3. Feeding of bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers for best results
- Use fertiliser. Bulbs, corms and tubers store energy and the embryo flower for the next year. The leaves make the food necessary for this process so it is important to allow the leaves to die down naturally and to apply a general fertiliser eg Growmore, Vitax Q4 or bulb fertiliser around the plants while the leaves are still green and active.
- Don't damage leaves. Don't tie the leaves up, knot them or cut them off - this stops them making food.
- Don't mow off too soon. If they're in a lawn, mow around them for several weeks until the leaves have died naturally. You can mow daffodil leaves 6 weeks after flowering at the earliest. Any sooner reduces the number of flowers the following year.
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