My flower bed of daffodils failed miserably this year?

They came up really early but they were very scrawny and none flowered its a shady damp area but they have flowered well in recent years any ideas whats wrong.

My flower bed of daffodils failed miserably this year?
This seems to have been a general problem in North London. My own were very disappointing, and there were far fewer around in gardens and parks than usual. I think that a problem so general must be put down as a bad season for them. I just hope that it is better next year. At least the corms are still in the ground - and they can last for years without flowering.
Reply:Bulbs will get scrawnier as time goes on no plant lives forever. A good rule of thumb is to add new bulbs to one quarter of your bulb plots every year. or replace entirely every three.
Reply:most people had same results------ the weather caused them to grow blind this year------they will flower next year
Reply:It may just have been due to the weather but you may also need to thin your bulbs. Bulb plants typically make several new bulbs each year and you could have too many in the same place. Dig them up in the fall and replant them, thinned, with some bone meal or bulb booster. It should help.
Reply:If daffodils fail or come up blind that usually means proper care has not been taken the previous year flowers should always be cut off before the seed pods develop and the foliage let die down on its own, a foliar feed should bee given after flowering to allow the bulbs to build up for next year.If this is not done you will lose the flowers.

Daffodils may suffer from fungal disease or attack by bulb eel worms and narcissus fly. should the plant growth be stunted or the foliage or floral stems be covered with grey mould the bulbs will be suffering from basal or grey rot . such bulbs should be destroyed and the soil sterilised. there is another mould that hibernates in infected leaves lying on the soil but dose not attack the bulb, burn all foliage and sterilise the soil. If none of the latter have happened try the foliar feed .

Good luck.
Reply:One big reason....



RAIN



Not enough and the ground tables are well down, so therefore your bulbs did not get the nutrients required.



We lost 90% of the Daffs in our garden over the past year with the 18 month drought order we have had. So very happy this year that we have had some good rain, but could do with a lot more now.