How to Grow Delphinium From Seed 🌱

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@marthamcauliffe 8 ай бұрын

Good morning from Seacoast NH! Vida, this was the best video I have ever seen about Delphiniums! This is my 3rd year of seed planting and through a bunch of videos I watched this winter I ended up doing 90% of what you just explained. However, I still learned so much from you. Thank you! You’ve also taught me so much about harvesting seeds. I believe we live somewhat nearby each other and if you would ever want to meet and trade our harvested seeds … that would be great! 😃

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

Hi Martha. Thank you for your kind words. I'd love to meet up with you and trade some seeds! Please email me at budgetgardeningwithvitaloca@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you. 😊🌷

@cufflink812 7 ай бұрын

This seed is still a big challenge for me. I used your method for starting delphinium and Bells of Ireland. It worked for the Bells but, as of yet, not for the delphinium. I did winter sow delphinium and I have two seedlings to show for it so far. I'm not giving up. Also, I did not know it had a taproot. Thank you for such an informative video!

@budgetgardeningvita 7 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that you are still struggling with getting the Delphinium to germinate. I like your attitude with not giving up, though. 💪🏼 You got this! Next winter, I will do more experimenting with harder to grow plants such as this one and hope to find an even better way to get them germinated. I'll be sure to share my findings. ♥

@tammywinter9268 Ай бұрын

I am definitely going to try your method….your explanation seems easy enough to follow….thank you…just found your channel.

@budgetgardeningvita Ай бұрын

Hi Tammy! I'm so glad you're going to try growing Delphinium from seed. This process was so easy and I was amazed at how many of my plants germinated. 😊🪻

@Peachy08 6 ай бұрын

You explained everything better than anyone else! Just bought 2 paks of seeds and live in the south. Thinking maybe I need to wait till fall and direct sow.

@budgetgardeningvita 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! ♥ You can always mimic the cold, moist stratification period using your fridge and after that plant out your seeds in the landscape (just mark where you plant them). It may be worth experimenting with a few of your seeds. Also, be sure to keep that area watered. Happy gardening, friend! 😊🌻

@sullivanmercantile6131 7 ай бұрын

This video is very informative. I'm trying delphinium this spring. Thank you for all the great information.

@budgetgardeningvita 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. ♥ I hope you have great success with your delphinium. They are a beautiful flower to have in the garden 💐

@christinewarnaar-bates3494 8 ай бұрын

Yours is the best video/information I’ve seen about starting Pacific Hybrids. I’ve come to the conclusion that various delphinium types require different strategies and most people don’t specify what type they are starting from seed. I think Larkspur is different than Delphinium though, even though a lot of people use the names interchangeably. I had previously tried the baggy method (cold moist) but then got lost as to whether to plant them up immediately or not. Thanks to you I now know to put the baggy under the grow light and wait. Thanks for taking the time to explain (and show) everything so clearly.

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I agree that Larkspur and Delphinium get their names used interchangeably. Very confusing. Good luck when you try growing Delphinium from seed again. It's a bit of a process but so worth it in the end. 😊♥

@Carol-cb9yu 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the good advice.

@budgetgardeningvita 3 ай бұрын

You're so very welcome! 😊🪻

@carolmcintyre8485 8 ай бұрын

I saved seeds from a dark blue delphinium and winter sowed some, still waiting. I'm in NW Ohio. Praying for God's blessing on my effort. Yours look great!

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

How wonderful! I hope you have great results. ♥🌺

@debrabessette2699 7 ай бұрын

We germinated seeds in a covered plastic tray, using the paper towels as you did. The mixed variety have a few seedlings, the blue ones have not yet germinated. We will move them to a cool spot, as we didn't know that liked that

@budgetgardeningvita 7 ай бұрын

It seems that Delphinium seeds do well with a week or two of cool temps. I'll be doing an update video soon showing my process for potting up the seedlings. 😊♥

@judyrobinson2282 Ай бұрын

The most detailed video I have seen yet for Delphinium! I put my seeds in the freezer for 2 weeks. Then into seed starting mix. Germination took 3 weeks at least but they are coming up fine. I was interested to hear you will pot them up that quickly --as soon as you see the first set of true leaves? Can you explain why you wouldn't leave them a bit longer in the smaller cell? Mine haven't yet got their first set of leaves so I would love to hear why you chose to do that!

@budgetgardeningvita Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊 I potted the Delphinium up while they were still very small since I had read that they tend to develop a taproot and are harder to transplant when the plants are bigger. So in order to minimize stress and transplant shock, I opted to bump them into bigger containers while the plants were still small. I hope you have great luck with your Delphinium plants. They are just so lovely! 💖🪻

@judyrobinson2282 Ай бұрын

@@budgetgardeningvita Going to try that on half mine but the other half are going into the soil as soon as they have a couple of leaves. We are in 8b and they winter over well here but these are the first I have grown from seed! Such fun!

@budgetgardeningvita Ай бұрын

@@judyrobinson2282 That sounds like a great plan!

