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Narcissus bulb advice please

YessicaHaircutYessicaHaircut Posts: 164
edited May 2023 in Problem solving
I grew some narcissi in planters this year and was hoping to leave them in there and plant on top for the summer, but I'm finding the leaves are crowding out/shading the new small plants. So the daffs have to go I think. If I remove the daffodils, can I put them into other pots temporarily and stick them out of the way while the leaves die back, and then replant the bulbs in the original planters at the end of the year? Thanks.
Sussex coast

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I should think so. Give them a feed while they're dying down so they can build up for good flowering next year. If you want to you can lift them and store them dry once the foliage is completely brown and they're dormant for the summer, unless you think the plants in your container will go on beyond September or so in which case it might be as well to let the narcissi start to grow in their temporary pots. The roots start earlier than the leaves, and the usual advice for new narcissi is to plant as soon as you can after getting them, unlike tulips that are best left until November.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • YessicaHaircutYessicaHaircut Posts: 164
    Great, thank you, Jenny. I'm hoping some of the new plants will go till first frosts, so sounds like I can leave the narcissi in the temporary pots and then replant when the current lot have their day. How close can I plant them in the pots? Will the roots become entangled and hard to separate when I come to replanting?
    Sussex coast
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited May 2023
    I would just lift them as a clump from the pots that they're in and dump them into similar-sized temporary pots, filling in any gaps with some compost. As they're still green and growing the roots are probably already entangled. Then the same in reverse in the autumn. If you have or can get plastic pots that will slot neatly into your permanent pots, you put them into those and then just slot the plastic pots into the permanent pots when the summer plants come out.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • YessicaHaircutYessicaHaircut Posts: 164
    Thank you :)
    Sussex coast
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