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Old 13-05-2003, 03:32 PM
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Default cut back daffodils or let them rot?


"clipster" wrote in message
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Question whether it is better to let daffs rot after cutting off the spent
flowers or just simply cutting back the entire plant? I have been dead
heading daffs for years and am not impressed with any spectacular regrowth
in the following year. Would simply cutting them back harm them?

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Don't cut the leaves off till they have died all the way back. I always had
very good luck with reblooming. In fact my daffs and tulips were always
spectacular and most even multiplied each year. I dead headed the flower
after it bloomed and then I foliar fed the plant from before the bud opened
till the leaves started to yellow.

It would also help to know where you are located. Some areas just aren't
right for many types of bulbs.

Val
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