Daffodil disappointment

[Dodie66]

I’ve got a problem with my daffodils. Last year most of them didn’t flower they had been in quite a few years. So I bought hundreds of new bulbs and planted them all in the autumn last year. Hardly any flowers except for one variety of small ones in a couple of pots. So disappointing. Anybody else notice less flowers this year?

The happened to me, but not this year.

Apparently deer and rabbits both like daffodils shoots.

I literally planted hundreds and nothing came up.

Sometimes they just rot in the wet soil. We've had 16 weeks of solid rain and have lost loads of bulbs.

Different daffodils flower at different times. Some of my early ones are up. Lots are yet to emerge

They are up and lots of leaves but just blind. No buds

I am generally rubbish with flowers (and trying to learn).
I planted daffs 2 years ago. Waited for spring and they either didn't appear or sprouted up blind.
I ignored and sort of forgot about them, only to be surprised a few weeks ago by them randomly popping up.

Maybe this year is just a random rubbish one for them where you are?

I had tête à tête in my lawn for years, spreading nicely then they just disappeared. I tried planting more and they didn't grow. There is a common fungus that, it seems, can turn nasty and destroy the bulbs and there's a nematode that'll fettle them as well.

Supposedly affected plants come up blind then eventually disappear completely. But mine failed all of a sudden. My fritillary still come up.

I don't know which is affecting my lawn, very wet, clay soil (but that's not new), assuming it's either. I also don't know if it'll ever be safe to try again Or if the disease/infestation will run its course in the absence of daffs.

We planted about 300 last autumn and though they started shooting very early, they are now flowering and make a beautiful sight.
We live on a newbuild development and several people took to planting in the public areas and most appear to be doing really well.
One person admitted they planted very deep and they are only just shooting.