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A fork - either large or hand; pots; labels; a gardening knife; large paper bags or envelopes; a pen; an old baking cooling rack; fungicide; a small paint brush.
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After flowering, allow the leaves on your bulbs to go yellow. Resist the temptation to 'tidy' these, the bulbs need to use them to help provide and store energy for the next seasons flowering.
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Gently lift the bulbs with a fork from their planting space, or empty them out of the container they have grown in. Get right underneath the bulb clump, so that the fork does not damage them. Keep tabs on what's what by putting them in labelled containers.
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Use your fingers to clean the soil off each bulb along with any loose tissue of the actual bulb. You'll want to do this at a work surface to avoid back strain. With a sharp garden knife, cut off the dying leaves, or pull them off very carefully. Throw out any bulbs that are damaged, or that show signs of disease as soft bulbs are an obvious problem.
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Space the sound, clean bulbs on the wire rack so that they do not touch. Leave them overnight to dry.
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Next day, dust them with the fungicide powder using an old paint brush to apply it. Put them in clean, labelled, paper bags or large envelopes. Store in a clean, dry place that remains frost-free . The bulbs will be ready to replant in the autumn.
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When leaves have yellowed, gently lift the bulbs. |
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Trim leaves, clean soil and loose material from the bulbs. |
Apply fungicide, label bags and store bulbs in a frost-free place. |
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