Hybridizers: It can be fun to breed your own zinnias - Part 3, 1 by jmaeck

jmaeck wrote:
Thanks, Zen Man and all for continued support and suggestions. I have my drip tape set up in the greenhouse, and the last few days the temp has been in the high 90s-100, but fans help...zinnias growing well and strongly, have not hoked up mazza injector yet, or added fertilizer....have a question on that...but will leave it for another post...assuming a 3-9-6 orchid bloom and calcium nitrate might be my first try at pushing the plants...rather I wanted to share with the group an interesting fungus or mold, white and with little antennae coming up, in one of my beds...I am not sure if it hurting the plants....but have bought at Agway, since I couldn't find GreenCure, there, a product called Sulfur, Plant Fungicide, from Bonide...tho it is supposed to be "organic", it is also used to kill fleas on dogs ! There is also no mention of the other 10% ingredients...which I find sad. I have tried a light dose of Baking soda....and it worked a but, but I wondered if the group might be interested to see the pics of the greenhouse and to weigh in on the mold. As you will see, I have started some seedlings in flats, some in plastic bags, some in beds....I have been lucky enough to receive seeds from a member of the group and have had much support to get this far. I hope to be able to take pics of some of the 100s of thousands of flowers I am attempting to grow and sell, with the hope it might benefit those interested in zinnia breeding here. Enough said...here are the pics