When daffodils are planted shallowly (such as in the pot you acquired them in) they tend to divide into smaller daughter bulbs. Also, when they are forced in a pot, the plant is taxed, and draws more stored energy from the bulb to compensate.

They will bounce back in a year or two, especially if they are planted deeply (7-9 inches).

lady chroe's right;
the bulb has used its energy on flowering & needs to fatten up again, like polar bears use all their fat during the long winters, hibernating & having cubs, & then they fatten up again in the spring.

interesting to think daffodils are like bears...

you might check with the Southern Gardening Forum;
7-9" in Georgia might be a little too deep.

I always thought daffodils resembled lions. Rowr!

Thank you all very much. That really makes sense. Actually, those daffodils are tiny yet produce more flowers than other single flower daffodils. Funny!!

Sounds like Tete a Tete.

Daffodils come from a very large family with many classifications. Some of the very best bulbs for the south are ones that always make small flowers, but in clusters. Campernelle is a great one that is blooming all over the place right now. It will have two or three yellow flowers dangling from each stem. Sometime when you're browsing a good bulb catalog, take note of the many different "divisions". Each division has its own type and form of bloom.

I tend to think of forcing bulbs to bloom out of season to be analogous to jet lag in humans. By making the daffs bloom early, the growers have disrupted their normal yearly cycle by moving it up a couple of months; also, while we are enjoying the flowers inside, the plant is not receiving anywhere near the same amount of sunlight as they would if they were blooming outside. Also, unless we're really good with the plants *after* they bloom, and fertilize them and water them and give them really good growing conditions, they won't build up the food reserves to bloom well the next spring.

I force about 1000-1200 bulbs each year, and have found that some, like daffs and muscari, can be rejuvinated to bloom weakly the next year and quite well in following years. Tulips, on the other hand, appear to be a lost cause after forcing; I just dump them after blooming (let me know if any of you want post-forcing tulip bulbs; I just wouldn't expect them to do well for a couple of years).

Pat

patwood....so you fertilize them AFTER they bloom?

I'm not patwood, but yeah, fertilize your bulbs after they bloom. It's like they just ran a marathon and now need to replace what they lost. Instead of gatoraid, give them food. :)