Dividing Daffodils

I have several clumps of daffodils that need dividing - lots of foliage; few blooms. I thought I needed to wait until fall to do this - my big concern being finding the clumps then after the foliage is gone. A friend told me that they can be divided after the foliage yellows - which would probably be in early June here in zone 5a/4b. She further said NOT to replant the divisions at that time, but to store them in a cool dry basement for fall planting. Does anyone know the best method on this, have suggestions on finding those clumps in the fall (if I wait until then)? Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Linda

I pulled up several clumps of little mini daffs last year...we were redo-ing the bed they were in and had to pull them about 4 weeks after they had finished blooming.

I just put them into a pot of dry potting mix, and stored them in the garage until fall, when I planted them out. Even without the extra few weeks of nourishment from the leaves, most of them bloomed this spring.

I fyou wait until to foliage starts to die back, I imagine if you had something like a mesh laundry bag you could hang in the garage, or other dry, sheltered place, that would work as well.

Thanks for this information.