How do I preserve daffodil bulbs?

Do not cut back until the plant has turned brown. Bulb plants MUST reabsorb the nutrients from their leaves.





Daffodils should not need to be dug up. If left alone in the ground, they will multiply themselves.





If there is a need to remove them from the ground, place them in a bag of sawdust with some small holes poked in it and store in your refrigerator's vegetable crisper. Replant in late fall.

How do I preserve daffodil bulbs?
They are quite hardy, you know - don't they survive the winter where you are? Personally, if you are happy where they are I'd leave them in the ground and if you do suffer from a really hard solid frozen ground during winter I would cover them with a thick layer of straw and/or peat while the ground is pliable in the autumn. We have a lovely bank of blooms that come up year after year, they propagate themselves - we do deadhead them soon after flowering though, so that all the energy goes back into the bulbs. As previously been mentioned wait until the leaves turn brown before mowing them back, the reason for this is because if you cut the leaves back too soon for some reason they won't flower next year.
Reply:You need to wrap them up in newspaper and keep them in a cool, dry place until you want to plant them again. Usually a basement is good. Same for other bulbs, like tulips.


Good luck!