Storing Daffodil Bulbs

[horseshoes]

Every year I try and fail to store my daffodil bulbs. I read somewhere, but typically can't remember, about storing the dry bulbs in brown paper bags. Do any of you know of this method?

[boxtops]

I don't store them, horseshoes - I just leave them where they are, it gives them the chance to spread and double.

[horseshoes]

I do leave the ones in the ground Boxtops, although this year EVERY single one was "blind". The ones I, asking about are the ones in my tubs, which I want to plant up with summer bedding. Perhaps I could plant on top of the bulbs. Would that work?

[woofgang]

yup, I have tubs which I replant over the daff bulbs (and others) every year.

[maggiebee]

My old dad was a gardener his whole life and he always said daffodils hate being moved. I always leave mine in the ground and as boxtops says they spread and double up. If a daffodil is "blind" dig it up and compost it, it'll never come back. Tubs look great layered with bulbs and summer flowering bedding plants.

[horseshoes]

Right oh! They're staying in the tubs. Thanks one and all.

[boxtops]

Yes, I have layered pots, daffs at the bottom, things like hyacinths and tulips on the top. Never shift them.