My daffs have now finished. Do I bend in half and tie or not.
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Pete C

On 08/05/2013 22:26, Pete C wrote:
My daffs have now finished. Do I bend in half and tie or not.
(Name and email are real )

Not. The daffs need all their leaves working at maximum efficiency to
build up the bulb for next year.

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Jeff

"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 08/05/2013 22:26, Pete C wrote:
My daffs have now finished. Do I bend in half and tie or not.
(Name and email are real )

Not. The daffs need all their leaves working at maximum efficiency to
build up the bulb for next year.
Thanks Jeff.
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Pete C

On 08/05/2013 22:32, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 08/05/2013 22:26, Pete C wrote:
My daffs have now finished. Do I bend in half and tie or not.
(Name and email are real )

Not. The daffs need all their leaves working at maximum efficiency to
build up the bulb for next year.




Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them along.

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

"Spider" wrote in message
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You could give them a high potash feed to help them along.

Thanks for that
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Pete C

On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.

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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 09/05/2013 18:05, Emery Davis wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.


Feed ASAP
Now with this bit of rain you could use a liquid tomato feed, and water
it on.

As for tying spent daffs, this was common 50/60 years ago it left a
small garden tidy, but we used to fold a clump of leaves over and slip a
rubber band over them, a lot easier than tying.
David @ a stormy end of Swansea Bay, Mumbles head recorded wind gusting
to 71 mph 2 to 3pm today

On Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:26 +0100, David Hill wrote:

Feed ASAP

OK, thanks. Yes I have some tomato feed, but crystals to water in.



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 2013-05-09 18:30:26 +0100, David Hill said:

On 09/05/2013 18:05, Emery Davis wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.


Feed ASAP
Now with this bit of rain you could use a liquid tomato feed, and water it on.

As for tying spent daffs, this was common 50/60 years ago it left a
small garden tidy, but we used to fold a clump of leaves over and slip
a rubber band over them, a lot easier than tying.
David @ a stormy end of Swansea Bay, Mumbles head recorded wind gusting
to 71 mph 2 to 3pm today

Tsk! Grandpa used to tie neat little bundles up with raffia! ;-)
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 09/05/2013 18:05, Emery Davis wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.




Do it while the leaves are green. If you do it as a foliar feed, it
will be taken down into the bulb a little more quickly, as a filip.

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

"Spider" wrote in message
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On 09/05/2013 18:05, Emery Davis wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.




Do it while the leaves are green. If you do it as a foliar feed, it will
be taken down into the bulb a little more quickly, as a filip.

All very interesting stuff. I have some Tomorite. I love this group
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Pete C

On 09/05/2013 20:24, Spider wrote:
On 09/05/2013 18:05, Emery Davis wrote:
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:14:41 +0100, Spider wrote:

Tis true. They need to be left for 6-8 weeks in order for the leaves to
feed the bulb. You could give them a high potash feed to help them
along.

Is the right time for this just when their done? I wanted to feed some
blind ones this year, but am not sure when to do it.




Do it while the leaves are green. If you do it as a foliar feed, it
will be taken down into the bulb a little more quickly, as a filip.


Which is why I said to use a tomato feed,
Just don't mix it to strong, stick to the recommended rate of dilution.

On Wed, 8 May 2013 22:26:24 +0100, Pete C wrote:

My daffs have now finished.

Ours are in full bloom, at last. They started to flower on Monday.

Do I bend in half and tie or not.

No, leave them until they die back. If they are in a mowed area don't mow
them until they die back either.

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Cheers
Dave.

On 09/05/2013 01:20, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Wed, 8 May 2013 22:26:24 +0100, Pete C wrote:

My daffs have now finished.

Ours are in full bloom, at last. They started to flower on Monday.

Do I bend in half and tie or not.

No, leave them until they die back. If they are in a mowed area don't mow
them until they die back either.

I always follow the way the council treat those planted in their verges,
as these seem to do well, also they employ professionals, that works for me.

On Thu, 09 May 2013 08:38:52 +0100, Broadback wrote:

No, leave them until they die back. If they are in a mowed area don't
mow them until they die back either.

I always follow the way the council treat those planted in their
verges, as these seem to do well, also they employ professionals, that
works for me.

Same "professionals" that appear to cut trees down for no reason and when
the residents don't want the trees cut down? B-)

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Cheers
Dave.