This video was so helpful! Thanks for posting! I always planted zinnias for my own enjoyment, this year being no exception. Well... I was out of work during the summer, and needed money for basic expenses. The idea came to me, why not sell bouquets of zinnias and make a little money! So I got permission from a local business along a busy road to set up a stand, which consisted of an old card table with a $1.25 table cover from Dollar Tree, a lawn chair, and I put generous bouquets of zinnias in glass vases, also $1.25 from Dollar Tree. A homemade sign from cardboard I got at Dollar Tree. I charged $10 per bouquet. I made money, had a lot of fun, met nice people, and they went away with a beautiful bouquet and a big smile!
The lighter seeds are just as viable, even the green seeds will produce. There are 2 types of zinnia seeds the ray seeds that come from the petals, and the disc seeds that come from the cone. They have slightly different shapes, but both will produce. You also need to consider the type of zinnias you are growing (hybrid, heirloom, and open-pollinated). Some will produce true to the parent plant and some will be affected by other types of zinnias growing in the area. Meaning, a seed from a purple zinnia may not produce purple zinnia flower if it was cross pollinated by an orange zinnia growing nearby the plant you got that seed from. It could wind up being a murky brown colored flower, it all depends on type and cross pollination. There are also some zinnias that have sterile seeds, which means they won’t grow. Zinnias are wonderful flowers. My favorite are the giant purple prince heirloom variety.💜
I'M SO GLAD I WATCHED THIS! the other channels were showing zinnias that had dried completely on the stem and basically turning them upside down and all the seeds would drop. Well my seeds fall off if I don't get to the flower before it turns completely brown, so I was doing exactly what you showed here So glad I'm not wasting my time!!!
Thank you for your video. This is my first year to grow zinia from a neighbour. I love my 2 plants and will grow more in future. Initially I wasn't a fun of zinia but now I am..
I like to collect the darker harder seeds, too. I always felt they were the most viable, but I’m going to do an experiment with the darker ones vs. the lighter thinner ones and see how they compare. I like to use a white paper plate to put my flower heads on to separate seeds. Nice video!
Im new to gardening (better late than never) and recently discovered the beauty of zinnias (I started a butterfly garden) so thank you for this video! My zinnias are getting to the point where I can start doing this and I am looking forward to see how I do!!! Thanks again!
I’m so sad now that I never harvested seeds from the zinnias that were part of our farm CSA last summer. I had NO idea that one just one bloom could produce such an insane amount of seeds!
Thank you!! I just started zinnias from seeds that I bought from a store. They are so big a beautiful! I will be saving mine for next year and good advice on putting them in an envelope or a paper bag
@@torahistruth4700 thanks for replying, the ones I got were from Johnny’s seeds I got online. These do not say if they are heirloom. On the back it says that I can harvest them so I’m assuming that is a good sign
I have harvested from my Zinnias all the seeds I can. My question is why are the seeds from the original flowers so much smaller in size including the size of the plants and the flowers? Have you got any suggestions? thanks so much.
Thank you. This is very timely. My zinnias here in Australia are just starting to flower (mid summer) and my thoughts have turned to obtaining seed when the time is right. I had the theory in my head so it was nice to see how to go about collecting the seeds in practice. Thanks.
@@ColorfulGardener To be honest Josh I am beginning to hate the sun! Even at 25degC it is like a lazer (global warming?) and quite a number of plants have been blow torched :(
Do I have to wait for flower to dry up in the plant or can I take out a week's bloomed flowers and dry in the sun? Also, those seeds are ready to use or needs to dry up?
When can you plant these seeds in the fall for spring next year, or wait till spring & plant? Thank you for the video, great information for a newbie gardener!
Start them in March in pots, I grew them this year for the first time but careful, some seeds will not sprout, some will and young seedling will other wilt or get eaten by bugs so plant a little more than you need. If I want 50 flowers I’ll plant 80 seeds so if a part of them don’t make it, I’ll still get the ammount that I need. From my own experience they were about 15 to 20 cm in height when I transplanted them from pots to garden. Important detail because bugs got to them after transplanting but because they were big enough, they didn’t get to eat and destroy all the leaves even though they were fast and my beautiful zinnias grew and grew and bugs stopped eating them. These flowers are incredibly beautiful, robust, they don’t wilt after heavy rain, they stay in bloom for a long time. I feed them cow manure every month or so and they’re doing great.
Hello! Do you think my zinnias will naturalize I live in zone 9b, I have no problem with harvesting and sowing seeds but I’d like their spot to be permanent :)
When the flowers are completely faded and begin to dry outside. That is when I cut then and put them in paper bag for further drying for a couple more days
You don't have to. The petals will disintegrate over time and the seeds will remain. I collected the dry flower heads after the plant has died due to frost. So in the fall. I garden in Zone 8a.
Hi im new to gardening and recently purchased some Queen red/lime seeds. If i harvest seeds from them after the blooms have dried will i get the same colours next year?
