For people like me, that are older and disabled, this video is a blessing. I had no idea it would be this easy to grow flowers without getting down on the ground and digging. I'm on this right away! I love flowers but just cannot physically garden anymore. This looks like something that will bring me a lot of joy.

@ahwheen

5 күн бұрын

Did you plant some?

@Mona77401

4 күн бұрын

@@ahwheen I did and my tables are covered in beautiful vases of flowers now. We are enjoying the profusion of colors so much. Having flowers near by elevates the quality of life!

Another great thing about growing Zinnia's is they are not liked AT ALL by deer or other small animals that will eat sunflowers all day long. I use no fencing or barrier and my Zinnia's remain untouched by our large deer population of NC.

This will be my first year that I'm harvesting zinnia seeds. And I'm so excited for next

Hummingbirds like Zinnias too..💞

Love the sweet little butterflies 🦋

I had terrible luck with growing zinnias last year but I am going to try again.

Thank you ~ Love your way of freedom planting!

Wonderful information, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting this. It's very very helpful 🎉❤

So enlightening.

I put Zinnia plants in for the first time this past summer and at the end of October and I still have many blooms! I will use your advice! Thank you! 🌸🌺🌻🌷🌹

I love zinnia flower 🌼 🌸

Thanks for the encouragement! Mine just haven't been cooperating 😢 But I shall continue to toss with wild abandon --especially remembering how stunning they were last year 🌸

Oh My That Is So Awesome!!! Thank You. I Really Love How You Garden. I Am Learning So Much. I Am Inspired! I So Thank You For That.

That’s the way I was going to plant my seeds also. I’m sure many will grow & may have to thin them out. Thanks for your video. Very informative! 9:18

I appreciate your garden style because I too prefer to toss things and bless them to nature. 😂 Zinnias were the first cut flower I ever grew and they are basically bulletproof…aside from powdery mildew if they’re too crowded.

Excellent 👍🏼good video 📹 ty!

awesome, thank you for sharing

Thanks that’s awesome

Great video! Thanks!

Thank you

I’m going to try this. We still have at least 60 days here. Mine this year we’re so sad. Never got more than 8 inches tall.

Thank you for sharing. I would like to know where you purchased the tool in your hand in this video?

I know the longer the bloom is left on the plant the seeds will form. How long do I leave them before deadheading to get the seeds?

i do the same with marigolds, petunias, snaps, sunflowers it's great isn't it???

Love This Method. Thankyou for sharing. You might want to mention that it's best to also save some of the largest blooms.

@nostromo7928

9 ай бұрын

I've never heard of this before (I'm new to seed-saving though.) Could you please share with me why you should save the largest flower heads? Thank you! 🌿🙂🌿

@wk4240

9 ай бұрын

@@nostromo7928 The largest blooms are often the strongest, most vibrant and will produce - generally - more viable seeds. Choose the largest blooms of those who you want to keep, and let the flower and stalk completely dry out, prior to harvesting seeds.

Just wondering if you can tell me where you bought the tool that you have in your hand when you’re moving the dirt around.

Not a fan of zinnias. But this year I planted 4 plants from my neighbour, and only 2 survived. 1 is dark pink and the other is red and now I'm hooked. Today is October 4/23, but the flowers are not dried yet, hoping can collect before winter. My question is can I spread seeds on the ground during winter (Zone 5A/Canada) or do it in spring.

Hello. I'm new here and I have a few zinnias I'd like to replant next year. Really know nothing about flowers

I did cut the flowers off about a month and a half ago so my question is to store them for winter do I leave them in the dried flowers or take them apart ?

Thank you for sharing this! I absolutely LOVE growing Zinnias, but as a beginner need lots of tips like these! 2 questions: do you have to wait longer than it takes for the bloom to dry or can this be done as soon as it is dry (before frost time of course) ? Also wondering if Snap Dragon blooms could be dried like this as well for their seeds? Thank you again for sharing your talent! ❤

@lianealbert7728

10 ай бұрын

I’m not 100% sure about snapdragons but I’m betting the answer would be yes! We have had tons of marigolds te bloom like here and we have even had zinnias, bluebonnets and impatiens do this too… it never hurts to try!!

@thishtns

9 ай бұрын

After a snapdragon blooms, it will produce seed pods. They're tan, about the size of a pea, and they have lots of very very small black seeds inside. If you don't leave the flower on the plant I don't think it'll develop. My snapdragons bloomed twice this year, I didn't cut any blooms but I did take the first set of seedpods off when they were fully dried.

@LindaDavis-iq9zj

9 ай бұрын

I've gardened like this my entire life (63). I only allow them to dry, if I have too many seeds, and share them. I deadhead, drop the seed, use my shoe to cover with soil. Gardening is not difficult, and it doesn't have to be expensive ~ share and receive. Community.

Mine were so pretty but they ended up getting some spotted fungus???I used neem oil but it wasn't very effective.I did dead head and have saved my seeds.

