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spring bulbs
primrosecottage
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Morning guys
real gardening today
I'm not sure what to do with clumps of daffs most tete a tete are finished .what's best to get a good show next year? I've cut the flowers off but the green is quite healthy do I lift them and dry or leave well alone and compost round them?(I have had a few blind clumps this year)
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Leave them to die back naturally, feed them if you do that sort of thing
No knots to be tied in leaves.
I never dig bulbs up, though some of mine could do with lifting and splitting up a bit.
In the sticks near Peterborough
As nut says, give them a bit of a feed if you like but otherwise do nothing. The leaves are now feeding the bulb and next year's flower is forming inside. If you do anything unnatural to the leaves at this point, then you'll get no flowers next year. If you want to split any of the clumps of bulbs up, mark their position now with a label then split and replant them after the leaves have died.
Thanks Nut And Bob will leave alone and get on with something else