Re: Seedlings that refuse to develop

Loren Russell wrote:
...a few of our native delphiniums, notably the rare D. pavonaceum and D. menziesii [the latter widespread and common] do stop at the cotyledon stage and put their all into building a resting root structure [tuber].

Branka wrote:
. .. I waited for three months - but no signs of development has occured. The summer came to an end, so I planted my 4 cm tall Delphiniums into the garden. They were barely alive, lost their leaves in winter, BUT this spring, about 70% of them are about 40cm(cca 15 inch) tall.

Sounds like maybe the two of you are talking about the same phenomenon???  I will try to work up my courage to dig up one and see if it is making a little tuber.  But would the die-back above the surface be happening now, in the spring??? 

Alternately, a friend of mine said that she had seen the same arrested-development thing happen with commercial seeds that are treated to prevent germination -- sunflower seeds sold for eating, other birdseed, etc.  Does anyone know how such seeds are treated?  I'm wondering if I might have done something wrong in storage that would have the same effect?  Lots of question marks in this post :-).

Very grateful for any assistance,

-- Susannah

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