I was asked how & when to dig up daffodil bulbs. The dogs help show how
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This is how I do it using my weight not my strength. It is amazingly easy once you get the hang of it. They only need to have their leaves yellowed so you know they are no longer feeding their bulbs for next years flowering.
Dig daffodils up when the green has yellowed. If they’ve been in a location for a long time there will be lots of bulbs. It’s actually quite easy. Dig with a garden fork not a shovel & use your weight to push down. You push fork in all the way around clump of daffodils to loosen soil before you try to dig out daffodils. Stamp in fork & push it back and forth. Do this all the way around the daffodil clump. If needs be you can even go around twice loosening soil before raising bulbs out of the ground. They could be quite deep. When the clump of bulbs is out of the ground shake soil off them then gently pull the apart.
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Imagine anyone hating daffodils? For me they are the first signs of Spring and it is so joyful to see them starting to bloom in February.
Fun tutorial of the daffodil replanting ! Meantime Inka is trying to help you right out . Shewolf is very amused and thinks it's very cute.
Made me smile so much 😁 👍
Thank you, very useful. I've been making it far too difficult. In future, I shall remember the wiggle method.
You can do it!😄👍
Thank you !
I was just want to know if when you dig daffodils up to move them can you trim the roots a bit because some are in a pot were there is an Acer and I know how long the roots can grow and wouldn't like to damage my Acer, if anyone can advise I would be grateful, thank you. 🐞.
I have most of our daffodils in the ground. in pots after a year or 2 you might want to take them out and divide after their leaves have died back. then you can transplant them into more pots. you can trim roots back a bit but not too much as they need to gather nutrients from soil for next year’s flowering. I hope this was helpful
Why do you seperate the lambs from their mothers?
They need to be separated for several reasons. most importantly the lambs are quite big and at this age can damage a ewes udder with head butting and their teeth. Also ewes already only allow lambs to suckle a little, just to relieve tension on their udders. then they kick them away. The other reason is so ewes can dry off and recover their own fat reserves for the coming seasons. Ewes give so much of themselves to production of milk they become thin. Without lambs harassing them they can relax and recover their fat. Finally lambs that I sell to other breeders are much less stressed at moving to a new location if they’ve been weaned and had time to develop on their own. I hope this answers your question.