If you want to dig up your daffodils, after the foliage has turned yellow and dried off is the time to do it. Some people do, because daffodils prefer dry conditions in their summer resting stage and rot is the enemy. I just leave mine in the ground and take my chances from year to year; as I have hundred of them, I can afford to lose a few. If you do lift them, according to the American Daffodil Society, you should wash the bulbs thoroughly after you dig them up and let them dry completely (at least a week, out of the sun). Put them in onion sacks (or panty hose) and hang them in the coolest place you can find until November. Good air circulation will keep storage rot at a minimum.
For other general information on planting bulbs, you may wish to visit http://www.bulb.com, and/or Suite101's own Daffodils by Mary Lou Gripshover (http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/daff... and Alpines and Bulbs by Gary Buckley (http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/alpi...
In Part ll of this article, I'll discuss other favorite deer-proof bulbs for open gardens, such as Hyacinths, Fritillaria, Scilla and Muscari.'Til then, happy planting.
