How to grow delphinium from seeds: tips for gardeners

A large perennial called delphinium, reaching one and sometimes two meters in height, will decorate any flower bed and garden plot. This plant blooms with extremely beautiful inflorescences that colored blue, blue, pinkish, white or reddish (sometimes there are specimens with double color) and are odorless. The question of how to grow delphinium from seeds is relevant for many gardeners who want to acquire such beauty.

So, how to grow delphinium from seeds? First, the seeds are placed in small containers with transparent lids pre-filled with soil pre-soaked in a weak solution of potassium permanganate, lightly pressing them into the ground. Then the containers, closed with lids, are placed in the refrigerator for two weeks, and after this time they are removed and, without removing the lids, placed in a bright, warm place. Approximately after a week the seeds begin to germinate. Seedling material should be kept in closed containers, with additional lighting provided by lamps if necessary, until the seedlings are placed in them. In this case, the containers should be opened briefly every day to ventilate the plantings.

At the end of spring frosts, hardened seedlings are planted in open ground and for the first time organize artificial shade for plants (for example, they put up a small canopy).Young plants need to be watered regularly, fed with special fertilizers from time to time and monitored very carefully. so that pests such as slugs do not infest them.