deep hole even in very hard ground, plus it really pulverizes and mixes the soil. Yet another reason to own a cordless drill. I don't have any idea where you could get one like it other than by buying a termite kit, but keep your eyes peeled. Great information Donna. I have a big bag of King Alfreds to plant this weekend myself. BTW, the bulbs in the stores this year look huge, and reasonably priced in my area (middle TN) it must have been a good year for them.

A couple of years ago I procured a drill bet as part of a do it yourself termite prevention kit. The bit is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and made for drilling in soil. By working it around you can very quickly dig a 3″ by 6″ deep hole even in very hard ground, plus it really pulverizes and mixes the soil. Yet another reason to own a cordless drill.

I don’t have any idea where you could get one like it other than by buying a termite kit, but keep your eyes peeled.

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