Blind Daff

[Cadalot]

Does anyone have any idea why do many of my daffs have come up blind?

[veggiechicken]

Are they old daffs moved from somewhere else and replanted?

[Cadalot]

Are they old daffs moved from somewhere else and replanted?

Brand new two packs bought from Wilko and planted this year

[veggiechicken]

They're normally planted in autumn. They probably need more time - or they may be planted too shallowly.
Some of them look like tulips?

[roitelet]

Sorry to say but you get what you pay for. However give them a good feed and don’t let them go short of water and they will be better next year.

[Mitzi]

Even if they are planted late they should still flower in their first year, just may not establish so well as they won't have made much root growth before flowering. I wonder if last year's poor weather (cold wet spring followed by months of drought) are the cause?

[Cadalot]

Thanks for the feedback, they did go in late and I'm thinking of moving them out of the bed once they have died down and relocating them along the edge of a grassed path.

[Cadalot]

They're normally planted in autumn. They probably need more time - or they may be planted too shallowly.
Some of them look like tulips?

Last three rows are tulips as I ran out of daff bulbs to fill the bed there are 105 holes in that 8ft x 4ft planting membrane for the bed

[Scarlet]

How deep did you plant them?

[veggiechicken]

Last three rows are tulips as I ran out of daff bulbs to fill the bed there are 105 holes in that 8ft x 4ft planting membrane for the bed

I have to ask..........why have you planted them like that? I've never seen daffodils lined up like troops on parade.

[Cadalot]

How deep did you plant them?

What it said on the back of the packet using this

[Cadalot]

I have to ask..........why have you planted them like that? I've never seen daffodils lined up like troops on parade.

Because I have not got the area they were intended for ready and if I plant them like this I know where they are. so I can dig them up and transplant them during the year. I was supposed to be cutting them to take home to the wife, and I don't like weeding. Planting Membrane is what I use for Onions and Beetroots.

[veggiechicken]

Hopefully they'll flower later this year and you'll be able to pick some for your wife. I can see some buds on them so you could cut those now for her and brighten her day.

[Stan79]

We've got loads of blind ones this year that flowered last year. I even gave them a feed last year too! They're on a north facing bank so i'm wondering if lack of sunlight might the issue?

[Nicos]

I'd also suggest you feed them well and let them fully die back before you lift them. That probably means June. That way the bulbs will be at their best ready for relocating.