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Daffodils
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The daffs in our garden are starting to wither. Should we cut them back or will they sort themselves out? If I need to cut them back, how much to I cut off?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You can snip off the heads, but leave the stems until they go yellowy brown, then just gently pull them out. If they don't come out easily, leave them for a bit longer. They look messy but apparently all the strength goes back into the bulb for next year this way. Someone correct me if I am wrong :)
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Don't they start to look sad once they've finished blooming? I just pull the heads off mine and leave the leaves to die down until they're limp enough to be pulled out without yanking up the actual bulb. But if I don't have anything I need to plant immediately around them I sometimes just lay the leaves flat on the soil and pile up the earth immediately surrounding them until they're covered, just to prevent things looking untidy.