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: Bulb Fly
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.
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…
Bulb Flies
Good morning I haven’t seen much talk this spring about Bulb Flies. I hope some of you have some advice for Keqin Xu. Keqin is not yet a member though I hope your hospitality will convince him otherwise :-) frank…
Sous Vide for hot water treatment
Anyone wanting to hot water treat their bulbs on a small hobbyist level might want to consider a sous vide machine like this one: https://anovaculinary.com/. I’ve used the Precision Cooker one for 2 years now and am very pleased with…