Daffodils advive

Hi all,

I'm wondering what I should do with some daffodil bulbs I've got. Here's their story: I bought them in spring in a little pot when they were flowering, kept them indoors and after they stopped flowering I cut off the leaves when they were wilting (as recommended). Then I stored them outside on the balcony, but not sheltered from the rain or anything. Can I just leave them like this over winter? In the middle of each bulb I can see some green, like small green shoots. They are really densely packed in the pot, I can't even really see any soil. Should I repot them? I don't have a cellar or anything where I could store them safe and cool. It's either on the balcony or in the flat.

Any advice greatly appreciated!

 

I tend to think you did it all wrong
You need to grow bulbs on while in leaf following flowering, so cutting off the leaves was bad advice.
You might get a few flowers next spring, but it unlikely they will perform anything as well as they did last year.

They are totally hardy, mostly, and are best left outside.

 

Well as I said I only cut off the leaves when they were going yellow. Anyway I'm wondering about what to do with them now, should I repot them?

 

ok, so if they were going yellow thats not so bad.
Thought you cut them off when wilted.
Repotting now will not do much as the energy was stored, by the leaves, back last spring.
The flowers are already in the bulbs.

Repotting now could possibly help the flowers year after next though.

 

im guessing they were tete a tete bulbs. Id repot them into fresh compost and leave them somewhere cool for next spring flowering , or war m them up earlier to get forced early flowers.

 

more dense they are less they will bloom. Re pot them in in a larger pot and stick them outside where snow /water/and coldness can get to them. But, on the other hand, typically, you do plant bulbs "in the Ground" and "in the Ground" the temp is a slight warmer that above ground in a pot. You could, if you really want the pot mobility for next year surround the pot with some wind breaking stuff, that way that may mimic the earth. Other than paperwhites for Christmas holidays in a pot. All my bulbs are in the earth.

 

Best thing you can do IMO is give them to a friend with a garden and plant in the ground.