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Daffodils

Sizeyuk1Sizeyuk1 Posts: 125
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I want to lift my daffodils when they finish flowering and use the post for annuals. Can I put them into the ground where I want them to flower next year or do I have to store them and if so how? Shall I cut the foliage back whether I plant or store them.

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Yes, you can put them in the ground. Don't cut off the leaves either way - ground or store. 
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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Spring flowering bulbs fare best if you dead head them and keep them watered for about six weeks after flowering.  This gives the bulb time to store the nutrients produced by the foliage.  Then you can dig them up and either replant them at once or store them in a cool dry place to plant in the autumn.  If you uproot them as soon as the flowers fade, they'll probably survive, but you won't get much of a display next year.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I always get old compost sacks and upend the pots of daffs into them, and leave in the bags, with the soil they grew in. . 
    I would always use new compost for the summer annuals any way.
    that way they can stay in those bags all winter, dying down on their own, then they will be ready to have the soil shaken off and be replanted in the tubs in October. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • rummyrummy Posts: 1
    What can I do with daffs that havnt flowered should i dig them up and dipose of them 
  • Sizeyuk1Sizeyuk1 Posts: 125
    Thanks for the replies, I will replant some daffs and throw some with their compost into old compost bags and see which do best.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Have a look here rummy https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=658 there are a few reasons why daffs don't flower - not all of which are terminal
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Do you remove just the flower, or the whole stalk?
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Ah - that's one that divides opinion, even among the 'experts' (of which I am not one). I just take the heads off. I think the main thing is to leave the leaves
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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