Daffodils are self-replicating and form dense clumps over the years. You can share them and plant them somewhere else.
Did you know: Daffodils reproduce by themselves. Smaller bulbs, also known as daughter bulbs, form around the original bulb. This is also the reason why daffodils bloom more and more bushy in one spot year after year. If there are too many flowers in one place, it makes sense to replant some of them. This presents no difficulties and requires no special prior knowledge.
When is the right time for this?
If you want to transplant daffodils, you can do so after flowering, i.e. in late spring or early summer. You can also wait until autumn, but then you will no longer find any parts of the plant above ground and you have to mark the locations beforehand. This works easily with small wooden sticks or a few pieces of wire.
How to properly transplant daffodils
Step 1: Dig up daffodils
You will need a spade or spade fork to dig up the onions. Prick the bottom deep and at an angle to the inside from all sides at a distance from the daffodil. Then lift the plant and the bulbs out of the ground.
Step 2: Separate the daughter onions from the main onion
You will notice that several small bulbs have grown around the main bulb of the daffodil. Too many of these daughter or brood bulbs inhibit flowering. Remove the daughter onions by gently twisting them off. However, if you not only want to transplant your daffodils, but also want to propagate them, you must ensure that a piece of the root plate is attached to each daughter bulb.
Step 3: Check onions
Next, check the he alth of any bulbs you plan to replant. They should feel firm all over and not have any rotten spots.
Step 4: Choose a new location for the daffodils
Don't let much time elapse between digging up the bulbs and planting them elsewhere. Ideally, do bothoperations on the same day. Be sure to choose a sunny or partially shaded location. With less than an average of two hours of sunlight per day, daffodils will not grow well and develop lush blooms.
Please also note: If the soil at the selected planting site is clayey or loamy, you can make the soil more permeable with a layer of a sand-gravel mixture and thus ensure that that no waterlogging forms in the area of the onions. You can also fill up the planting hole with compost.
Step 5: Plant daffodils
To plant individual bulbs, use a bulb planter. If you prefer to plant a group of daffodils, you can dig a larger hole with a spade. Regardless of the method you choose, use the following rule of thumb:
Bulb diameter x 3=depth of planting hole
Also make sure that the tips of the onions are pointing straight up. Daffodil bulbs will begin to develop roots as early as autumn. Then they gratefully accept any offer of nutrients.