Daffodils Multiplies And Too Small To Flower

Daffodils Multiplies And Too Small To Flower
Jack & Val Myrick via pbs (Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:35:31 PDT)

Judy -Could you send some of the larger N. ‘Foundling' to the bulb exchange?

Does anyone have advice on how to get Narcissus’Canaliculatus’ to flower? I live in zone 8 in California where the summers are sunny and very hot.
I’ve stuck some of them out where they will really bake. I probably should send them in to the bulb exchange myself!

Val
Sonora, CA
Sierra Foothills

On Apr 21, 2021, at 5:43 PM, CR Crafts via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

There are probably THOUSANDS of Narcissus 'Foundling'. Only two will flower because they have split and multiplied into tiny offsets. This morning I used a spading fork to dig perhaps 20%. Potted up close to 100 of the larger bulbs. Now need to harden my heart and toss the remainder in the compost heap. I plan to use a liquid fertilizer until they go dormant, then replant somewhere else.

But I'm having a hard time tossing away the smaller than baby pea sized bulbs. There are simply too, too many of them.

Let's see if I dig another 20% this year. And then next year. And the year after that.

Judy in New Jersey where we have a freeze warning for tonight. The forecast is for 31 degrees Fahrenheit. Piffle! That's not a worry. And anyway, frost free around here is after Mother's Day.

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