Spring flowers?

Ok we planted alow of flowers about 2 years ago and most of them are daffodils the yellow flower look it up on google i see other neigbors with daffodils accually fully blooming





mine are growing but dont bloom as well when the flower blooms its already half dead if its not dead but it blooming its all scrunched up





how can i make my daffodils look my neighbors?

Spring flowers?
Where are they planted? Daffodils generally need full sun and a nice well aerated soil to thrive.
Reply:I'd have to see pictures of your scrunched up flowers to be sure what's happening.





First, if you bought cheap bulbs, they were not mature enough to have a flower. What did they do last year? Anything? Did you remove the foliage too soon. The foliage is a giant solar collector gathering sunlight to capture the energy inside the plant. If you remove the foliage, the plant can't gather energy.





Second, if your winter is dry, the bulbs can dry out. The soil needs to be moist but not wet. If your summers are wet, the bulbs may be rotting underground. Daffodils need a somewhat dry soil in summer.....they should be sitting in puddles.





Have you fertilized the bulbs? Any flower fertilizer will work. Apply in early spring, even before the flowers appear...or should appear.





Finally, the bulbs could be diseased. Did one up now and look at it. Is it mushy? Does it look eaten by an underground bug or mammal (vole)? If you suspect disease, do not put new bulbs into the same soil, plant elsewhere. There could be an insect sucking the life from your flowers before they open. Thrips is one that comes to mind.





I'm sorry you hare having this trouble, daffodils are usually easy to grow.
Reply:there is nothin' you can do...sorry..............
Reply:Get a soil test kit at Home Depot. You might have too much of a certain mineral in your soil.
Reply:Good question Zachary, I wuld suggest severl things, number one, be sure it is in full sun. Number two, supplement a fertilizer with High Phosphorus in spring and in fal when you plant the Bulbs. the Phosphorus increses blooming and color. if your looking at a fertilizer Bag, you will see three letters NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus and potassium). you want a fertilizer called blom statrt or Bone meal. the Number in the center will be High. for example ( 4-12-4). 4% nitrogen 12% phosphorus and 4% potash.


lastly, some bulbs, such as daffodils can be forced. if you do tis, it will simulate a cooling and warming of climate which will prompt the Bulb to sprout, thinking that it is spring. daffodils, in my opinion work best if you just supplement fertilizer.