@Catsruleall 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful, thank you for explaining your process

@budgetgardeningvita 4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! ☺️💕

@theplumber4934 7 ай бұрын

Hello, Really enjoyed your video, I have struggled over last 2 years to get germination and now know it's been too warm. I've tried your method and it works and have 8 of 10 seeds so far, so thank you. It would be helpful in future to give temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit as over here in UK we use the metric system 60F = 15-16C. (Lots of You Tubers from USA forget they have Global audience👍)

@budgetgardeningvita 7 ай бұрын

Hi there. I'm so glad that you were able to get most of your Delphinium seeds to germinate. Yay! You are so correct. I always think I should add both Fahrenheit as well as Celsius when talking about temperature, but then I get lazy. I'll be sure to include both going forward. Thank you for the suggestion. Happy gardening, friend! ♥💐

@Rinalc 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a thorough video. Very helpful. Going to start my seeds today. 🤞

@budgetgardeningvita 6 ай бұрын

You are very welcome. I hope you have much success with you Delphinium seeds germinating. I'll be doing an update video soon to show how my plants are looking and what I'll be doing next with them. 😊🌸

@beckycartledge9719 8 ай бұрын

The taproot info is so good! I’ve tried winter sowing, but they rotted before it was warm enough to transplant.

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

I'm looking forward to babying my little seedlings along. Fingers crossed! 🤞🏼🌻

@gardentours 8 ай бұрын

They are so beautiful but they take so long to germinate. Thank you very much for sharing 👍🏼

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

You're very welcome. 😊♥

@joydaniel597 Ай бұрын

I didn’t know delphinium is very picky. A friend gave me seeds and I just put them in the milk jug with potting mix around January ( zone 6b NJ) and transplanted them in the ground in spring.

@budgetgardeningvita Ай бұрын

Hi Joy! That's great that you had luck with winter sowing your Delphinium seeds. Did you end up with a lot of plants? Delphinium are such beautiful plants. My experience has been that although I've had Delphinium seeds sprout in milk jugs, I've had a lot more seeds sprout in a controlled environment inside under the grow lights. 😊🌱🌺

@LilyoftheValeyrising 6 ай бұрын

I planted some delphinium on my unheated covered side porch in early May, it’s May 23 now. I’m in south central PA. They took about two weeks to sprout. I didn’t do anything special. I had no idea they were tricky to sprout. We did have very chilly nighttime temperatures when I did it. Maybe that was it.

@budgetgardeningvita 6 ай бұрын

It could be that they liked it out there since it may have been cold enough to help them sprout. That's great that you had success with that method. I may have to try something like that. Thank you for sharing! 🌺

@kathyjenkins4067 4 ай бұрын

I have the seeds in my refrigerator for months. I think I'm going to plant them late fall straight in the soil outside.

@budgetgardeningvita 4 ай бұрын

Hi Kathy! Great idea. I'll be following your lead and will be doing the same with certain seeds like Lupine. The seeds will get the natural cold stratification period that they need during the winter and should then germinate next Spring. The big thing to keep in mind is that the seeds are out of our control once we put them outside. Certain things can affect seeds from not germinating, such as animals disturbing/eating the seeds, too much moisture, etc. But it's worth a try! Happy gardening, friend. 😊🌺

@rafalklepinski7372 2 ай бұрын

I had excellent results germinating seeds on a paper towel in a plastic container. Fresh seeds from my garden germinated no problem. My biggest issue by far is that they are so susceptible to fungus and molds. >80% of the plants died after so much work :(. The molds can attack at any time and even grown plants can suddenly start browning leaves and rotting flower buds. If you have fungus gnats indoors I wouldn't recommend germinating these indoors. The gnats go from plant to plant spreading mold spores and kill the vast majority of young plants :(. Growers in the US can easily order a systemic fungicide to help prevent this, but Canadian gov doesn't allow importing fungicides so all our plants rot :(

@budgetgardeningvita 2 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear that you lost most of your Delphinium plants. 😔 Thank you for your tips regarding fungus gnats, systemic fungicides and Delphinium plants. I will have to keep that in mind when I grow Delphinium from seed again. 🌸

@annetang5532 8 ай бұрын

I used the moist paper towel method for 4 weeks in the refrigerator. None of the seeds germinated on the towel, but I went ahead and put them in a jiffy starter kit using pelets under a grow light. Within 3 days I got sprouts. Within a week almost all of them sprouted. I kept left over seeds in the refrigerator and by week 5 I had signs of germination on the towel. Question for you: when should I remove the humidity dome? When they are tall enough to hit the cover or when most sprouted? Thanks

@budgetgardeningvita 8 ай бұрын

It sounds like you had a similar experience as me in that none germinated in the fridge originally. It's almost like they stay dormant in the fridge but as soon as you bring them out to the warmth they start waking up. You'd want to remove the humidity dome when at least 50% of them have sprouted, so you'd want to do that now. How exciting that you have so many Delphinium! Yay!! 😊💜

@annetang5532 6 ай бұрын

@@budgetgardeningvitahello! I'm getting my second set of true leaves now. How do I know they are ready to be planted in the flower bed? Same question for lavender.