Friday, January 27, 2012

Why aren’t most of my bulbs flowering?

I bought an older house last fall from that needed a lot of work in Anderson, SC. On the outside I raked up leaves from at least 3 seasons. This spring (starting a couple weeks ago) a large number of daffodils started popping up around the outside of the yard - but most of them don’t seem to be flowering. It’s been consistently 60F or higher for a couple of weeks and I’ve given them lots of water. Any ideas why they aren’t flowering and how to get them to?



Here is a picture of how most of them look right now:



http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lumpy_corn...



Thank you,



Brian

Why aren’t most of my bulbs flowering?
I am sure if the house needed work so did the garden, some bulbs need to be dug up and separated. If when they naturalize and aren't divided you can get the greenery but no flower as there isn't enough nutrition for the bulb to full develop. After spring or in early fall dig up, separate carefully, and replant not too deep, and add a little bone meal, found in any home %26amp; gardening or hardware store in the hole before replanting the bulb. good luck
Reply:Hello i think you can test the soil see what it needs a cheap tester works fine 99 cents and i use bloom boost it has always help with blooms and colors .
Reply:I have dafoldils planted in the wrong spot that never bloom. The reason is that they are not getting enough sun, so they do not have enough enegry to but forth blooms. Try to give tem full sun.
Reply:Try useing miricle grow or something to loose some of the accidity in the ground. From the pictures it looks like the ground has to much acid and that may also kill you grass if youve noticed any bair spots in your yard.


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