DG Site Updates: Do we need a Zinnia forum?, 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Dasiys,

I would suggest that, if we did have a Zinnias forum, that it not be restricted to subscribing members, in order to have a larger group of potential participants. If you do a Google search for "zinnia breeding", the first two hits are in iVillage's GardenWeb, where I participated as MaineMan for a number of years, and later as ZenMan after we moved from Maine to Kansas. The third hit is in Dave's Garden, for the My zany hybrid zinnias thread that I started some time ago in the Annuals forum here. Unfortunately, despite its prominent appearance in Google, the Annuals forum here in Dave's Garden is restricted to subscribers only, which is kind of a tease for Google searchers.

The vast majority of Dave's Garden forums are restricted to subscribers only, which is kind of a "closed door" policy. I would suggest, to help open that door a little, that all of the current "subscribers only" Dave's Garden forums be made "read only" in their entirety for non-subscribers. That would allow visitors to read not just the first message of a thread, but the entire message thread. Then, if they wanted to post a message in that thread, they would have to become a paid subscriber. I think that might actually help increase the number of paid subscriptions here. [I am relying on my early memory of visiting Dave's Garden as a non-subscriber, so if the current access policy has already been changed to match what I just described -- never mind this suggestion.]

I like different flower forms in zinnias. I'm attaching a picture, taken a few minutes ago among my "indoor" zinnias, of a recombinant (hybrid of hybrids) specimen with daisy-like petals that I like. Eventually I hope to get a strain of daisy-flowered zinnias in a complete color range in my zinnia breeding. I have several other goals, as well. Incidentally, I notice that you can rearrange the letters in DAISYS to get DASIYS. (grin)

ZM