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Daffodil Growing Guide: Planting, Care & Harvest

A spring-flowering bulb planted in autumn, grown in borders or pots and left in the ground to multiply year after year.

Daffodil

Narcissus spp.

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

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Guides

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (15)

Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.

Sclerotinia Rot

Disease

The crown, stem or head rots in a water-soaked way and is covered in white cottony mycelium. Black sclerotia later form inside and on the surface, and the plant wilts and dies.

Bacterial Soft Rot

Disease

The crown or the head becomes water-soaked and soft, then collapses into a slimy mush. The rotting tissue gives off a distinctive foul odor.

Gray Mold

Disease

Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.

Leaf Spot

Disease

Small round brown to gray-white lesions appear on the lower leaves, the centers turning gray with tiny black specks. As they multiply the leaf yellows and drops early.

Mosaic DiseaseDry RotPlant-parasitic NematodesCorm RotWhite Root RotStem NematodeLeaf Tip BlightFoliar NematodeBlue MoldNeck RotBlack Mold

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