When can you transplant daffodills?
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Ann Farmer
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when can you transplant daffodills ?
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Early fall is an ideal transplanting time, when the soil is still slightly warm but below 60 degrees Fahrenheit, promoting good root growth. In the northern United States, September and October are ideal transplanting months while October and November are usually the best in southern areas. Ensure that the daffodil plants are dormant, which is signaled by yellowing of their foliage; eventually, the leaves dry entirely and the plants' tops disappear. That factor can make finding the bulbs difficult; avoid this problem by marking the site before foliage die-back happens.
Daffodil bulbs also can be dug up in spring for transplanting, but do that task very early, as soon as the ground can be worked, to avoid damaging new shoots developing below ground.
Ann....You can plant now but won't see until next spring or wait for fall.
Hi Ann. If you are moving them in a garden I would wait until they bloom and then transplant them.
best when plant is dormant :)
I would wait until the plant is done flowering, before the foliage disappears, or mark where they are and transplant once the foliage is gone. The bulb takes the nutrition out of the foliage to use next spring to grow flowers, so don't cut them off until they are really gone. If you transplant them now, when it is warm enough, there is a chance they won't flower this year.