Narcissus (Daffodil) leaves

[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!

[William Wagner]

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 !

[Janet Baraclough]

The message from "Marilyn" contains these words:

No.

Yes, though if they lose their leaves too early. possibly they will not flower the next spring. They would just make leaves, fatten up a new bulb, and flower the year after.

Still, after the flowers have finished, the leaves are only needed for about 6 weeks (to feed the bulb for next year) and its now July. So probably, yours will be okay.

Janet

[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 leave have been cut off? Will they ever bloom again? This year was the first yea they bloomed after a lot of labor to get the bulbs in last fall!

-- Marilyn [e-mail]

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

-- sockiescat

[Marilyn]

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