Tuesday, April 28, 2009

I got a daffodil for Easter - how do I transplant?

I live in Texas and want to plant outside. The leaves are turning yellow with brown tips and I am not sure if it is dying or if I can still plant outside.

I got a daffodil for Easter - how do I transplant?
put it in the ground and let the green finish dying..the green foilage is how the daffodil and other bulbs store energy in their bulb part for food for next years plants...once the foilage is dry and dead then you can cut it off..keep watered but dont drown it and next year it should be fine without doing anything special to it
Reply:It is fine. At this point I'd let the green die off on it's own. Then clip the bulb off, keep it dark and dry, and then plant it in October.
Reply:do not remove the yellow leaves, since that is the way the daffodil stores energy in the bulb. plant the bulb twice the depth of the bulb. It should die back naturally, and reappear next spring
Reply:Let it completely die down naturally. After the foliage is completely dried out, cut it off and store the bulb in a dark/cool place. Plant in the fall with a little bone meal about 7.5 cm deep.
Reply:well, daffidils have bulbs, so you can either wait till this years bloom is done and transplant the bulb in the fall, or you try and transplant the plant now, but I don't sugest putting it out side unless you put it someplace where the texian sun won't hit it directly, more shade than sun... the leafs might need water ot it could mean that you have over watered it. just keep the soil moist, not wet , just damp. also it could mean that the plant is dying, but remember these sorts of plants bloom and die and bloom again next year, you it still has a long life!!!
Reply:You need to remove all green parts of the plant.Take the soil from the bulbs. Store them in the dark until next fall, then plant outside for them to bloom in the spring.


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