Daffodils

[lalilala]

Help, what is eating my daffodils? something is munching off the flowers. Any ideas?

[lalilala]

[PurpleHeather]

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?

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've had the occasional flower chewed, but I don't know what by.

[Twirlie]

At least you've got flowers, I have bunches of leaves and one lone bloom!!!  WHat happened?

[Robert_Brenchley]

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.

[Robert_Brenchley]

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.

[Digeroo]

At 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. 

[Robert_Brenchley]

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.

[lalilala]

Thanks for response. They have flowered but it is the flower that is being chewed off.

[Twirlie]

Had never fed them before and had been ok, may just a bit drained. Will give them a feed. thanks for the advise. Twirlie

[allaboutliverpool]

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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[lalilala]

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.

[Tulipa]

Oz I have this happen too, never had it before, I will go and have a look for slugs tomorrow! :(