More daffodil questions...?

If I want to pot one for inside, how big of a pot do I need? Also, if I keep bulbs in the fridge until mid or late February and then plant them outside, will they still bloom this year? Or should I just plant them now? I live in zone 7 by the way.

More daffodil questions...?
You can plant them right now, and the other can be planted in as small as a 5" glass bowl with gravel and water.
Reply:Most flowering bulbs need a period of cool weather to rest, and then a slightly warmer period of about a month to grow roots in either pebbles, sand, marbles or perlite. Use a pot just a little bigger than the bulb. It's nice to have a grouping of several bulbs.


Once the roots have grown so they truly grip the potting mixture, then bring them into room temperature and sunlight for the leaves and blossoms to grow taller.


Unless you plan on repotting the bulbs outside, don't use potting soil. Usually bulbs which are "forced" to bloom indoors are discarded. However, you can replant some kinds of bulbs outside and give them extra compost or manure so they'll put energy back into the bulb. Tulips are one of the bulbs which don't do well in the garden after forcing.





If you force a bulb indoors, it will generally not bloom again that same year if you plant it outside. Don't cut off the leaves once the blossoms have faded. Clip off the dead flowers and let the leaves die back naturally. The leaves are needed to rejuvanate the bulb.





What's wonderful about daffodils is you can split the bulbs and the parts will grow into several flowering plants. You may think you've dug them all up, but if you leave a tiny bit of a daffodil bulb in the ground, in a year or so you'll have a bright yellow flower in the spring.
Reply:I love daffodils so much aren't they awesome! First of all, it doesn't have to be a really deep pot, just deep enough so they have room to grow. Second, I don't see why you'd need to put them in the fridge, I live in zone 6 and you can just leave them outside and they're almost garanteed to bloom the next year. I can't promise you that they'll bloom this year since you dug them up, but it depends on what variety it is, I can't really give you a definite answer on that. Happy gardening! :)