DavidLMO said:FWIW - ALL types of Delphinium are hard to grow from seed AND short lived. I gave up on them a couple decades ago.
Plants you know, do respond to humans - really. They also like classical music, not heavy metal. And they like to be talked to.
I have never tried plant threat but will give it a try.
Hmmm - "plant threatening"? Phyto-instans!
Whether or not they have fore-brains or gray matter, they sure do seem to have whims and whimsy. Whatever I expect, they do the opposite. So, apparently, they can read my mind. If any.
I think of my "threats" as giving the fussy ones something to rebel against. I try to create a feeling of "Oh, so he thinks I CAN'T thrive?? I'll show HIM!!"
The first few times I started delphs from seed, I didn't know or much care what "stratification" meant, so I didn't. But the seeds were old, so I got 20-50% germination anyway. I don't think I get that high a rate when I DO try to stratify seeds. Apparently, ignorance was my friend for once. Or that part of my bedroom was intermittently cold enough for them to stratify right in the germination trays.
Yes, I do sleep with my babies.
Lyn said:
>> Rick ... Sounds like this plant is one of those that totally thrive on neglect. There are many. You may be loving them to death ...
>> If you manage to solve the slug problem to get them going, they may do quite well once you start neglecting them properly ....
Very true! Indoors, I used to overwater severely and very consistently. I'm working on that - I'm no longer consistent.
