Re: Re: Cosmos

congrats on the rain.  we may get some next Wednesday I can only hope.

On 8/30/08, holmesbm@usit.net <holmesbm@usit.net> wrote:
>
> My orange cosmos reseed each year.  The other colors don't as well.  I
> pinch off the seeds and save them for spots I want them to grow in the
> garden.  The removal of the seeds seems to keep them blooming.  In the
> fall, I like arrangements of Iron Weed, Golden Rod and orange cosmos.  If
> anybody wants some of these seeds, let me know.  Oh, yes, after a month of
> dry, hot weather, we had over two inches of rain this past week.  Yes!!!
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: andreah <andreah@hargray.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 8/29/2008 6:18:17 PM
> > Subject: [CHAT] 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.
> > >> > > >>> > >
> > >> > > >>> > > --
> > >> > > >>> > > Jesse R. Bell
> > >> > > >>> > >
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> > >> > > >>
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