non-flowering daffodils

 In my area of Sydney (inner) daffodils mostly come up non-flowering in
the second season after planting.

Does anybody know whether the bulbs ever produce flowers in a season
after one in which they have been non-flowering? I suspect that once
they have been non-flowering then they will never flower again.

Has anybody any experience (i.e. experience as distinct from
anecdotes) with how to stop them going into a non-flowering condition.

I did read about digging them up in autumn and putting them in the
fridge for a couple of months. That didn't work for me.

 

Sydney isn't naturally cold enough for daffodils.  You need to lift
them each year and put then in a paper bag int he crisper section of
the fridge for 6 weeks before replanting them.


No they just need cold (at least in Sydney).  They will reflower if
treated right.


How long did you put them in the fridge for and did you put them in a
sunny spot when you replanted them?  And they don't like to be
overfed.

 

I heard that in Australia there is no need to refrigerate.

I recently looked up the same problem.  It turns out if they're not planted
deeply enough, they won't flower, and they're bulblets become non-flowering
bulbs.  I'm not sure if this can be fixed.  Also some varieties may only
flower every 2nd year, so you may be flowerless sometimes - it's a good idea
to plant new ones in the flowerless year.

I've planted mine deeper now, so I'll see if they flower next year, if they
don't I think I might take them out and start again with some new ones.
It's a shame because I had all sorts of varieties.

Jen

 Some rotten bird has been murdering my white narcissus. I had huge drifts of
them under the (sticklike) birches, and every day they are snipped off (put
them in little vases).
The dwarf daffs came out on the rock walls last week.
And this week, finally, the king alfred giant daffs came out, they were the
first to sprout up but the last to flower. they're in a very protected
garden, it might not have been cold enough.
Quite a good show this year.

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non-flowering

Well that seems strange advice given the range of climates in Oz.
What climate was the writer talking about?  Growing daffs in Hobart is
certainly very different to trying to grow then in Brisbane.


planted

non-flowering

Small bulbs won't flower so when you separate them from the mother
plant just replant them and give them a while to grow fat and they
should come right.

Do you dead head your daffs?  Leaving the seed heads on them can cause
non flowering as can the too shallow planting or dryness or not enough
sun.


if they

You have my sympathy as I lost a few varieties in the worst of the
drought.