Working in the Food Bank garden, I had to remove row covers that are used to protect food plants from bugs. Has anyone used row covers to protect daffodils from bulb fly? How successful was it?
Category: Diseases and Pests
Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.
A good source about daffodil diseases
Fact Sheets | Hortsense | Washington State University (wsu.edu) I’ve got a bit of Scorch and have plucked of effective leaves and sprayed with Bonide Fung-onil Multi-Purpose Fungicide Concentrate. Lets see if it works. Good info from WSU.
Spotted daffodil
A local daffodil grower in Nashville TN is wondering what could have caused these spots on her daffodil. I thought it might be poisons or chemicals, but she said nothing has been sprayed near the daffs. Any thoughts? Becky Fox…
Bulb flies in Minnesota
Unfortunately, several of us in Minnesota have daffodil bulb flies. I’ve been killing them for several days, and killed 22 today. I realized that the remains were disappearing from where I had dumped them on the driveway (after squashing the…
Can Hot Water Treating (HWT) impact blooms? Yes but they recover.
When I get bulbs from Northern Ireland, they are Hot Water Treated (HWT) to kill any potential pathogens. I also HWT bulbs that I sell. I have not seen any major signs of flower damage until this year due to…
Virus -?
All, In one clump only, all of the plants are exhibiting slow but progressing leaf tip die-off. Reading thru Dr. Snazelle’s ‘Daffodil Diseases and Pests” the closest diagnosis I come up with is Narcissus tip necrosis virus. Is my diagnosis…