How do i care for my potted daffodils I just got at the grocery store?

I had to have these daffodils from the grocery store they were just so pretty. well I wish I had thought about the plant I have no idea how to take care of it and there isnt much on how to care for daffodils already grown and potted. Mine are about four maybe 5 flowers about 12 inchs tall and there in a 8 inch pot. i wanted to replant them in a bigger pot. How much should I water them , should i feed them any thing do they need a lot of sun?

How do i care for my potted daffodils I just got at the grocery store?
Daffodils are a bulb and bulbs are good at storing their own water reserves. You shouldn't over water them. Water your little pot with about 1/2 cup of water every 4 or 5 days (or whenever the soil goes dry to the touch). Bulbs are also almost completely oblivious to having more soil around them... they can grow out of practically no soil so repotting isn't entirely necessary and certainly not for this season.



Keep them near a window and cool. Don't loose sight of the fact that daffodils are an early spring flower and do not bloom for very long (maybe 3 weeks at most). The cooler you can keep them the longer they will last. 45-60F (8-14C) is pretty ideal temperatures. Repot them to be outside in a container or garden and overplant them with something else for the summer leaving the bulbs dormant in the soil. They'll pop up year after year in the early spring.



Once the flower dries up and gets crusty on the top of the stem, "dead-head" the stems by snapping the dead flowers off... this will stop the bulb from transferring nutrients and energy into the seed-head and will keep that energy in the bulb where it will go into splitting the bulb into multiple bulbs (and you'll see more rapid multiplication).
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Reply:they do do better in sunlight. you can keep them near a window. water them when the soil in the pot feels dry to the touch.



they are bulb flowers so they will come back next year. you can plant them outside as well, they will spread in time as well.
Reply:It's hardly worthwhile repotting these daffs;they'll flower for a few days,then die down naturally.When this happens,plant them out in the garden to naturalise.

You might like to seek some miniature daffs;"Tete a Tete",for example.These grow about 4" high,make charming pot plants and can also be planted out.