Don't Zinnias cross pollinate? 😄 love the carefree planting!!😆🥰

@ek5384

2 жыл бұрын

They sure do! But in my experience about 80% look like the parent. I get a weird looking one sometimes that I don't recognize but that's kinda cool 😊 I feel like a scientist LOL

@happyoutside2558

Жыл бұрын

@@ek5384 thanks! This is what I have needed to know! Someone speaking from full experience.

@hollylc9914

8 ай бұрын

I started with 1 zinnia mix packet about a decade ago, saved and remixed the seeds every year, planting en masse each Spring. The collection has grown spectacularly through cross pollination! This year, some big as saucers and many with 2-3 hued petals. I have every color of the rainbow in all shapes and sizes, it's just amazing! Now, I'm sorting their Fall seeds for more deliberate planting in Spring. My 3 favorites this year were a pink-white-peach pompom, a jumbo dark crimson, and a single row of petals in BLUE with a tiny purple hat on its cone.

@cynthiaroberts9639

8 ай бұрын

@@hollylc9914 so fun!

@adrabruzzese7610

8 ай бұрын

Yes but I saved seed for years and the zinnia is actually even prettier.

Can any flower that is grown from seed be dried in this way and the seeds replanted? Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience, particularly when prices have risen so high for buying seeds, plants and gardening in general.

@credx2689

9 ай бұрын

Not all. Several hybrid varieties of plants produce sterile seeds and cannot be propagated in this manner. But many other do- marigolds are another than you easily save seed from existing flowers in your garden, also foxglove, poppy, nasturtium, as well as, many herbs, fruits and vegetables. I love to save seeds from cilantro, dill, arugula, lettuce, spinach and kale (although it’s a biennial so it only makes seeds in the 2nd year) Although, tomatoes and squash/cucumbers and some others will cross pollinate with other types of the same genus and can cause weird hybrids from the plants you grew from your own seeds. It’s so fun to save your own seeds

@karinrender7847

9 ай бұрын

pretty much yes, I have been harvesting seeds from my plants for years, I store each variety in a little tub with labels on and keep them in a cool dry attic space until march when I start the sowing process. Some outside, some inside. If I have a new flower I don't know what the seed looks like, I google lol

Do zinnias need a lot of sun? I have an oak tree in the yard so the area is it sunny all day. Thanks. Great info.

@raulortiz4782

Жыл бұрын

At least 6 hours of sun

@twinfin8571

Жыл бұрын

@@raulortiz4782 thanks

Can you get seeds from the middle part of the zinnia too

Great video! I can't seem to find online, will Zinnia seeds survive a cold winter, stored outside in a shed? I know the plants aren't frost tolerant but what about the seeds? If you let the plants die in early winter and the flowers fall, will the plants reseed themselves each year?

@Gardenary

Жыл бұрын

Hi there! Zinnias will reseed themselves. It's best to keep seeds somewhere cool, dry, and dark, so a shed is usually not the best place.

@betsybugsmith5324

8 ай бұрын

I’m zone 7b - 8a. My zinnias come back from the seed heads that I toss on the ground. They survived 18” of snow one year. -6° another year. I do save some seeds just in case we have a really crazy winter. My impatiens come back every year as well.

hello.. please let me know why my zinnia leaves starting to curl?

I started growing Zinnias for the first time after watching a Gardenary video last year. My question is this: in the winter, should I cut back the brown/ dead plants or dig them out and reseed or something else?

@RealBradMiller

4 ай бұрын

You could cut the plants off at the base, leaving the roots to breakdown and add to the soil, as well as planting with something else. You can plant a cover crop which enhances the soil, and is cut and left to die and breakdown, or plant with whatever is able to grow in your area! I like interplanting food crops with flowers, and growing cold loving crops through the winter where I would not ally have flowers! Cheers! Feed that soil! Don't till like crazy, and don't rip out roots.

What zone are you in? Important info to know…

Butterflies love them too, and goldfinches. If the seeds are white they are not fertile, don't plant them. Should be dark brown. I didn't like the purple so I didn't save those. I have from red to burgundy and pink. All shades of gold to pale yellow. Oranges galore. Sometimes ombre red orange yellow. I had a monarch last November, northern illinois. I started with dwarf variety but they didn't stay dwarf. Getting to 3 feet high in full sun. Collect before the frost for color selection. After frost they all turn dark burnt orange.

Do the deer love them too ?😁

@Gardenary

9 ай бұрын

Deer don't really like zinnias!

Can't save seeds if growing multiple varieties right? Also if you are also cutting the flowers, when should you stop cutting and leave flowers to go to seed?

@melig7543

Ай бұрын

You can still save seeds but the varieties will mix so it won't be the same . But they are still zinnias.

Does does this work with marigolds as well?

@Gardenary

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Marigold seeds are super easy to save

@mzunnurain

8 ай бұрын

I've been saving marigold seeds that mom saved, and grandma saved.

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Thank you for sharing. I would like to know where you purchased the tool in your hand in this video?