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Nancy
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Nancy asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

Daffodils with not many blooms?

Fours years ago I planted approximately 75 daffodil bulbs in my front landscape. Every year since the greens -leaves-come up nice and full but there has not been hardly any blooms ! Most of the plants did not even have blooms this year at all ! I live in the valley of Oregon where daffodils are everywhere ! What can be wrong ? These are bulbs from this area also. Any helpful knowledge is greatly appreciated ! Thanks !

Update:

They get lots of sun and every year I add organic mulch that is made just down the road from me. I agree I probably need to be more patient :) Great, helpful answers so far !

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    along with checking pH of soil, you should make sure that you add some nutrients to the soil, either a balanced fertilizer, manure/bone meal/compost, humus, etc. Do they get enough sun? add the fertilizer now, as the bulbs store up the energy for next year, and then again next spring.

  • 1 decade ago

    It takes a couple years after planting for there to be a lot of blooms. You will notice a small increase each year. You'll get many blooms, you just have to be patient.

  • 1 decade ago

    i had many that did not bloom for 5-6 years and it turned out they were in too much shade, i moved them and they were fine after that

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    check the pH of the soil.

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