Think very carefully about the needs of bulbs: next year's bloom hinges on this year's care of the leaves which make the food necessary for another blossom. They are depleted by the energy that it takes to bloom. To renew this energy, it is necessary that the leaves stay green and healthy and receive enough sunshine, food and water to renew for another bloom. If you can provide that, you could possibly see another bloom in a year or two. NO to cutting back, until the leaves naturally yellow and die, which should take six weeks or more as in nature. If the soil and gravel mixture they're growing in is heavier on soil rather than gravel, they MIGHT be okay with feedings of plant food. (Some kinds of narcissus grow naturally in scree.) When the leaves die back, you can let the bulbs go dry, cut off the dead leaves and store the bulbs. Next fall, repot in better soil and hope for the best. It may take years for them to recover, so if you don't get blooms, repeat the whole process. Another facet of bullbs is that they tend to divide, so instead of one fat bulb you started with, you may have two or more little bulbs that have to grow for a year or two or three to produce another blossom. North Carolina State University has the best information I've seen for growing bulbs. Do not confuse growing paperwhites with the information on growing regular daffodils requiring chill. Nell

I don't have the answer for you, but I'd like to tag along, if that's ok. I want to start my bulbs inside and put them out later. (Until the house starts going up, I have no idea where anything will be planted.) How long after I pot the bulbs will they shoot up?

Hi rockli - Narcissus is the formal name for daffodils of any sort. If you have planted your daffodil bulbs in containers, and you want the bulbs to produce flowers again next year, then feeding them once the flowers have finished is a good idea. When you buy them the flowers have already formed inside the bulb - so the information you have - just water them - will work. For one or two seasons - depending on how rich your potting mix is with any added slow-release fertiliser. And, to go with the water - make sure they have generous drain holes in the container or they will drown and die. They need air at their roots as well as water. And NO water crystals. They keep the mix too wet.

I believe so, it is staying quite warm in our area. That's what I will try for if the ground is workable but if not, any special ways to store the bulbs till the ground is workable in early spring? Thanks so much! ~michael