Texas Gardening: Anyone Still Here?, 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
Hi you all,

I used to live in Texas a LONG time ago. Southside of Fort Worth. Wedgwood area. I never really got accustomed to those long periods of 100-plus days. Here in Kansas, we haven\'t had a hundred yet this year, but there is a possibility of that in a few days. I am retired and breeding zinnias as a hobby.

One year in Fort Worth (I was growing zinnias even back then), at Christmas, I realized we hadn\'t had a killing frost yet, although my zinnias had a Powdery Mildew problem. Here in Kansas, we have usually had a killing frost by Halloween, and I am including a picture of one of my \"frosty\" zinnias. It looked kind of pretty, until it thawed.

ZM

This message was edited Jul 22, 2021 4:35 PM