daffodils not flowering

My friends were kind enough to give me a ton of daffodils last year. I planted them and they grew this year to a nice size but never got any blooms! What should I do??? Move them? Wait a year? Cry??? Just kidding! But I don't know why this happened! Can anyone shed a light for me!

I would just leave them where they are. I don't know why they didn't bloom.

Someone else recently asked the same question and someone posted a really good link for them...I've been hunting for the thread with the link but haven't found it yet. But when I do I'll post it here. There was a list of about 20 or so reasons why they might not bloom.

Well....One reason is that they may need dividing. Daffodils multiply readily--and then get all root bound. I have found that any time I have a clump of Daffs. and they have stopped blooming---it is time to dig up the clump and take all the bulbs apart and re plant them.

When you got the Daffodils from a friend--were they all in one root bound clump?
Did you just plant them the way they were? Without dividing the bulbs? They will always grow leaves--loads of them--but may not bloom if they are too clumped together.

Other than that--I do not know why they may not have bloomed. Perhaps patience is what it will take--like suggested above...

Gita

OK, I finally found the thread. Unfortunately it's in a subscriber only forum so you won't be able to read the discussion, but here's the link I mentioned (courtesy of BeaHive who posted it over there) http://www.daffodilusa.com/daffodils/blooming.html

I did divide them up some. But I did plant more than one bulb per hole. Could that be it?

All the soil was shaken off the bulbs.

Did you check the link I posted to see if anything else sounded like a possibility? I'm not sure if planting 2 per hole would cause problems right away, it'll probably mean you need to divide them sooner than you would have otherwise but I don't know enough about daffodils to know whether that would cause problems the first year or not.

Usually you start out by putting 5 or 6 bulbs in a hole, so that shouldn't be a problem. I would try bulb fertilizer this fall and next spring before they bloom. Be sure to leave the green on until it turns yellow. The bulbs absorb a lot of energy from the green leaves.

When did you receive your daffs? When did you plant them? They need to have a season's growth to bloom the following year. Often (usually) if you have gift bulbs that bloomed, were dug, and then transplanted...well it interrupts the growth cycle and they will put the next year into growing and storing energy to bloom the year after. In other words, don't do anything as your daffs are probably taking a year off to acclimate to their new home and will be fine. Several bulbs per clump are great for specimen plantings. Sounds like you did everything right and just need the patience of a seasoned gardener :).

Laurel

Thanks Laurel,
I think I'll go with that advice. You may just have something there! I appreciate the input! Happy gardening!!!