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Do you separate double bulbs before planting?

Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
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Would you normally break apart daffodil bulbs that are connected? 
Like the ones on the picture or similar 

I noticed that most of them come as “twins”, so was wondering what’s the common approach there if there is one (sorry the picture came up upside down, but still gives an idea what was meant)


Surrey

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Personally, l don't  :)
    Standing by to be corrected though !
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I ususally do, simply to avoid congestion as they themselves grow, mature and make offsets.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    I tried to pull some of them apart today, but in between there seem to be some fresh “juicy” connection, which was what made me wonder if I should be separating them at all. 

    Also I probably should have mentioned that these daffodils will be planted in a pot and probably not kept after they finished flowering (the disadvantages of a tiny garden). 
    Surrey
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Leave them be then.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    I would separate them and give what you don't want to friends or family, shame to waste them.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    I will be planting them all, just not keeping them after flowering  :)
    Surrey
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    I wouldn't bother to separate them if you just want 1 year's flowers.  If you then have to give them away, their next owner can separate if they wish to.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited August 2022
    I don't bother, unless they literally fall apart when I pick them up. In a container you'll be planting the bulbs close together anyway. Pulling them apart exposing anything other than the dry papery layers could let disease in.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    I pant them as they come, double or single.
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Thank you everyone for sharing your experience, I have now been able to kind of make up my mind about it. Those twin-bulbs that I could tear apart relatively easily - I separated, but the rest I left as is, to avoid fresh wounds on the bulbs. 

    By the way, the variety is Tamara, never heard of it, but apparently an early flowering one. So if you have ever grown it, please let me know if it indeed starts in February  :open_mouth:

    Surrey
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