My Daffodils have finished blooming and Im left with the green stalk like stems and leaves. Can I cut them down to the ground and cover them with mulch for a clean look or should I leave them and let them wither down?
Thanks
2007-05-16 09:58:36 · 5 answers · asked by Mildly Me 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Leave them to dry on their own. If you cut them back now, you'll be taking away what they use to store nutrients for the next growing season. The bulb family uses the rest of the green part of the plant to produce nutrient's that are needed to bloom next season.That is stored in the bulb part .Cutting back now will only insure no blooms. Leave them there ,until they are good and crispy,than you can cut away the dead part. You can tie them up,to get them looking a little neater,but don't cut them off yet.
2007-05-16 10:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by Sandyspacecase 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can go either way. The daffodils will grow the leaves back out and the stalks will just shrivel up, or you could leave them as they arfe and let the stalks die on their own.
2007-05-16 10:05:46 · answer #2 · answered by flyaway_far 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can cut the main stem, where the flower was. But you should leave the leaves - they will provide energy and 'recharge' the bulb for a beautiful flower next year.
2007-05-16 10:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by ModMan65 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave them until the leaves have turned brown. IThen cut them. They use the leaves to get nutrients, so if you cut them now, they probably won't bloom next year
2007-05-16 10:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by Janiepoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let them wither down then mulch them
2007-05-16 10:01:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