I planted Daffodil bulbs last September but they all came up blind (ie did not flower) what did I do wrong?

If you planted them in September they should have bloomed. Maybe the bulbs weren't any good. Daffys are one of the easiest flowers to plant and maintain. This year, wait for the leaves to die off ( the bulb feeds off the leaves) and see what happens next spring. If they have no bloom again, dig them up and buy more bulbs.

I planted Daffodil bulbs last September but they all came up blind (ie did not flower) what did I do wrong?
I had the same problem, not all of mine were blind, some did bloom. This was the second year for my bulbs. I posted a question here and responder said that I should have fertilized them more last fall.





I have also read that if they are in areas that receive too much moisture, that may have some effect on them producing blooms. We had an extremely snowy winter where I live in MI, so I don't know if that contributed or not.





I plan to relocate some of my bulbs this fall to areas that aren't so low (prone to drainage problems) as well as fertilize them and see what happens.





Its very frustrating, isn't it? I love daffodils and every time I look at the empty foliage, it ticks me off.





Hope I've helped a little bit. Maybe we'll get some other help here as well.
Reply:I don't think you did anything wrong. mine bloomed last year, but only 1 bloomed this year. I thought it might have been that we had a fairly cold spring so far. It may have been that I cut the leaves too soon. I'm going to leave them on until they die out on their own and see if that helps. I would try that first before digging them up.


I had a peony do the same thing last year. It never came up, but this year it did! Go figure.
Reply:You might check and see where they're planted. Daffodils are very adaptive, but they do need at least 4 hours of sun. I made the mistake of planting them in my shady front yard in front of some bushes, and I had the same problem. I cut out the bushes, and they got a little more sun, so a few of them flowered, but it still wasn't enough.
Reply:There could be a few things. If you got them from someone, they could be a bit smaller to flower this year. Feed the plants with a flowering fertilizer to help them develop the buds for next year. let the foliage go yellow before you lift the bulbs.





The other reason could be that last year you lifted out the bulbs before the leaves became yellow. which means, the plant did not get enough nourishment and this year's buds did not form.


Or else, its too warm for daffs in ur climate. Which means they will only flower once i.e. when you bought them first. Next year, you could try putting them in the crisper section of your your fridge for four weeks before you put them in the ground and water them with freezing cold water every day. This will make them think its cold enough to flower.
Reply:Don't give up hope


were they given to you by a friend or did you buy them from a store??


I divided some up about six years ago, and some are just now coming up where I put them...


so see what happens next year


good luck!
Reply:It's not you but the poor way the bulbs were stored by the grower or seller.You have been unlucky,dig them up and do again in Sept the new ones will flower next year no prob
Reply:poor things x