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Expert: Long Island Gardener - 4/18/2008


Question
Can i transfer the flower after they bloom? (daffodil)..I have a field behind my house and i want to get some for my garden but they are already in bloom.....thank you helen

Answer
Sure!

Just take a huge pile of Soil around the root when you move them.  Dig a huge hole, to accommodate the huge rootball you are going to haul off with it.

And make sure you are moving them somewhere that gets LOTS of light in this season.  Otherwise the foliage will not ripen properly, and the Blooms for next year will not build properly.  We want things to go well.

Good luck, please keep me posted.

L.I.G.

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