Follow Us!
† Requires Javascript
Copyright © 1997-2009 Demand Media. All rights reserved.
|
| Member | Message |
|---|---|
 |
Posted: May/21/2007 10:49 AM PST
This is my first year with tulips and daffoldils (sp). The flowers were great, but now they have all dropped, and im left with just the foliage. At what point can i cut the plants down, without affecting the bulbs ability to grow next season ? or do I have to wait until the plants completely die ?? larry |
 |
Posted: May/21/2007 11:35 AM PST
Unfortunately, you have to wait until they die. |
 |
Posted: Jun/21/2007 3:00 PM PST
As the leaves turn brown. Daffies can be left in the ground, in a bed I'll cut the leaves, but around the property in the woods I'll keep them as they are (self mulch). If they are too big you can divide them. As for the tulips your winters are not to harsh. For mild winters, some say dig up the bulbs and replant them in the fall. My aunt lives in Glen Cove, Her tulips never last more than a year or so. My tulips are almost brown. I will dig up one bed and replant them in the fall. I'll see the results next spring. |
 |
Posted: Aug/10/2007 3:01 PM PST
Hello everybody, I've just signed-up at gardenguide.  I live in Uruguay, temperate climate, and I grow daffodils every year. Right now I have some buttons but in a week they will be more. There are people who let them in the soil all year round but when summer is too hot, it's nessesary to watering as if they were no dormant. I prefer to dig them out when all their leaves are wilt, just to be sure that the bulb is feeded enough. Sorry if there is some writting mistake, I do not practise english very often. Bye bye 
|
 |
Posted: Aug/10/2007 4:35 PM PST
Hi folks. Up here in Ohio, zone 5, they grow in yards and also by roadsides. We don't dig them up or mulch them. Some in my yard are probably older than me. |
 |
Posted: Aug/12/2007 4:06 AM PST
 Well first I want to welcome mflora to GG and then add my two cents.I live in Zone 5.. daffodils are the most reliable bulb that we have, critters dont seem to eat it and they multiply and bloom wonderfully regardless of weather. I do water my bulbs during drought, such as what we are experiencing now. This is the 3rd year of drought conditions.. so I don't know if over time it will take a bigger hit, but in the spring.. those daffies are ready to pop up and say ''hello there''! The only bulbs I have to dig here are the tender bulbs, elephant ears, dahlia, canna etc. |
 |
Posted: Aug/12/2007 1:13 PM PST
Welcome mflora from the state of South Carolins. We don't dig our daffies either. In fact mine are planted within the flower garden so they get watered when the other plants need a drink. And they just keep coming every spring. |
|
|
Posted: Aug/16/2007 6:16 PM PST
Chattycarnation and Yardgranny, thanks for your welcome. Sorry not answering before today,I've spent a days out.  We are now in last winter, and my daffys are about to bloom, in a week I'll post a picture. The matter is that in summer, sun is too hot here with not a quite good ozono filter and soil is sandy, so I'm afraid that bulbs may become sick because of this. I prefer keep them in safe storage. What I haven't tried yet is to take seeds of them. Has anybody done it? I'm not shure if flowers are unisexuals. Cheers
|
† Requires Javascript
Copyright © 1997-2009 Demand Media. All rights reserved.
