A few weeks overdue, today I dug up the Jonquil bulbs from the flower garden. They finished flowering quite a while back and all the tops have died right back. These guys have been in the ground a couple of years untouched and this year you could really notice them doubled up and crowded. So time to lift out! I guess some people do this every year, or others leave them untouched forever, but mine need relocating.
It is really important to leave the leaves die back before you lift the bulb out. Because as the leaves go yellow and fade, the bulb is withdrawing all the nutrients from those leaves to store ready for next season's growth. Depriving spring bulbs of this essential part of their growth cycle will result in poor, or no, flowering next time.
Leaving the tops on also makes it easy to locate the bulbs underneath! It is a little 'hit n miss' with digging them up though - you have to be careful not to slice any in half.
So originally this was a pack of 14 bulbs (yes, still have the label) well now I reckon that has tripled! From what I could tell, the original bulb has at least two other bulbs attached.
I will gently separate them off, making sure a few 'roots' are on each bulb. Loosely bag them up and then into the bottom of the beer fridge until late summer. Bulbs are one of the easiest low care plants with generous rewards! Next I need to research dividing the agapantha's!
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