Michigan Gardening: ? on trimming delphinium & foxglove, 1 by penth2o

penth2o wrote:
Hi,
Sorry to bombard you guys with all these questions. I'm going to be away tomorrow. I have a million questions for you guys/gals. Let me know if it is too much. I just need to pick yer brains as I have read a lot online but want to ask you plant guru's to make sure I'm not screwing things up.

The foxglove in the pic bloomed already. I had some tall stalks that the blooms turned brown and started opening up so I whacked the stalks at the ground and opened the pods and took the seeds out. (these things are tiny). The pics you see now have the tall stalks but the little pods on them won't turn brown. They are still green and look like they may flower again. Should I whack these also & will I get seeds out of them after they dry. How long do you let them dry.

The delphiniums bloomed and it rained really hard and bent all the tall stalks so I had to whack those but it made them even better. Look at the pic, it is all new growth. I let the pods semi dry on a car hood (last time for that I have blue blotches all over the hood) and took the seeds out of those also. I don't know if I did it right. Should I have let them really dry for a month or so. Also, do I freeze these. I think I read you have to freeze delphinium seeds. Is there a list of what plants you have to freeze the seeds & how long.

Can I keep these seeds in a metal container over the winter or should I get them growing now and through the winter. I spread some where I wanted to grow some and lost a lot while whacking them then I threw a light handful of sand to hold them down and watered them.

I got quite a few foxglove seeds but the delphinium stalks stuck to the car hood and when I pulled them they were not there. I don't know if a bird got them or I fried them in the hot sun on the hood but they disappeared.

Thanks again & again.

Joel.