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Author Garden: deheading daffidols moondance Dream Gardener Member # 1916 posted                       Okay, my daffadoills and hythanicths(?) have all bloomed and are starting to look preety rgged. My question is,do you dehead these like you do to the summer flowers? (can't spell worth a d---- today) I also heard that bee balm will spread like wildfire-I just planted twenty of them! Plants: 190 | From: southern maryland | Registered: Feb 2004  |  Seeded: 63.147.53.34 obywan59 Garden Pro! Member # 2222 posted                       I deadhead all of mine. It should put more energy towards the bulbs instead of seed production. * * * * Terry May the force be with you Plants: 1370 | From: Copper Hill, Virginia | Registered: Apr 2004  |  Seeded: 207.9.249.132 moondance Dream Gardener Member # 1916 posted                       Okay, I understand the storing of energy. However-if you dehead them then how do they reproduce more plants for next year? Plants: 190 | From: southern maryland | Registered: Feb 2004  |  Seeded: 63.147.53.34 Jiffymouse guest posted                 moondance, daffodils are bulbs and multiply by bulb growth. there are lots of plants that do that, including most lilies, glads, etc. i have some spider lily that i got from mom54 (another member) and when they were dug up, we saw several "baby" bulbs on the bigger ones! Seeded: 12.77.201.13 moondance Dream Gardener Member # 1916 posted                       Boy do I feel stupid!!!! I know that they multiply but I thought that it was from the little knobby thing at the end of the stem where the flower is. In time that would drop off and voila! new flowers. (laughing) thanks!!!! Plants: 190 | From: southern maryland | Registered: Feb 2004  |  Seeded: 63.147.53.34 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Moondance, We all learn at one time or another!!! Don't feel stupid at all!!! Someone is always glad to help out along the way here!!!! And don't be surprised if you get something some day, that does reproduce from the flowering end!!! I have the walking or nodding onions (alliums) and they DO produce bulbs at the ends like that! Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.49.111.30 catlover The Cheetah! Member # 654 posted                       Moondance.....No question is a stupid question if you don't know the answer!!! Keep the questions coming...that is how we all learn!!!! * * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003  |  Seeded: 68.66.244.5 Jiffymouse guest posted                 moondance, when you ask a question, those of us too shy to ask get to learn. and those of us who don't know, might try to look it up if no one else does! Seeded: 12.77.200.84 Marianne Gardener Member # 2029 posted                       Yes Moondance the bee balm will spread. But you can control it, just by digging it up where you don't want it to be. Plants: 9 | From: Newborn, Georgia | Registered: Mar 2004  |  Seeded: 141.129.1.98 rue anemone Super Gardener Member # 1744 posted                       moondance there are seeds in those kobby things at the end. You could let those develop and plant the seeds but it can take many years for the plants to reach blooming size. Ususally the plants are not that amazing. BUT: New types of bulbs are developed by hybridizers that collect and save pollen, pollinate by hand, and then collect the seeds. That is a lot of work to get new varieties! * * * * Plants: 679 | From: IN | Registered: Dec 2003  |  Seeded: 4.224.81.225

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