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What is the best way to handle daffodils after they bloom?

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Many people who grow daffodils have always hoped they could keep growing them after the flowers bloom. Although in most cases daffodils really only bloom once, that does not mean there is no way to make them bloom again. Below we will explain in detail the steps we need to take.

1. Burying the bulbs

Daffodils are perennials, and they can actually be considered bulb plants. If they are buried in soil, they can continue to grow. The plot we choose should be sheltered from the wind and facing the sun, and the soil should be relatively deep. The next step is to build fairly high ridges and place them in the soil, leaving the leaves above to remain on their own. After January, the leaves will be withered and dormant, so at this point take the bulbs out of the soil, cut off the fine, thread-like roots, and cut away the yellow leaves along the base. Then bury the bulbs again at a depth of 10 cm, apply rotted fertilizer liquid or manure, and then level it out.

Do not take the easy way out and just bury them and ignore everything else, because they take a long time in the soil, especially in summer and autumn when the temperature is relatively high. If you put them in and there are no leaves above, failing to water and fertilize them will cause them to die.

2. Digging up the bulbs

After burying them, the work that follows is maintenance and management. Normally, as long as you make sure to provide plenty of nutrients and keep the soil moist, and of course you must not let water accumulate, the bulbs can grow well and get bigger. By November and December, when we dig them out, we will find that the original bulbs have already rotted and become hollow, but there will still be some bulbs around them. After digging out the bulbs with larger sprouts, we wash off the dirt, remove the soil on the surface, then leave them in the sun for a few hours, and then cut a "cross" shaped incision on top, keeping the scales from being damaged, and that is enough. In this way both the sprouts and the leaves can grow out. After that we soak them in water for a day, wash away the sticky liquid from the incision, and then they can be grown well. After 3 days, white fibrous roots can grow from the bottom, and they will gradually sprout. As for the bulbs that are not very large, we are in no hurry to deal with them. Let them stay in the soil for a year, and then in the second year, when they have grown relatively sturdy, dig them out and grow them.

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