jvdubb said:I've had that happen before. What company packaged the seeds? No way really to tell until they bloom. Sadly too late usually to start more if wrong color.
purpleinopp said:Zinnias can go from seed to bloom in less than 2 months. If there's that much time before you expect frost (if you expect it at all,) there's time to start more. They are true annuals anyway, unable to live indefinitely in any climate or location, an ephemeral treat.
Weedwhacker said:David, have all of the plants that are growing opened some flowers? Sometimes one color will start blooming before the others.
purpleinopp said:Zinnias can go from seed to bloom in less than 2 months. If there's that much time before you expect frost (if you expect it at all,) there's time to start more. They are true annuals anyway, unable to live indefinitely in any climate or location, an ephemeral treat.
Weedwhacker said:David, have all of the plants that are growing opened some flowers? Sometimes one color will start blooming before the others.
dyzzypyxxy said:I don't know much about cross-pollination especially in Zinnias but if a pink zinnia gets pollinated by pollen from a yellow one, it's by no means dependable that you will get pink, or yellow, or peach or orange Zinnias from the seeds that result. I think it might depend what the parents of the two plants were. Truly a gamble.
If you want to be sure of getting a mix of colors, next year buy seed packets of one color each i.e. a packet of pink, a packet of yellow, a packet of red etc.
When they say "mixed colors" on the packet, the seed company really doesn't know for sure what they're putting in there either. I'm sure the giant hopper of seed that the packet came from had seeds of many colors but who knows what gets into each packet.
RickCorey said:If you don't care about the exact variety, and want "random colors", there are a lot of traded zinnia seeds floating around that were "cross-pollinated by the regiment".
Let's say they have LOTS of genetic variability.
How tight are the regulations about mailing flower seeds INTO Israel? I always assume that "Israel is a desert", and that "nothing is invasive in a desert". If you'd like to try, I have plenty of "No ID" or poorly identified Zinnia seeds from trading.
But maybe lots of things are invasive in well-irrigated deserts!
dyzzypyxxy said:Wow, you sure are growing a lot in that tiny porch space, David! I am amazed that you actually have corn growing ears in your buckets. The plants look very healthy.
Going forward, though, I'd advise you choose your plants and seeds for smaller size before you start, eg. you can get a pumpkin plant that will stay smaller and not be quite so demanding, I think there is even what is known as a "bush" variety which just means it doesn't make a long vine and ramble for 15 ft.
RickCorey said:Those do look like happy, healthy plants, and I'm glad your compost is smelling good now. Be sure to "keep it moving" - use it as soon as it's mostly ready. It can finish breaking down on top of the soil.
>> i hope to travel this year with my wife to the states.....or millvalley to my sister-in-law(sanfransisco) or to her son in washington .
Cool! I hope you enjoy the visit. San Franciso is a neat town. Is her son in Washington state, or Washington D.C.? (different coasts) I live in WA state, north of Seattle.
Washington D.C. is a city filled with criminals and rabid idiots ... but once you get past the Federal government, it isn't TOO bad. It just has a lot of slums.
davidsevit said:
thanks for your advice
sometimes i think i am like a vine that needs to change its bucket.......