Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 6, 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
[quote=\"brendak654\"]After 30 days in the ground - I\'m thinking everything is up that is coming up. I\'m scratching my head wondering if I should give in to buying seed - though, the grow time is running out and finding seed could mean ordering (more time).

ZM - I\'ve yet to plant this years seed - but opportunity is knocking.

ZM - As for the zinnia that you mudded in? Were they plants or seed. If plants, I\'m thinking that could work. If it was seed - I\'m not so optimistic as per what I just mentioned about the ones I had planted. I\'ll stay optimistic that your mudding in has worked.
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Hi Brenda,

I mudded in zinnia seeds. All the plants I set out went in the ground in late April and early May. The seed mudding was messy, but after I got them in, I sprinkled them a little to smooth the surface a bit.I have been adding sand as a soil amendment and the resultilng sandy loam tolerates mudding in much better than our native silty clay loam. I got pretty good germination within a week.

With regard to yours, any seeds that haven\'t emerged in two weeks probably aren\'t coming up. This might be a good time to plant some of those scabiosa seed you just saved.

I am attaching a picture of a zinnia that has interesting ends on its petals. More later.

ZM