Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 2 by brendak654

brendak654 wrote:
[quote=\"Zen_Man\"]
I mudded in a couple of zinnia beds today, using some old seeds. If those don\'t come up well I will replant with newer seeds.. Planting in the mud is a bit messy, but time is running out for me to plant zinnias with time to evaluate them and get seeds from the good ones,.

I mudded through a couple of zinnia rows with the knee boots on this eve to do some culling. Since Saturday afternoon we have had 5 1/2\" rain, so plenty of mud around our neck of the woods. The only thing I found a little unique on my pass through were these -see photo\'s below. I must of culled 3 (5 gallon) buckets of zinnia blooms and broken plants. Good for the compost.

As for the #1 photo, I like the almost green shade and I have not had Envy zinnia in years or any other green zinnia. Maybe it is whiter than I think, but it looked almost green. Photo 2,3 & 4 are different blooms from the same plant (I like the orange streaks). Photo #5 - just different.

Speaking of mud - The zinnia that I planted in the wetland area the 18th of June are struggling and have been under water from all the recent rain. Hope they make it, as that will be my best of the best. Crossing my fingers. . . . .

Robin -We need to see your zinnia\'s too.

Keep up the good work!