I was asked how & when to dig up daffodil bulbs. The dogs help show how
Channel: Zwartbles Ireland Suzanna Crampton
Date: 03/05/2022

This is how I do it using my weight not my strength. It is amazingly easy once you get the hang of it. They only need to have their leaves yellowed so you know they are no longer feeding their bulbs for next years flowering. 
Dig daffodils up when the green has yellowed. If they’ve been in a location for a long time there will be lots of bulbs. It’s actually quite easy. Dig with a garden fork not a shovel & use your weight to push down. You push fork in all the way around clump of daffodils to loosen soil before you try to dig out daffodils. Stamp in fork & push it back and forth. Do this all the way around the daffodil clump. If needs be you can even go around twice loosening soil before raising bulbs out of the ground. They could be quite deep. When the clump of bulbs is out of the ground shake soil off them then gently pull the apart.



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