what should i do with my daffs narcissuss now they have finished flowering?

Question

do i dead head them or leave them alone

Answer 1

You can cut off the flower stems, but LEAVE the LEAVES!! The green leaves are storing food for next year's flowers. When the leaves have dried up and turned brown, you can remove them. Daffs and narcissus don't need to be dug up every year. If they seem to get too crowded or if they seem to flower less, then dig them up in the late summer and divide them and plant again. If you want to expand your garden of daffs and narcissus, dig them up in the second year and separate the bulbs and replant them (late summer or early fall). I started with just a few bulbs and now have hundreds of plants on my 1 and 1/2 acres!

Answer 2

Nothing! Some people braid the foliage or cut it back as soon as the plant has finished flowering, but the bulb we need the process of the foliage browning to store nutrients to come back next year. If you want, once the foliage has died off, you can either trim it off, or you can lift the bulb. If you like where they are, there is no reason to move (or remove) the bulb. As a general rule, bulbs are very forgiving, and require little care to perform beautifully year after year.

Answer 3

Just leave them alone, the starches and sugars from the dying flower and leaves are transferred back to the bulb, in turn this makes the bulb well nourished and likely to grow bigger, giving you more flowers next year. If you dead head or chop back the growth, you'll stunt the growth of your bulbs.

Answer 4

Snap off the seed pods but leave the rest of the plant alone, allowing both stem and leaves to stay green for as long as possible and then eventually drying down. I treat tulips pretty much the same way.

If you don't snap off the seed pods, much of the energy of the plant will be used to produce seeds that most people do not want. It is the bulb and its health for the next year that you want to protect -- and you do that largely by allowing the plant (leaves and stem) to produce carbohydrates that will be transported to the bulb. (Seed pods are also producing carbohydrates but they are also using them up to produce seeds.)

Answer 5

Once the flowers have died down gather the stems of each bulb into a wee clump and tie them with a piece string. once the stems have died off totally you can just cut them down with scissors or your lawn mower and your bulbs will come back again next year.

Answer 6

Wait for all the growth to nauturlly die down, then simply cut it right down, they'll be back again next season. If you really want to be diligent, you can dig the bulbs out and store them for next year so they don't get damaged, but I never do. ;)

Answer 7

I would cut the flowers off and wait til the stems of the plant start turning brown and then cut them off they will not bloom again this year but they will bloom again next year.

Answer 8

just leave them they grow again