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Pandora said:@Zenman, Thanks for the welcome. Sorry I missed your question. ("I am a zinnia hobbyist. Just out of curiosity, what kind(s) of zinnias did you start this year?"). I started Big Tetra Mix, Cactus flowered mix, Cut and Come Again, Benary's Giant: wine, yellow, white, Benary's Giant Mix, Zowie yellow flame.

Usually I just take the hoe and lightly make a fairly wide row, abt 4-5 " and abt 1/2 " deep, drop my seeds, and then cover with garden soil sifted through a small screen I built, then tamp it down with hand or back of hoe. Water almost every day.

Hi Pandora,
Thanks for the details about your zinnia planting technique. That small screen sounds interesting. I don't have a screen (I may acquire one), so I just draw a furrow about an inch deep, drop the zinnia seeds in individually and partially fill the drill with a hoe. And immediately sprinkle the bed. I sprinkle daily until the zinnia seedlings emerge, which is only three or four days in this hot weather we are having. You have a good assortment of zinnias, which could be the basis for a zinnia breeding project.

ZM