Re: Yet Another daffodil question for Bill
- Subject: Re: Yet Another daffodil question for Bill
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 10:16:42 EDT
In a message dated 5/15/02 9:36:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
> I have a ton of naturalized daffodils - when can I divide them? I
> want to move some to other beds!
Sorry about the previous empty post. Sometimes AOL responds too quickly to
the Reply button and opens a reply window and sends it immediately!
Daffodils are ideally dug and divided as soon as the foliage starts to
yellow, while you can still see where they are located. You can let them dry,
store them in a cool, ventilated area, and replant in the fall.
Or you can replant them immediately.
If you want to divide them right away, that usually works too but as long as
the foliage is still green, I'd replant them right away, with foliage still
attached, rather than let them dry out. However, I know people who have
moved to a new house, dug their daffodils with green foliage, put them in a
shady protected spot, and replanted in the fall with little harm--you might
get less bloom the first year with this method, but chances are good that the
bulbs will survive nicely.
Be careful when dividing not to damage the basal plate--the round, hard ring
at the base of the bulb. In fact, better not nick or damage the bulbs at
all--wounds let diseases in. A big clump will usually fall apart fairly
easily by itself when the roots dry out and the soil is removed.
Bill Lee
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