But the seeds look fine
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These are all tall with large flowers
Tall solid orange
Tall solid yellow
Tall solid cream
Tall solid white
Tall striped orange, striking!
Tall solid pink. I also have Thumbelina dwarf zinnia seeds but they have a lot of chaff.
So the zinnia seeds are found under the flowers, so to speak?
I just found another bag of seed pods, Blue Star Willow, not quite ready, but soon.
If you pull a petal out, the seed is attached to the petal, not all are viable look for the darker seeds.
Thanks Mittsy!
Here's the difference. The ones on the left should be good , the right, probably not.
Thanks! I'll go pick some flower heads and see what I've got now!
I planted Benary's giant mix this year and thanks to my nice dry climate (12"/year) mold is never a concern. I'll save and send in seed this fall. I just read about collecting zinnia seed and just how "brown" the flower must be, so it will be another month. I've also got Purple Prince zinnia that I'll share. I grew all easy direct sow annuals this year that produce abundant amounts of seed...so a big box will be headed your way in November.
Tessa
This perfect pink giant was one of the seedlings mittsy gave me. I can vouch for these seeds. :) these zinnias were lovely
My zinnia's are doing great this year, as they always do. I have already harvested a bunch of heads that I am waiting to dry out good so I can pull the seeds. I have trouble getting the seeds very clean due to my hands, but I prefer to seed with chaff included as I get a better spread of the seeds. I would be more than happy to send in for the cause. They are mixed colors and don't have names for any, but they are beautiful! I will try to send a pic with the seed.
I think a wide variety of Zinnia seeds would be GREAT. Thanks to everyone who saves some for The Stash!
It's nice to label with the range of colors to expect, and I can always label them "collected FROM red, pink and lavender".
I don't think a little chaff ever hurt anybody. The only way I found to get Zinnia seed really clean was to hand-pick the seeds out, but that's only practical if you only get a small number of mature seeds.
>> Are they still in the ground? If so, pull them up!
Was that about snow pea pods? I'm still hoping the peas will dry out and mature into viable seeds for next year. The pods still look so green and not-dry that I doubt the seeds are mature. On the other hand, the raihs have started, so I might as well pull them soon as let them rot on the vine. I hope that peas can be both green and mature, or I'll never have ANY mature peas!
Corey
What do you mean "pull them up"?!?!?! I have another month or so of growing time. We don't usually get a freeze until after Halloween. I let them keep blooming until it freezes. Then when they dry, I pull them all up after gathering seed heads.
I would like to participate and also have seeds to donate.
Problem: I can't seem to find the address exchange list...I am a newbee...sorry
How do I find that to send them to Rickcorey_WA?
I have it all packed up, stamps, seeds and all but no address, can some one help me?
MUCH thanks :-))) Florida heat
The address exhchange is well hidden! Sorry I didn't reply last Friday, but my access to many sites suddenly went away.
http://davesgarden.com/address_exchange/
I'll send the rest via Dmail now that I'm back on.
But for everyone:
1. Want list, at least annuals or perennials, flowers or crops, or a mix. It helps to know your Zone,
2. your address
3. I'm still behind, but catching up.
Corey
Welcome, Welcome floridaheat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will love it here. So cool you have seeds to add to the stash. There are lots of different seeds available. Lots of nice people too. Glad u are here!
Patti
Rick, Do you want the Blue Star Willow seeds?
Omg.... So many baby Pam pumpkin seeds!!!! This is from 2 small pie pumpkins. I will be saving lots more so i can mail you lots of these too if anyone would like them.
I collected all the dwarf double red hollyhocks seed heads today while I was grazing on the bumper crop of red raspberries.
Do you roast some of your pumpkin seeds? I love them that way. And they are really good for you!
roasted pumpkin seeds are wonderful !!!!!
Well.... I like them but apparently as a kid, Hubby ate them to the point of illness involving vomiting all over the school bus..... The very idea of roasting them makes him gag so i haven't made any yet. Lol :) maybe when he's at work. These are just for next years crop. And sharing if anyone else is interested. :D
This thread is getting kinda long for people with dial up. Anything over 200 is a problem. Can we have a new thread? Perhaps call it September/October Newbie seeds?
OK, my friends, we have a new thread:
Seed Trading:
Free Seeds for recent DG Subscribers (October 2011)
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1223246/
Hello anyone home?
