as soon
as the daff is done blooming, before that green swelling
gets large, you should dead head it off.
If you give the bulbs a high phosphate fertilizer after blooming, you don't really have to lift them. They will continue blooming
year after year and increase. If not dead headed, the bulb will not have enough energy for next season. Leave the leaves intact until they are totally brown, as they make food for the next season.
If taken care of, they can go 20 yrs! Ihave some that old
and I have never lifted or moved them.
Bulbs need adequate water in the fall, as that is when they
start making the flower for the next spring. If there is drought
they may die.
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