Do you grow bulbs in your cut flower patch?

[rary]

I have a lot of daffodil bulbs in the garden, I generally leave them in the soil, and they flower the following year, if you are not getting any flowers the usual cause is lack of feeding this can be from cutting or restricting the leaves (tieing them up after flowering) the leaves feed the bulb, and should be left for at least least six weeks after flowering, and of course remove the seed heads, or it could be over crowding and if so lift and replant giving the bulb some space, if like VC said you plant them in pots a good way to do that is by planting in the perforated type of pots used for fish ponds or cheaper alternative is using a veg. Caddy?( the thing that you put veg scraps in) planting them in that means you can bury it and don't need to water it then lift it out after flowering

[Scarlet]

You ain't burying 'em deep enough!

I know that's the main possible cause but I've been growing daffs for years and I always make sure I plant them deep. I still get lots of blind ones. I think it may be something to do with my clay soil and/or lack of rain ( very dry summers in Wiltshire - the bulbs maybe drying out too much?


# and I don't feed them! Perhaps I need to feed the whole garden!

[bikermike]

I love the way daffs grow wherever they want and have an ability to migrate. I'm sure if I had a look in the garden at night, I'd seem them scurrying about.

[Cadalot]

Bed 13 cleared, covered with a 105 planting membrane and 84 Daffs planted



I have some Tulip Bulbs to go in the end with the red Joist

[Scarlet]

Can we have a photo when they have grown? Very exciting.

[Cadalot]

Most definitely Scarlet