A bouquet of daffodils in early spring - who doesn't like these flowers? The sunny color of its flowers creates a cheerful atmosphere. Those who have them in their own garden, have fallen in love with them and want to propagate them, should pay special attention now!
How can you successfully propagate daffodils?
The best way to propagate daffodils is to divide the bulbs in late summer. To do this, you separate the breeding bulbs from the main bulb and plant them in a sunny to partially shaded location with nutrient-rich and permeable soil.
This method has proven itself: dividing the onions
The most proven method for propagating daffodils is by dividing their bulbs from underground. If you choose this method, you should wait until late summer. Then is the best time to share. The plants usually bloom the year after next after they have established themselves well in the spring. The results are pure.
How to proceed:
- Pick up the digging fork
- Getting clusters of daffodils out of the ground
- Removing coarse soil from onions
- Separate the breeding onions (smaller than the main onion)
- a piece of the base plate should adhere to each onion to be propagated (site for root formation)
But where should I plant it? Plant the newly obtained onions in another location. It should be sunny to partially shaded there. Nutrient-rich and permeable soil is necessary for he althy growth. The main bulb is put back in its location when the soil has been fertilized.
Sowing – for patient, experimental gardeners
- do not choose a hybrid variety for sowing
- Do not remove flowers after wilting
- Seeds are ripe when the stem collapses
- Remove seeds immediately and do not dry them (germability suffers as a result)
- 1 cm deep in sowing soil e.g. E.g. sow in the cold cold frame (dark and cold germinators)
- hesitant germination
- first flowering: after four years
Dividing daffodils – not just for multiplying
Dividing daffodils is not just important for propagation. All daffodils should be divided after 3 years. They produce bulbs after flowering. Over time, the bulbs grow close together and rob each other of nutrients in the soil.
Often the nutrients are not enough to produce flowers. For this reason, you should regularly dig up your daffodils and separate the breeding bulbs from the main bulb. Afterwards it makes sense to add fertilizer.
Tips & Tricks
For propagation, only separate bulbs that have already separated from the main bulb.
