Hi Snoop wait until they have flowered and then start feeding, it is at this point the bulb makes the flower bud for the following year, which is why it is important not to cut off or tie up the foliage then but to let it die back naturally.

It's best to feed them,when they have finished flowering,Snoop..to build the bulbs up for the following year,and to let all the foliage die down naturally,before cutting the remainder off.Maybe they weren't planted deep enough? It seems a bit early to to be seeing them already..although I haven't looked to see if mine are through..you may have got a rogue bag,but they are pretty reliable, as a rule.Could you dig a couple up,to see if the bulbs look firm enough,with a healthy root system,and then replant?

oops,we crossed there Mg..:o)

I got a photo from a friend on the south coast, they went for a walk on boxing day and sent me a photo of daffodils flowering........what a funny weather year 2012 has been, its nearly 10c here at 7am......

That's amazing Pam..must go and check mine..it's very mild here too..but wet and very windy..

My daffs are poking through. Nothing to worry about though. They will stop growing while the weather is too cold and will be fine, then start growing again when the weather starts to warm up enough.

Yup a lot of our spring bulbs are above ground already - perfectly normal. I think as Snoop planted them three years ago they will have pulled themselves down to the correct level if they were planted too shallowly, at least that is my experience.

my daffs are about 1" above the soil as my early tulips. I feed mine after flowering and as mentioned i dont cut the foliage down. when they are dead i pull them easily away.

Daffs in flower in our next village!! A very early variety that surprises us every year.

In addition to wrong depth, and cutting the foliage too soon, too much shade from evergreen trees or buildings when in leaf can also stop flowering. Around here, we shoot for at least 4 hours a day of direct sun. considering how gray the UK can be, more might be better, there.

I doubt any of our spring flowering bulbs gets 4 hours of direct sunlight any day but we don't have a problem with them flowering. In fact until Bulba cut it down many of our small bulbs were flowering under a large tree...

In my experience, many spring flowering bulbs are adapted to bloom under deciduous trees, growing and blooming before they fully leaf out. Here in the low desert, Daffs sprout up around the end of January, but don't bloom until the end of March, going dorment a couple of weeks after. They apparently grow, multiply, and store food during the entire time that they are green, not just after they bloom.