Re: Cosmos

Jesse maybe you should pinch them back when they are young-anyone ever tried that with cosmos? I love them but have not had good luck with them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias



Ya know...I just don't know WHAT varieties they are Tricia...sorry.  Some
are tall, and some are medium height. I just saw some seeds that I liked at 
Lowes one day and flung them out there ( I know...I'll never make a good
master gardner....)
And yes, I have tried the tomato cages, and they DO work, just looks kind of shabby until they get big enough..ya know? I have some of those really tall 
stakes with a circle at the top that helps hold mine in place.  I think I
got them from Gardener's Supply.


On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


What varieties do you plant?  I love the tall white ones!
I have read that you can plant some tall plants in tomato cages then as
they
grow the foliage hides the tomato cage.  Have you ever tried that?
Tricia

--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 1:07 PM
ALL of the cosmos that I have in my garden this year, were self-seeded from last year. They do GREAT around here. The only drawback (for me) is that 
they grow so TALL sometimes, they fall over.  The wind here is pretty
strong....and I have to support them.  So when I DO actually throw seeds
out
there for them, I make sure they are growing where they are a little more
protected from the winds.



On 8/28/08, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I need to try to be better about seeding in the spring.  I also love
cosmos
> and wish they would come back without having to reseed.
> Do you have any luck with cosmos?
>
> --- On Thu, 8/28/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 8:19 AM
>
> Really Tricia?  Most of my zinnias reseed to a small degree....they
don't
> just go "nuts" on me, but I always have some come back.  I have
some
> that
> pop up in the cracks of the cement on my back porch and I gently pull
them
> up after a rain and transplant them in the garden.  But usually, I
scatter
> zinnia seeds in the spring, and then again in the middle of summer
because
> powdery mildew gets to the first ones and they look horrible. So by > the 
> time I pull them up, the second crop is about to bloom.
>
> I will say this...before I pull up the unsightly ones...I cut the seed
> heads
> or dead flowers off and toss them in my garden.  They end up getting
> mulched
> over during the summer and that's probably why mine reseed......plus,
> I'm
> sure the birds help with that too.
>
>
> On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > No problem.  Will have some shortly!!
> >
> > On 8/27/08, andreah <andreah@hargray.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Me too Pam since I'm actually somewhere that has sun if you
> don't mind.
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dickson"
<
> > > pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:04 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > >
> > >
> > > Pam,
> > >> I would love to try some of your Zinnias if you have extra
this
> fall.  I
> > >> love
> > >> zinnia but never have ever had one to reseed for me.  Every
year
> I try
> > to
> > >> find
> > >> a big one that will grow for me, but never have found one
like
> you
> > >> describe.
> > >> Tricia
> > >>
> > >> --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam - Purple Prince (?) Zinnias
> > >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > >> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 4:04 PM
> > >>
> > >> kinda how I felt about it - LOL
> > >>
> > >> On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> They can spread wherever they WANT to and I'll be
O.K.
> with that.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 8/27/08, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > LOL - yes ma'am that is the correct name.
> Aren't they great?
> > >>> > And they reseed so prolifically (like 4
o'clocks)
> that I
> > >>>
> > >> haven't had to
> > >>
> > >>> > replant them since the first year.  That's why
I
> always have lots
> > >>>
> > >> of
> > >>
> > >>> seeds
> > >>> > to share.  Be aware they travel so they may pop up
here
> and there all
> > >>> over
> > >>> > the property.  Must be the birds is all I can
figure.
> > >>> >
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On 8/27/08, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Pam, those seeds you gave me for the Purple
Prince
> zinnias (was
> > >>>
> > >> that
> > >>
> > >>> the
> > >>> > > correct name?) - OMG...I picked a beautiful
one to
> take to work
> > >>>
> > >> today,
> > >>
> > >>> it
> > >>> > > is
> > >>> > > FIVE inches across and so lush looking.  I
want to
> ALWAYS have
> > >>>
> > >> this in
> > >>
> > >>> my
> > >>> > > garden.....thank you so much.
> > >>> > > Sometimes my zinnias get tall...and not so
> full...but these are
> > >>>
> > >> just
> > >>
> > >>> > > awesome.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > PETUNIAS - anybody know a source where I can
find
> the good,
> > >>> > old-fashioned,
> > >>> > > petunias that really mound and smell so good.
> I'm not
> > >>>
> > >> talking about
> > >>
> > >>> the
> > >>> > > "wave" kind...these are the ones my
> grandmother used
> > >>>
> > >> to grow in her
> > >>
> > >>> > > gardens.  Dark purple, and some were
white...and
> they had the
> > >>>
> > >> most
> > >>
> > >>> > HEAVENLY
> > >>> > > smell...and really flourished in the worst
kind of
> dirt and
> > >>>
> > >> heat......
> > >>
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Looking for some low maintenance - high impact
> plants.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > --
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