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What to do with my two pots of mini daffodils

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HumptySumptious · 20/03/2022 17:38

What should I go with my two pots of mini daffodils - should I plant them in the garden now, or re-pot them now, or should I wait until they've finished flowering?

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Thinkingblonde · 20/03/2022 17:50

Wait until they’ve finished flowering, after flowering cut the spent heads off so they don’t set seed where the flowers were. If they set seed all of the energy in the bulb gets channeled into the seeds, You want the energy to stay in the bulb to form new flowers next year.
let them die back until the stems wither, you can either leave them in the pot if you don’t want to use the pots for other plants or lift them dry the bulbs off and keep them, In a cool dry place. I hang them in old tights or net bags from oranges etc in my shed. Then replant in September. Or you could plant them in the garden now, I’ve done that and they didn’t come to any harm.

HumptySumptious · 20/03/2022 18:24

Thank you so much!

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Knittedfairies · 20/03/2022 18:26

If you plant out the pot after cutting off the spent flowers, a sprinkling of bonemeal will help too.

APurpleSquirrel · 25/03/2022 17:47

I've done this with a few daffodil bulbs. Waited till the flowers fade, then plant the bulbs whilst still green with foliage into the garden where I'm happy for them to come up again next year. It's called planting in the green apparently, & allows you to visualise where they should go.

viques · 26/03/2022 14:16

I would cut off the spent flower stalks and plant out the remains of the pot in the garden as soon as I could, I think if you leave them in little pots the bulbs desiccate , much better for them to have time settling in and getting energy for next year. A weak liquid leaf feed would help them too before the leaves dry up.

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