#1: Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves

Posted on 2006-07-03 22:41:22 by marilyn

Hello, friends in the gardening world. Someone
accidentally cut off the leaves of my narcissus at ground level. I was
letting them die naturally to fertilize the bulbs, because I read that
was the right thing to do. Is there something, such as some kind of
fertilizer that I could apply to make up for the fact that the leaves have
been cut off? Will they ever bloom again? This year was the first year they
bloomed after a lot of labor to get the bulbs in last fall!

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#2: Re: Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves

Posted on 2006-07-03 23:13:25 by William Wagner

In article <Shfqg.2379$ye3.2251@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Marilyn" <0h7sl001@sneakemail.com> wrote:

> Hello, friends in the gardening world. Someone
> accidentally cut off the leaves of my narcissus at ground level. I was
> letting them die naturally to fertilize the bulbs, because I read that
> was the right thing to do. Is there something, such as some kind of
> fertilizer that I could apply to make up for the fact that the leaves have
> been cut off? Will they ever bloom again?



>This year was the first year they
> bloomed after a lot of labor to get the bulbs in last fall!

That is the first year... from a bulb's perspective :))

Forget about it and be surprised next year. Reading about is OK but
making mistakes and learning why sometimes superior.

I'd add not planting in a straight in case rodents like your bulbs.
Naturalizing is the term/ idea.

OK to make many mistakes !!

Bill of many !

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Posted on 2006-07-03 23:21:53 by unknown

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#4: Re: Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves

Posted on 2006-07-04 04:28:02 by sockiescat

Marilyn Hello, friends in the gardening world. Someone
accidentally cut off the leaves of my narcissus at ground level. I was
letting them die naturally to fertilize the bulbs, because I read that
was the right thing to do. Is there something, such as some kind of
fertilizer that I could apply to make up for the fact that the leaves
have
been cut off? Will they ever bloom again? This year was the first year
they
bloomed after a lot of labor to get the bulbs in last fall!

--
Marilyn
m.lempuk@hotmail.com


usually its good to let the leaves die back so that the good can go to
the bulb but in this case i wouldnt worry what is done is done and im
sure that your bulbs will bloom again next year with no really ill
effects.
u might have flowers that are maybe a bit smaller than this years bloom
but thats about it:). good luck, sockiescat.


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#5: Re: Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves

Posted on 2006-07-04 16:57:30 by marilyn

"sockiescat" <sockiescat.2aevjy@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>Hello, friends in the gardening world. Someone
> accidentally cut off the leaves of my narcissus at ground level. I was
> letting them die naturally to fertilize the bulbs, because I read that
> was the right thing to do. Is there something, such as some kind of
> fertilizer that I could apply to make up for the fact that the leaves
> have
> been cut off? Will they ever bloom again? This year was the first year
> they
> bloomed after a lot of labor to get the bulbs in last fall!
>
> --
> Marilyn
> m.lempuk@hotmail.com
>
>
> usually its good to let the leaves die back so that the good can go to
> the bulb but in this case i wouldnt worry what is done is done and im
> sure that your bulbs will bloom again next year with no really ill
> effects.
> u might have flowers that are maybe a bit smaller than this years bloom
> but thats about it:). good luck, sockiescat.
>
>
> --
> sockiescat

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, all. It's great to have a place to go for
novice questions like mine.

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