Re: Help germinating Delphinium cardinale

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• To: "Rand B. Lee" <r*@nets.com>
• Subject: Re: Help germinating Delphinium cardinale
• From: "* B* <b*@u.washington.edu>
• Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 20:19:05 -0800 (PST)

Hi Rand!

All (I think) of the Delphiniums need cold stratification to germinate.
This means several weeks of moist cold.  I accomplish this in Seattle by
sowing very early and leaving the pots outside, and I rarely have to worry
about moisture during our winter.  Otherwise you would want to put the pot
in a bag and set it somewhere where sun won't be shining directly on it.
I'm not sure how hardy D. cardinale is when it comes to really hard
freezes (it is a california native) but it survives here.

good luck

bob

On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Rand B. Lee wrote:

> So far I have failed twice to germinate storebought Delphinium cardinale
> seed. Does anyone else have success with this species? Could you school
> a neophyte like me in reproducing your success?
> 
> Rand B. Lee
> Zone 6a, 7000 feet
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
> alkaline clay
> 

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