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Re: Speaking of Daffodils..

Thanks Bill, at least I may have a chance at saving them.
Lillian


----Original Message Follows----
From: Blee811@aol.com
Reply-To: perennials@hort.net
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Speaking of Daffodils..
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 07:55:19 EDT

In a message dated 6/20/2004 7:45:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
liltovey@hotmail.com writes:

> Need info from all the daff gurus! Construction begins in early Spetember,
> but by then we can't tell where the daffs were. Therre are about 100 of
> them. How to best keep them till next spring sometime when they can be
> replanted? Dig them up now and dry them? or dig them up and put them in pots
>
> and let them die back? And do we have to also dance backwards in front of
> the fire?

You can dig them now, dry them, keep them cool and ventilated in storage. Do
remove the foliage.

Keeping them out of the ground through the winter is chancey, you may lose
some, perhaps many. Do you have a spot you could plant them in even temporarily?
You could plant in very late fall, as long as you can still dig a hole (I
have planted in late December). Then in the spring, preferably after bloom, dig
up clumps foliage and all and place the whole clumps in their permanent home.

I moved my whole collection in May, lifting whole clumps, soil and all, and
moved them to the other side of town with nary a loss.
Bill Lee

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