If the ugly dying stems bother you, you can do this:
On a fancy home tour once I saw the spent daff stems were gathered in a
bunch (15 or so stems?), braided - like you braid hair - and then rolled
under into a coil and you could hardly see them. Foliage around them will
cover the unsightly stems and later, when all yellowed, they can be pulled
easily from the bulb and thrown away.

Roberta


"Frogleg" wrote in message
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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
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