"doobydoobydo" wrote in message
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Hi
If I cut the daffodils growing in my garden for a vase, will it affect
them
flowering next year.
Thanks
miz

Not so long as you only remove the flowering stalks no.

Depending on the soil conditions continue watering for
at least three weeks after flowering. A low nitrogen
liquid feed is sometimes recommended as well. Treat the
leaves well and make sure they get as much sun as possible
as they convert sunlight to sugars to pass back down to the
bulb for next year. Leave all the leaves on until they're
totally dead. Then just pick them off dried rather than
cutting them off early and allowing any pathogens to get
down into the bulb through the sap in the exposed cut ends.
A high potash low nitrogen ferliser is one recommendation
for daffodils - the other a balanced feed - as they're always
in the process of making new bulbs with each successive season.
However the new bulbs may not flower for the first season or two,
whereas the old bulb may have died off in the meantime. However
if you plant a succession of new bulbs for two or three seasons
running rather than all in the one year - a bit late in the
day now but no matter - this should provide continuity for
seasons to come with no complete blanks.
A lack of flowering for more than one year probably means that
a clump is becoming overcrowded and so would benefit from lifting
and careful splitting.

michael adams

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michael adams

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