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germinating delphinium

Hi Marcia

I am interested in your post below. It has long been the belief of 
the delphinium Society that delph germinate best at low temperatures 
but please tell me. Why do many people go to all the trouble with the 
paper towels and aluminium foil etc. i have found that unless folk 
are really very careful with these methods they tend to be very risky 
and rather a waste of time. Is there something here about being able 
to visit the fridge often and see them germinating and then handling 
and nurturing them into life? Of course everyone must know that New 
Zealand is blessed with very mild winters (if you would call them 
that), plants grow just about all year round here and germination is 
one of those things that "just happens" 

Do you have any references for a darkness requirement for delph? 
I have never found this to be necessary.

Happy germinating

Terry Dowdeswell
18 Henderson Ave
Tuakau, New Zealand
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Terry@delphinium.co.nz
http://www.delphinium.co.nz
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>Latest Japanese research seems to prove that delphs germinate best 
>at 55 degress F.  You will get lower germination if the top of the 
>fridge raises the temperature.  It would be better to place them on 
>a slightly moist paper towel in a ziplock bag, in darkness at 55-65. 
>( Basement floor and wrapped in aluminum foil?)  Then just take them 
>off the towel in about ten day when the seeds germinate and the 
>sprout is about one quarter inch long.  Place in sterile soil mix in 
>individual pots, sprout down/seed up, the hull of the seed will fall 
>off in a few days.
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