Hi All, anyone had problems with potted Narccissi this year, our usual pots of jetfire etc, do not seem to have developed at all, always well drained etc, just wonder if anyone else has had this problem, maybe lots of frosts did them in
Interesting that you say this, l have pots of Tete a tete (if memory serves me right) showing absolutely no signs of life. I also planted some up for my MIL and they are exactly the same. The bulbs came from The Range. Other bulbs came from Peter Nyssen and they are absolutely fine, so it may be down to a supplier problem.
Mine are coming, but are later than those in the ground. The potted ones are at the rear of the house, which is south facing. The ones in the ground are at the front which is north facing, and sees very little sun, being close to the house. Planted at the same time too!!
My garden ones are fine both North and south facing, these are bulbs we have carried over, and no probs before, oh well just have to get some new ones next year, all the potted Tulips are well up.
@plumb If you can't see anything they may have rotted. N Jetfire is tough but if the pot has been water logged and then frozen, that as you say, could be why. As they have been in pots for a few years the drainage holes could have become blocked.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
The 40 mixed daffs bulbs I got free with my JParker order last autumn are all coming up fine in pots. They've been sitting at the sunniest part of my garden though, on a raised concrete platform outside my shed.
It's most likely down to the weather there's been this winter. They don't know whether they're coming or going. Freeze/thaw etc, which is always more tricky for anything potted.
I regularly grow daffs/narcissus and species tulips in pots, and never have any problems even with the winters we normally get here, ie frosts from early October onwards, lots of rain/wind, then snow and sleet from late December until now, but that's because there's normally a more gradual process where temps start decreasing from September onwards. That's much easier for potted spring bulbs of any kind.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As Bebe said I think they have suffered through persistant frosts as pots are emtied and cleaned each season, oh well never mind upwards and onwards haha
It's not frost as such - it's the swing from one extreme to another, especially after persistent rain, causing the soil to freeze then thaw. That affects roots, and the bulbs themselves. If it was just frost, they'd never grow in pots where I am. We have upwards of 50 or 60 frosts through autumn and winter, frequently prolonged, and often well beyond minus five, six etc.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Other bulbs came from Peter Nyssen and they are absolutely fine, so it may be down to a supplier problem.
The potted ones are at the rear of the house, which is south facing. The ones in the ground are at the front which is north facing, and sees very little sun, being close to the house.
Planted at the same time too!!
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
As they have been in pots for a few years the drainage holes could have become blocked.
I regularly grow daffs/narcissus and species tulips in pots, and never have any problems even with the winters we normally get here, ie frosts from early October onwards, lots of rain/wind, then snow and sleet from late December until now, but that's because there's normally a more gradual process where temps start decreasing from September onwards. That's much easier for potted spring bulbs of any kind.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
If it was just frost, they'd never grow in pots where I am. We have upwards of 50 or 60 frosts through autumn and winter, frequently prolonged, and often well beyond minus five, six etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...