Posted by Grouchy.Oldgit on April 20, 2008, 7:09 pm
I'm no gardener but have had the unfortunate task of tending my
father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for next
year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the autumn?
Posted by Charlie on April 20, 2008, 7:45 pm
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT), Grouchy.Oldgit@googlemail.com
wrote:
>I'm no gardener but have had the unfortunate task of tending my
>father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
>beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
>re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for next
>year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the autumn?
Just leave 'em be. They will be back, year after year.
I'm sorry for your loss, whenever it was.
Care
Charlie
Posted by David E. Ross on April 20, 2008, 8:32 pm
On 4/20/2008 4:45 PM, Charlie wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT), Grouchy.Oldgit@googlemail.com
> wrote:
>
>> I'm no gardener but have had the unfortunate task of tending my
>> father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
>> beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
>> re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for next
>> year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the autumn?
>
> Just leave 'em be. They will be back, year after year.
>
> I'm sorry for your loss, whenever it was.
>
> Care
> Charlie
Daffodills are quite hardy. They will survive most winters, even with
snow and freezing weather. Just plant summer annuals over them without
digging them up.
The one problem you might have is if the cemetary maintenance crew mows
over your father's grave. Cutting the daffodill foliage before it turns
yellow and dies will weaken the bulbs. If this happens, you might as
well dig up the bulbs and trash them.
--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
Gardening pages at <http://www.rossde.com/garden/>
Posted by Pete C on April 20, 2008, 10:21 pm
David E. Ross wrote:
> On 4/20/2008 4:45 PM, Charlie wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT),
>> Grouchy.Oldgit@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I'm no gardener but have had the unfortunate task of tending my
>>> father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
>>> beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
>>> re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for
>>> next year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the
>>> autumn?
>>
>> Just leave 'em be. They will be back, year after year.
>>
>> I'm sorry for your loss, whenever it was.
>>
>> Care
>> Charlie
> Daffodills are quite hardy. They will survive most winters, even with
> snow and freezing weather. Just plant summer annuals over them
> without digging them up.
> The one problem you might have is if the cemetary maintenance crew
> mows over your father's grave. Cutting the daffodill foliage before
> it turns yellow and dies will weaken the bulbs. If this happens, you
> might as well dig up the bulbs and trash them.
I thought you could dig them up, with tops, store in a paper bag in the dark
until tops die off, and replant next year? Or am I getting confused? :)
--
Pete C
London UK
Posted by Anne Jackson on April 21, 2008, 12:08 am
> David E. Ross wrote:
> > On 4/20/2008 4:45 PM, Charlie wrote:
> >> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT),
> >> Grouchy.Oldgit@googlemail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm no gardener but have had the unfortunate task of tending my
> >>> father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
> >>> beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
> >>> re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for
> >>> next year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the
> >>> autumn?
> >>
> >> Just leave 'em be. They will be back, year after year.
> >> I'm sorry for your loss, whenever it was.
> >>
> > Daffodills are quite hardy. They will survive most winters, even with
> > snow and freezing weather. Just plant summer annuals over them
> > without digging them up.
> >
> > The one problem you might have is if the cemetary maintenance crew
> > mows over your father's grave. Cutting the daffodill foliage before
> > it turns yellow and dies will weaken the bulbs. If this happens, you
> > might as well dig up the bulbs and trash them.
> I thought you could dig them up, with tops, store in a paper bag in the
> dark until tops die off, and replant next year? Or am I getting confused? :)
That might be preferable to having the foliage whacked of by the mowers.
--
AnneJ
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion
now accepted was once eccentric. ~Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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>father's grave. I planted some daff bulbs last autumn and had a
>beautiful display but the flowers are now dying off. I shall soon be
>re-planting with summer plants. Should I save the daff bulbs for next
>year, or shoud they be discarded and buy new ones again in the autumn?