Blooming seedlings
- Subject: Blooming seedlings
- From: "Tiede, Karen E" k*@eds.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 12:30:30 -0400
>>It may look to you like these plants take a couple of years to bloom, but
actually, when daffodil seedlings first emerge they are a single leaf about
the size of a blade of grass (or smaller). The second year you get another
leaf or two. It can take 5 to 8 years to get to the first bloom on a
daffodil
raised from seed, depending on conditions.
You get bloom a whole lot faster once you stop mowing the grass where they
are trying to bloom. I figure she planted hers about 45 years ago, and mine
have been seeding since then. Former occupant kept the yard mowed to a
nubbin, so it's hard to tell how long they've been waiting. I am a lazy
slob, and recognized daffodil sprouts coming up through the grass because I
didn't mow very early that first year.
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