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

No. It's the leaves that feed the bulb, so be careful not to take too
many of those from one bulb and don't mow them down, let them die back
naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

What a good idea a cutting garden.

Thanks Sacha and Michael for the answer.
sheila


"Sacha" wrote in message
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naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

"doobydoobydo" wrote
"Sacha" wrote in

naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
Sacha

What a good idea a cutting garden.

Thanks Sacha and Michael for the answer.
sheila


Nice idea here :~)
http://gardengal.net/page108.html
Jenny

JennyC wrote:
"doobydoobydo" wrote
"Sacha" wrote in

naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
Sacha

What a good idea a cutting garden.

Thanks Sacha and Michael for the answer.
sheila


Nice idea here :~)
http://gardengal.net/page108.html
Jenny


Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next year, I
have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I suspect that
one year they will cut too early and I will have no flowers the next year!

Broadback wrote:


Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next year, I
have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I suspect that
one year they will cut too early and I will have no flowers the next year!

I think the rule of thumb is wait 6 weeks, by which time the foliage is
dying down, or starting to do so? Perhaps this year you could note the
date for your own interest and not least, for urgs!
-

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon

"Broadback" wrote in message
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JennyC wrote:
"doobydoobydo" wrote
"Sacha" wrote in

naturally. From the pov of appearance only, some people with enough
space have a cutting garden, tucked away out of sight. Here, they
grow
flowers in rows, rather like vegetables and cut them for the house but
without spoiling the appearance of the rest of their garden.
Sacha

What a good idea a cutting garden.

Thanks Sacha and Michael for the answer.
sheila


Nice idea here :~)
http://gardengal.net/page108.html
Jenny


Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next year, I
have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I suspect that
one year they will cut too early and I will have no flowers the next year!

guess

It may be possible to compensate for early cutting by giving them
a sprinkle of a specially formulated low nitrogen fertiliser a few
weeks beforehand, or at some other time in the year. Not-cutting is
maybe the ideal solution where foliage won't be an eyesore, and is
always stressed because it goes against "common sense" - keeping
everything in the garden as tidy-looking as possible. Much might
also depend presumably, on the overall fertility of the site, the
amount of sunshine it gets - full sun would be better than partial
shade etc and the amount of rainfall. They may also be buying daffs by
the ton and doing secret replantings overnight when nobodies around.
Or just doing regular digging-up and splitting. Much industrial scale
gardening may looks callous and unthinking, but there's often a lot
of sound method behind it, which often goes unnoticed.

/guess


michael adams

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I agree with Sacha, however I would also recommend feeding at this stage.

As has been said let the plants die back naturally, and this plus the additional supply of nutrients will ensure that the bulbs are fed and rejuvinated for next years display.

"michael adams" wrote
"Broadback" wrote

Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next
year, I have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I
suspect that one year they will cut too early and I will have no
flowers the next year!

guess

It may be possible to compensate for early cutting by giving them
a sprinkle of a specially formulated low nitrogen fertiliser a few
weeks beforehand, or at some other time in the year. snip

Geoff Hamilton used to recommend sprinkling a handful of rose fertiliser
round them after flowering, so I do this when I remember, as well as
letting the foliage die down, on the grounds that my soil is so light
and hungry anyway, the daffs need all the help they can get.

--
Sue

"Sue" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote
"Broadback" wrote

Having noticed that the local council cut verges before the daff's
leaves have completely died, yet they still flower well the next
year, I have started cutting mine when the council cut their's. I
suspect that one year they will cut too early and I will have no
flowers the next year!

guess

It may be possible to compensate for early cutting by giving them
a sprinkle of a specially formulated low nitrogen fertiliser a few
weeks beforehand, or at some other time in the year. snip

Geoff Hamilton used to recommend sprinkling a handful of rose fertiliser
round them after flowering, so I do this when I remember, as well as
letting the foliage die down, on the grounds that my soil is so light
and hungry anyway, the daffs need all the help they can get.

--
Sue

rant

I've always had a lot of time for Geoff Hamilton. Who not only
had the grounding in horticulture, having studed it at college,
and started off writing articles in gardening magazines, but
was always trying out new things.
On the other hand I was a regular "Observer" reader when Monty
Don first got the gardening column. The first two years more or
less merely consisted of him "gutting" a book of the week,
presenting it as "his" column, and then just giving an
acknowledgement of the title at the end. The point being that he
was clearly in no postion to judge the accuracy of any of the advice
and information he was relaying. Learning on the job, and badly at
that, and at the readers' expense in other words. No thanks. In
his first book, which I happened to glance through in W.H.Smith
he appeared unable to ditinguish between perlite (white round)
and vermiculite (brown usually, flakes). It maybe goes without saying
that I no longer bother with "Gardeners World". Although I'm given to
understand Monty fills a pair of rough cordrouys to perfection.

/rant



michael adams

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