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Growing Daffodils in Pots


  • 5. The planting medium must be well drained and yet retain sufficient moisture for growth of the bulbs. A good mixture would be 1 part loamy soil, 1 part peat, and 1 part sand. Other wise, a commercial potting mixture that contains a large amount of peat is recommended. Fertilizer should not be added to the mixture. The pH should be 6 to 7.

  • 6. Use clean 6 to 8 inch diameter pots with adequate drainage holes. Clean and rinse previously used pots thoroughly. Be sure to use a small amount of crushed rock, broken pottery, or other method to insure the drain holes will not become clogged.

    Pot Growing Procedures

    I start out with the potting of the bulbs in my garage in October and watering them, and keeping them moist until November, or about 30 days sitting on my cold concrete floor to take advantage the small amount of cold that is available. When it starts getting a little cold outside, I place the pots in a trench that I had previously dug, cover them up to about the top of the pots with soil, and wait a couple of weeks for it to get colder and the last of the leaves to fall. I place about a foot of ground-up leaves over top of the pots and leave them to about mid-February. At about the same time that I place the spring application of fertilizer on my "garden-planted" daffodils, I rake the leaves off the pots and move them to a sunny area next to my house foundation.

    I control the blooming by either leaving them outside to take the chill, or if they are coming along too slow, I move them inside the sun room where it is 10 to 15 degrees warmer. You have to keep careful watch on them in the sun room as they will open too quickly. The planting medium will dry out, also, in the higher heat. My potted daffodils start providing flowers in the middle of March, and will, if protected, last until April when my regular daffodil beds kick in.

    Stuffing the Pots

    Part of the intrigue of growing potted daffodils is stuffing the pots with bulbs. Some of the better grown daffodil pots will contain 30 to 40 bulbs. The larger the pot, the more bulbs can be placed it in. Most of the time, I will only place 5 or 6 bulbs

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