Help, what is eating my daffodils? something is munching off the flowers. Any ideas?
After the winter we have had a lot of wild life will be very hungry. I always thought that daffs were poison.
Rabbits, rats or pigeons?
I've had the occasional flower chewed, but I don't know what by.
At least you've got flowers, I have bunches of leaves and one lone bloom!!! WHat happened?
Did you have flowers last year? I had some knackered daffs which had sat neglected in pots for about ten years. I put them out in the lane, and after a few years they built up and started flowering. Sometimes it's just patience.
Did you have flowers last year? I had some knackered daffs which had sat neglected in pots for about ten years. I put them out in the lane, and after a few years they built up and started flowering. Sometimes it's just patience.
QuoteAt least you've got flowers, I have bunches of leaves and one lone bloom!!! WHat happened?
Did you feed them last year? My suggestion is to give them a good feed now and perhaps one more later. When I am out with a wateringcan lots of people make remarks about it questioning the need for a feed. Maybe then they will give you a show next year. I usually give mind three. One when they first show, one when they are flowering and one to build up the bulb after flowering.
That's a thought. They do a lot of underground growth over winter, so something slow like garss cuttings in the autumn might not be a bad idea.
Thanks for response. They have flowered but it is the flower that is being chewed off.
Had never fed them before and had been ok, may just a bit drained. Will give them a feed. thanks for the advise. Twirlie
If the destruction is neat then it is probably slugs.
If it is ragged with bits of flower tossed about then it is birds.
I suspect slugs which are just now starting to come out of hibernation. They will often be no more than
0.5-1cm long and if you look carefully you will find them under stones or leaves or just at the base of the plants.
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Spot on, I have just discovered slugs everywhere. Never had daffs affected before. Been on a damage limitation spree, shall be checking regularly from now on. Thanks.
Oz I have this happen too, never had it before, I will go and have a look for slugs tomorrow! :(