On Tue, 13 May 2003 09:28:25 -0400, "clipster"
wrote:

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?

Daffodils don't "rot" after blooming. The foliage remains and becomes
less attractive, but the leaves are nourishing the bulb tor next
year's bloom. As others have posted, daffs require a good amount of
sun, and may decline in shady situations. The bulbs multiply
undergound and benefit from being dug up, divided, and replanted every
few years. The problem, of course, is that by dig-up/replant season,
the foliage is gone and you don't know where they were. The meticulous
gardener makes a map or places markers in spring so as to know where
to dig in the fall. The rest of us say "I think they were here," and
dig carefully.