well.. if the deed is done.. so be it.. good luck ...

perhaps i would have raked the soil so it was friable ... for an inch or so ... then spread the seed ... and tamped it down.... if for no other reason.. vermin ...

ken

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Hi Lucille,

It is still Winter here in Kansas. I do have some zinnias growing inside, but it will be April before I start my outside gardening. Like Ken, I would have "prepped" the ground some before sprinkling the seeds on. And then I might have raked them in some.

Depending on how it comes down, the rain can help by "driving the seeds in" or harm by washing them away. You will probably get some of both.

I can remember seeding a new lawn by raking the bare earth, scattering the grass seed with a rotary fertilizer spreader, and then raking the surface again to mix the seeds in. And then I made my own rain with a garden hose with a sprinkler head.

Gardening continues to be a learning experience. Good luck with your zinnia sowing project. If you get zinnias, some pictures would be welcome. This is a picture of my indoor zinnias taken about a month ago.

I have had some interesting blooms that I will cross with each other and save seeds from. This is a sample.Those white things in the background are electric cords to fluorescent shop-light fixtures. I will make some indoor crosses and plant their seeds outdoors (carefully in rows) in April and May and June.

The cutoff date for my outdoor zinnia planting is mid July. That date determined by trial and error. One year I planted some zinnias in mid August and they bloomed nicely, but not in time to give a good yield of seeds before frost. Don't be discouraged -- gardening is an ever-learning process of trial and error.

ZM

no reason not to move them around when they are an inch or 2 big ...

do that on a rainy day also ...

ken