Many gardeners dream to have long-term delphinium on the site, but there is not always opportunity to buy ready seedling. Exit from such situation is simple - to grow up delphinium from seeds. It can be done and in house conditions. The main thing is not to tighten with sowing time. It is the best of all to start cultivation of seedling of delphinium no later than the middle of February or earlier. It will allow to receive the adult blossoming plants already during the first season.
It is required to you
- Superficial plastic or glass tanks, delphinium seeds, flower soil, peat pots, complex fertilizer for flowers.
Instruction
1. To grow up delphinium from seeds, first of all, it is necessary to get good sowing stuff. It should be noted that not each manufacturing firm of seeds can guarantee desirable viability. There are also such cases when the received plants have no all stated signs. Especially it concerns terry grades of delphinium. To protect itself from similar disappointments, it is worth studying the market of seeds in advance and to give preference to the manufacturing firm checked by time with worthy reputation.
2. At cultivation of delphinium from seeds it is necessary to consider also such factor as the correct storage of sowing material. It is necessary to keep seeds in the fridge at temperature above zero. The term of such storage should not be more, than twelve months. Besides, the maintenance of seeds of delphinium at rather low temperatures can increase their viability and reduce germination terms.
3. For crops of delphinium it is very convenient to use low plastic or glass tanks with transparent covers. In them it is necessary to fill the steam-seasoned or live earth for cultivation of flower seedling so that to the upper edge there were about 1.5-2 cm. It is possible to pave the way independently or to get it in flower shop. It is recommended to cultivate before crops of seeds of delphinium the land weak solution of manganese.
4. Now it is necessary to seed seeds on the surface of the damp soil so that between them there was distance approximately in 1-1.5 cm. After that it is necessary to powder delphinium seeds with the dry earth or sand, to close capacity transparent cover and to remove in the fridge for two weeks.
5. All this time crops does not need to be humidified in addition, it can lead to rotting of seeds. In two weeks it is worth getting tanks from the fridge and to put to the light place. It is possible that some seeds will already sprout by this time. Now the most important is to provide to shoots full lighting, if necessary it is possible to organize additional artificial illumination. Once a day it is necessary to slightly open capacity cover to air shoots and to allow them to get used gradually to room conditions.
6. After emergence of three real leaflets it is necessary to seat delphinium shoots in separate tanks. It is for this purpose convenient to use peat pots that in the spring not to injure the root system of plant at disembarkation to the constant place. It is useful to feed up time in 7-10 days seedling complex mineral fertilizer.