"Iris Cohen" wrote in message
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I forced some narcissus bulbs to bloom indoors, in water. Such a nice
smell
and sight on wintry days. Now that the bulbs are almost "spent" and
should be
deadheaded, is deadheading done on forced bulbs, and if so, how? Or
should I
toss the bulbs and get new ones for next year?

If you mean 'Paper White' or 'Soleil d'Or' narcissus which are sold for
forcing, those should be discarded. If you mean temperate yellow
daffodils,
such as are grown outdoors, you can remove the tops & dry them off a bit.
Then
plant them outdoors as soon as possible. If they survive and recover, they
will
bloom again in a few years.

Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

I received a gift basket a few years ago, of miniature narcissus, treated it
like a house plant until early (like 4/15 here) spring and planted it
outside. The first spring after, only foliage, the next spring blooms.
Personally, I don't like the smell of paper whites, and from what I've read
they're not hardy in my zone, they're a single use bulb.

Carlotta
zone 4/5