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Re: 2ND TRY RE: ZINNIAS

Adrienne LaCour wrote:
> 
> SEVERAL DAYS AGO I SENT THE FOLLOWING REQUEST--IF NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN
> ANSWERING BASIC QUESTIONS, THEN I WILL UNSUBSCRIBE AND NOT WASTE ANYONE'S TIME:
> 
> I'm fairly new to this list and have been gardening for about 15 years. I
> started with hybrid tea roses-moved on to antique roses and eventually other
> flowers, veggies etc.
> 
>         I live in New Orleans, on the border of zones 8 & 9. Usually an
> extremly wet area where it commonly rains every afternoon, we have been in
> the throws of a drought for the last two months. The ground is parched and
> watering is a major problem.
>         However, enough of my woes. The reason I am writing is that I am
> having a big problem getting zinnia seeds to sprout.I am embarrased to even
> admit this, let alone ask for help, because zinnias are simple plants-- one
> step above a weed. I have grown them many times by simply broadcasting the
> seed in the ground, water, and voila, zinnias. I have tried three times this
> summer and not one seed germinated although there were 1998 seeds. I would
> love to blame this on El Nino-but.... any ideas?**
I also did not receive any messages for 2 days,, a change from the 
7-15/day. Mostly, Tues & Wed were vacant, for  some reason.
Perhaps the web master/host was not available.   So, don't feel too bad.

Plus everytime I post, I get a MDaemon warning from "Betsy" as if I were 
spamming or something. I'm just posting to the list as I see the address.

I hope you find your Zinnia answer. 

I have 12-day old attemps to start colleus, with no luck yet.
 THe NC Ag Ext master gardener sent me some cosmos and, I am not making
this up, they sprouted in 24 hours.

Well, I'll post, let's see if I get another warning.
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