Question

Hello!  I planted daffodils this year for the first time, once it's the first time I have a garden for myself  anyway, my question is: when they are finished at the end of the spring can I remove the bulbs from the soil and keep them in a bag for next year?Hello! I planted daffodils this year for the first time, once it's the first time I have a garden for myself  anyway, my question is: when they are finished at the end of the spring can I remove the bulbs from the soil and keep them in a bag for next year? Or should I leave them where they are? Thanks all ☺️

Answer 1

Just leave them. Let them die back or tie the stems up. Keep your eyes open for shops selling them off cheap at the end of the season My garden is full of daffs, tulips Hyacinths that i bought and planted on for the following spring. xxEnjoy❤❤

Comments

@paramagnetic that's exactly what I do got some great bulb aqualisa last year to for 50p really pretty one

---

@harsho9435 Great. No need to spend a fortune. xx

---

@paramagnetic definitely not

---

Leave them, let the leaves die back naturally, this let's all the nutrients get back to the bulbs.  

Answer 2

Just leave them in the ground x

Answer 3

You can do either but I always leave mine in the ground

Answer 4

You can leave in ground they will double up x

Answer 5

Leave in

Answer 6

Easier to leave them in  maybe next year you can add other spring flowers - like crocuses and snow drops  

Answer 7

Leave them until the leaves start to brown, the bulbs need to get the nutrients back

Answer 8

Definitely leave in.  

Answer 9

Just cut the leaves off when they’re brown as while they’re green they’re still feeding the bulb then just leave in situ

Answer 10

I leave mine in the ground but put a marker where they are so I don't dig them up when putting in summer plants

Comments

I put lolly sticks in, if I cant find any other markers.  

Answer 11

Don’t cut the leaves until they have gone brown as this feeds the bulb for next year. It may look a little unsightly but well worth it as bulbs will double for next year. Leave in the ground.  

Answer 12

Leave them in the ground but don't remove the leaves if you do they won't flower next year

Answer 13

You got them For life now they just regrow

Answer 14

Just leave them where they are and there will be more every year to enjoy

Answer 15

I planted mine last year in a tub and just left them during winter. They are out already. Its too early  

Comments

Look at this cheeky chap

---

@llewellyn aww a wee lonely pint

Answer 16

Leave them, they will come back

Answer 17

You have to wait for the greenery to die back before doing anything with the bulbs.  

Answer 18

My dwarf daffs are up with buds on, so are the crocus and iris.  

Answer 19

Sometimes, after a few years, they stop flowering. You just get the green leaves. I like the tete a tete ones . They are smaller and more compact. They seem to flower well.  

Comments

@danaedanaher I do too, the smaller ones just keep coming back.  

Answer 20

Leave in

Answer 21

They need to die back naturally but look a mess so I plant it’s and bury in the soil just covering the top then when they’ve finished I take the pits out and put behind the shed out of sight to die down plus it gives me some space for bedding plants

Answer 22

Before the leaves brown, I feed them to get nutrients into the bulb. Also, once the flower finishes, I cut the stalk off to avoid the plant putting energy into unnecessary seed.  

Answer 23

I leave mine then they come up plus a few more next year. In about five years or so you end up digging some up to thin them out. I've never dug up my bulbs

Comments

@harsho9435 gosh that looks beautiful! You’ve done an incredible job with your garden ☺️

---

Thank you it's my one thing I love to do. I love all the colour I try to pick things that will return every year. I'm putting some more bulb plants in this year as I'm definitely lacking some spring colour

---

@harsho9435 you may find some already potted up miniature narcissi. tete a tete being sold cheaply at the end of this years flowering season. my greengrocer was always selling the last ones really cheaply so I planted them everywhere. lovely thing is not such long green leaves to flop over whilst dying off and def no wind blown daffs all over the place  

---

@lapstrake I will keep a look out. Strangely I find morrisons good for fairly priced plants.  

---

The ones I found, luckily, had loads of bulbs in each pot so I divided after flowering and planted to leave to multiply in each group.  

Answer 24

I leave mine thy seamed to be better the next year, its entirely up to you if you tak them out of the ground remember to rap them in some kind of cloth do thy don't get any rot to them, good luck.  

Answer 25

Leave them in the ground. After the flowers die off, tie the leaves together to keep them looking tidy. You will have more each year

Answer 26

Leave them in but DON’T tie the leaves . Think of the leaves like ‘solar panels’, they are storing energy from the sun to put back into the bulb for it to flower next year.  

Answer 27

Agree, leave in the ground, don’t tie up or cut back for strong healthy flowers next year.  

Answer 28

Once flower has died back leave the daffodil green stems to rot back naturally. Leave daffodils in all year every year and they may even make babies. No need to dig up. Just plant in top. The daffs will grow through whatever each year.  

Answer 29

My daddy planted daffs in my garden 23 yrs ago, i never lift the bulbs and they grow and bloom better each year

Answer 30

You can do either. I planted loads in my front garden everywhere with snowdrops crocus and tulips it brightens me up to see spring on it's way.  

Answer 31

Leave them. x

Answer 32

Leave them in they multiply

Answer 33

If you do want to lift them you need to wait till the leaves have died off as all the nutrients for the bulbs go back into the bulbs so they can get bigger and divide. There is no need to lift them if they are in the correct place unless you want to thin them out a bit and put som somewhere else.  

Answer 34

Leave them be. Flower every year

Answer 35

Leave in will come back

Answer 36

I lift and wrap in newspaper and they have come back fine this year. They are in pots and I want the pots for summer.  

Comments

@chesterton94 Wills ah I'm in same predicament. I shall lift mine too. I've only just got one shoot popping through at mo tho  

Answer 37

Leave them every five years dig them up and divide any extra bulbs that have grown

Answer 38

Just leave them they come back every year

Answer 39

Don’t store them in plastic bags They will sweat and rot

Answer 40

I always leave mine on the ground. Far too much work and effort to dig them all up, dry them off and then plant them all again next autumn.  

Answer 41

I leave my daff bulbs in the ground. Have a fantastic display every year  

Answer 42

If possible don’t remove old leaves when they flop and yellow until last moment even if they look messy because the juices/ nutrients from leaves go back down into bulbs for next year. leave in ground. Even if u would prefer bulbs elsewhere next year, bring up and pop straight into ground preferred position ready for next year. Some people fold over the leaves and tie them around for neater garden while waiting for them to die off. I’ve too many miniature narcissi fir all that lol Enjoy !  

Answer 43

Yes leave them in some people tie up the leaves but they are left in the wild so will be ok just to leave.  

Answer 44

Don’t tie the leaves together let them die form naturally and when they are brown pull them off gently.  

Answer 45

Leave them, they come back every year ❤️

Answer 46

Leave them

Answer 47

Leave them and they will multiply and fill out. I tend to bury mine quite deep so I can put bedding plants on top of them in the summer and not disturb them.