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Inexperienced Gardener - Daffodils in a pot
qbackhouse
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I received a small pot at easter time with daffodils in them. I've been reading about cutting off the flowers once theyve died, also about tying or not tying the leaves. However, the leaves are now yellow so from what Ive been reading they need to be taken out of the ground. So do I take them out of the pot now? And then what do I do with them? Cut off the leaves, shake off the soil and put them somewhere in the shed to dry? Is this the right course of action? When do I look at them again next year to plant them in the garden?
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If you intend putting them in the garden, just plant them now. They won't appreciate being left to dry out. The foliage should be left on till it dies down and disappears as that feeds the bulb for the following year. Once the foliage is completely brown and dead, you can remove it. It will usually just pull away in your hand.
Alternatively, you can replant the bulbs in a bigger pot with some garden soil, and just put them somewhere out of the way for now if you don't have a spot ready for them in the garden.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've planted all my potted daffs into the garden .....they'll look lovely next year and in September I'll buy more bulbs for the pots.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm the same - any bulbs grown in pots go into the borders once flowering has finished. Each spring I have an amazing display in the borders and beds and it's always a surprise as I can never remember what type or where I planted them.