Zinnias
- ddsack
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Re: Zinnias
Yeah, I always plan to do this and it never gets done! I have some old metal rod hook together sections that I used to use on delphiniums but I can't remember which hidey hole I tossed them in, they would be perfect. I also read about using large sticks in a Y shape to stick in the ground in front of floppy flowers for support.
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I finally DID run the twine along the zinnias but just on the outside of each row! And it works but I always check when I do a garden walk to make sure some of the younger branches haven't started going under the twine. When they're long enough they get tucked behind the twine. Works great!
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I’m enjoying looking at all these photos. Zinnias are one of my favorite flowers. I skipped planting any this year in favor of growing some huge marigolds. I bought some Queeny Lime Mix for next year. Then at a garage sale this spring a lady was selling cheese spread tubs of zinnia seed for fifty cents. I got a tub of “pink” and figure there are the equivalent of ten commercial seed packets in there at least. I started a few and found a spot to plant them out to see what they look like.
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- karstopography
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I’ve been saving seeds from mine this year. Hope to fill up the bag with the saved seeds. I see some volunteers coming up around the base of the plants. We’ve been cutting them for arrangements.
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- MissS
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I learned something about Zinnias yesterday. If you keep saving the seeds of mixed color zinnias over the years they will revert back to being all pink, or so they say.
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Huh. I wonder if that’s from intercrossing and eventually winding up with the dominant pink genes.
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- GoDawgs
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Now that's interesting. I'm going to have to keeps tabs on mine going forward and if they do revert, how many generations it took. Another experiment!
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Our small zinnia patch where I just scattered our zinnia seeds last year. Plan on doing this again this year. No planning just spread them out and see which varieties come up. Saved a bunch of seeds that I will sow again this year
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I just read this again and made a note next to the zinnias on this year's planting list to use collected seed from last years reds and oranges in this year's garden. They'll also be marked for collection again this year. Inquiring minds want to know, no matter how long it takes!
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What a great idea. A fun project/experiment. Keep us posted, as inquiring minds want to know.GoDawgs wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:41 am
I just read this again and made a note next to the zinnias on this year's planting list to use collected seed from last years reds and oranges in this year's garden. They'll also be marked for collection again this year. Inquiring minds want to know, no matter how long it takes!
~ Patti ~
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I kept track of the saved colors of zinnia seeds one year in hopes of regrowing the same color as harvested from. I only saved flame orange, red, and white blossoms. Of course since they were all growing in the same mixed bed to start with, who knows what the cross pollination was like. As best I can recall, none of the whites came up white. I think the flame orange % were pretty good, and a few reds too. But I ended up with quite a few of the magenta pink shade overall, which was NOT one that I saved from.