Daffs all over new lawn

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Hi Guys

I laid a new lawn last year when we moved into our house, whilst preparing the lawn bed i removed loads of bulbs before laying new topsoil.

I have now got loads of daffs, snow drops and tulips coming up through my new Lawn. Am i better off mowing them down or leaving them to finish flowering first. Will they damage the lawn?

Cheers
John

paybacktime2008

Lucky lucky you. I gather you don't like them?

Where are you? I'll come help dig them up for you and take them home!

Mowing them down will not stop them coming up next year.

charliee_3

i had a few bluebell bulbs coming up in my lawn, havent got many flowers so didnt want them getting mowed so i dug the turf round them, carefully extracted them and replanted them then put the turf back.. they seem to still be alive so far!!

WestonDave

charliee - if they are spanish bluebells, you'll soon have quite a few more - they are quite good at spreading!

If you don't want bulbs sprouting through the lawn you'll need to dig them out and try to make sure you get any small new bulbs (they generate new ones to spread). It may take a couple of attempts to get them all. Whilst they are there they won't damage the lawn. Having said that if you keep mowing them off, you'll probably gradually weaken them enough to stop them coming back.

dogstarheaven

er, that's not quite correct.. this would actually prevent them from making all the goodness back for the following yr's growth, so you'd need to leave them well alone till all the leaves of those varying bulb you have to have died down. as in when they've gone brown and withered. that is, if you do want them to come up year after year for you.. but if you don't then mow away, if you don't care for them on your lawn.. planting bulbs in lawns is a lovely way to see a naturalised spring display, but most ppl tend to have them in their pots and borders.. so what you can do upon the end of their flowering period is to dig them all up and site them elsewhere so that they can die awy in their own time.. (hidden corner of your garden so as to avoid an ugly sight)..

paybacktime2008

I thought mowing weakened the bulbs not killed them-therefore you get green growth but no flowers, Either way easiest way is dig them up.

charliee_3

WestonDave wrote: »

charliee - if they are spanish bluebells, you'll soon have quite a few more - they are quite good at spreading!

oooh i hope so!!