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Daffs 99% vanished
I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of
2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:07:43 -0000, "Trevor" wrote: I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? Most of our crocus have disappeared too. I blame the appalling wet weather. -- Martin We're on extremely free draining chalky gravel and in one of the driest parts of the country so I don't think wet could be to blame. More likely too dry as the ones in the foot of the hedge that have more humus in the soil were OK. I planted dozens of Crocus tommasinianus in the grass around the monument too. Last Friday was the first sunny day for 2 weeks and they finally came out - very dramatic they looked - the next morning the whole lot had gone - looked like eaten off - Sparrows? |
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In message , Trevor
writes I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? Does the area get a lot of foot traffic? I was looking at the distribution of bulbous plants in a local park recently, and I was wondering whether it was restricted beyond the original boundaries by a combination of trampling and soil compression. I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:23:44 -0000, "Trevor" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 16:07:43 -0000, "Trevor" wrote: I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? Most of our crocus have disappeared too. I blame the appalling wet weather. -- Martin We're on extremely free draining chalky gravel and in one of the driest parts of the country so I don't think wet could be to blame. More likely too dry as the ones in the foot of the hedge that have more humus in the soil were OK. I planted dozens of Crocus tommasinianus in the grass around the monument too. Last Friday was the first sunny day for 2 weeks and they finally came out - very dramatic they looked - the next morning the whole lot had gone - looked like eaten off - Sparrows? Starlings? -- None here. |
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message ... In message , Trevor writes I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? Does the area get a lot of foot traffic? I was looking at the distribution of bulbous plants in a local park recently, and I was wondering whether it was restricted beyond the original boundaries by a combination of trampling and soil compression. I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. I'll try and get a picture, but the monument is raised on stone steps and the bulbs were at the base, literally inches from it and too close for anyone to regularly walk over. |
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On 4 Mar, 16:57, "Trevor" wrote:
"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in ... In message , Trevor writes I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? Does the area get a lot of foot traffic? I was looking at the distribution of bulbous plants in a local park recently, and I was wondering whether it was restricted beyond the original boundaries by a combination of trampling and soil compression. I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. I'll try and get a picture, but the monument is raised on stone steps and the bulbs were at the base, literally inches from it and too close for anyone to regularly walk over. I just wonder if it could be Narcissus bulb flies, I know that they mostly result in "Blind" bulbs, but they can also result in a loss of the bulbs, see http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/Foliage/ent...state/fly4.htm David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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Possibly the dry weather last summer insufficient moisture to ripen bulbs ?
"Trevor" wrote in message ... I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. |
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Here are the daffs last year: http://www.woldsweather.plus.com/Garden/Monument.jpg This year just one flower on the front row and none round the sides. |
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"cineman" wrote in message . uk... Possibly the dry weather last summer insufficient moisture to ripen bulbs ? "Trevor" wrote in message ... I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. I think thats the most likely myself. |
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"Trevor" wrote in message ... I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. Given that the bulbs are still there ... wild guess Given that narcissi need a cold stimulus to flower indoors, maybe the mild weather has meant that they haven't recieved sufficient cold stimulus to initiate flowering outside either, in that particular situation. So many hours at x degrees c. This might be localised within feet of the actual location they're planted in. Depending on the wind direction those at the foot of the hedge may have been be in a frost\cold pocket and so got the necessary lower temperatures /wild guess michael adams .... What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. |
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"michael adams" wrote in message ... "Trevor" wrote in message ... I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. Given that the bulbs are still there ... wild guess Given that narcissi need a cold stimulus to flower indoors, maybe the mild weather has meant that they haven't recieved sufficient cold stimulus to initiate flowering outside either, in that particular situation. So many hours at x degrees c. This might be localised within feet of the actual location they're planted in. Depending on the wind direction those at the foot of the hedge may have been be in a frost\cold pocket and so got the necessary lower temperatures /wild guess michael adams ... What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. maybe the mild weather has meant that they haven't received sufficient cold stimulus to initiate flowering So why do they flower so well in the Scilly Isles where theres no frost? |
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On 4 Mar, 16:07, "Trevor" wrote:
I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March Yoy never said if they were left to die back fully or were cut off after flowering David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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On 14/3/07 09:57, in article
, "Dave Hill" wrote: On 4 Mar, 16:07, "Trevor" wrote: I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March Yoy never said if they were left to die back fully or were cut off after flowering David Hill Abacus Nurseries Some of ours, under the big cedar tree, have developed a disease, the name of which I can never remember. But it means that the leaves come up every year but with very few flowers. Ray has been spraying that area with something to feed the daffs because what happens is that the foliage comes up but starts to die back very quickly indeed, going brown at the tips within days. This year, there does seem a very slight increase in flowers. Mere feet away, the others are flowering madly. I do wonder if it's anything to do with being under the tree but OTOH the spring and autumn cyclamens do well and the bluebells are starting to flower. I'll try to remember to ask Ray what he's been using and post the name here just in case it's useful in this case or any other. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On Mar 4, 4:07 pm, "Trevor"
wrote: I planted dozens of Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation in the autumn of 2005 around our village monument. They made a splendid show in Feb/March 2006. This year virtually 99% of them haven't come up. I dug up the bulbs and an odd one has a pathetic green shoot of a few inches and that's it. What could have gone wrong? Would it be a mistake to plant more in the same place? I planted them at the same time along the foot of a Lonicera nitida hedge a few metres away , and they are flowering OK. Same thing happened to me two years previously. I dug up the bulbs to find them partly rotten, and infested with small white grubs. I was told I had some eel worm (from memory) and told to not put any more bulbs in that area for a few years, as they would succumb to the same problem. Regardless of the cause, I feel your pain! There is nothing nicer than a good splash of daffs in the garden. Cat(h) |
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