Daffodils are both beautiful and undemanding flowers if planted correctly and in the right place. They begin to bloom in early spring and continue almost until autumn, delighting their owners with a riot of colors and forms. But sometimes something happens and the long-awaited flowers never appear.
Why don't daffodils bloom?
There are several reasons for this, including:
- Increased acidity of the soil. Daffodils are plants that prefer either slightly acidic soil or neutral. On others, they do not want to bloom. What to do to make daffodils bloom? Deacidify the soil. To do this, it is necessary to add lime or dolomite flour to it at the rate of 200-300 g / m2. At the same time, it is advisable to transplant the flowers to a new place.
- The close location of daffodils to each other. The roots of these perennial plants grow very well in 1-2 years and braid the bulbs located in the neighborhood. As a result, flowers simply run out of space and, therefore, nutrients, moisture and oxygen. As a result, they become smaller and stop blooming. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to transplant daffodils every year, at the end of August, when their leaves turn yellow.
Also, the reason that daffodils do not bloom can be: insufficient watering, excess moisture, lack of sunlight, frost damage, pests or diseases, lack of nutrients. What to do? Water, drain, cover for the winter and heal on time. It is also important to dig them up in time for storage.
Why don't daffodils bloom after transplantation?
It happens that even daffodils transplanted to a new place do not bloom, although everything was fine in the old place.
This happens due to the wrong choice of soil and loss of nutrients or a banal shock (any transplant for a plant is stress). In this situation, it is advisable to feed them with a biostimulant solution and place them in their usual place.
