Daffodils that finished flowering

[CarrotPuff]

What do you do with them? Can I cut off the dead leaves? Also, if I want to move some of the bulbs, what's the best time to do it?

I think the general rule is if planted in the ground then leave them to sort themselves out, but if in a planter/tub of some kind then remove heads but not leaves.

I think Monty on GW the other week said you have to leave the leaves on for at least 8 weeks after they've finished flowering. Deadhead any in borders and pots but leave the heads on daffs in the grass so they will self-seed and multiply.

If, though, you've had daffodils come up blind this year, deadhead them: it has totally revitalised ours in a way that everything else we'd tried over the years hadn't. Only do this if a largish proportion were blind, though - otherwise it's a faff.

You can raise the bulbs after the leaves have started to die back, or in the autumn: or, in fact, once flowering is over, but you won't get a great show next year in all likelihood. Personally, I'd do it after the leaves have died back, so that the bulb is at its best but you remember where they are!