In a message dated 6/26/2010 4:44:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, oldtulips@yahoo.com writes: The Daffodil growers dig bulbs 6 weeks after blooming and immediately put them in mesh bags and let sit in the sun for a few hrs. then store in cool well ventilated area. It seems that if you try to replant them and water in they will rot, as narcissus do not grow new roots until the cool soil of the fall. I suspect you are growing miniature narcissus , i dug my miniature narcissus when the foliage was yellow to gone and re planted them in barely damp mix in my frame under glass or a sheet of plywood with ventilation under it. , but i do not think you need to wait that long, just let them dry out a little- few hours in well ventilated area I know there are some daffodil enthusiasts in this list, Bill Lee? please chime in Hi, Rimmer. Haven't seen you in a while. You ought to try to come down to one of our Cincinnati daffodil shows. Do you ever make it to the Chicago show? Anyway, I would agree with Rimmer's assessment of daffodil bulbs. I have several thousand drying in my barn right now, all in slotted side-and-bottom binds for maximum ventilation. They will spend most of the summer there, and then a crew will clean them up and bag them for our club's sales. These were all dug over Memorial Day weekend in Michigan. Cool temps and ventilation are the key factors I think. The bulbs can be planted in the fall and will break dormancy and begin to put down roots. The only time I would plant daffodil bulbs in another season is when they are discovered in another season (such as stuck in a corner of the basement). I would plant these ASAP, although not in winter. A lot of daffodil bulbs can probably survive a year out of the ground if nurtured some after finally being planted. Of course this will not be true for the one you spent a lot of money on. I always tell people who ask what they should do with the bulbs they discovered in their garage that daffodils live in the ground, not in the garage, and the best chance they have for that old bulb is to plant it out. I probably would not plant in the heat of mid-summer, although I might if I had a cooler shady spot. Bill Lee