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Wed, Sep 9, 09 at 17:30
| I am starting to collect my seeds for next years planting.They have all dried but, I noticed a seed looking pod on the end of each petal. Is this pod also a seed that will germinate? |
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- Posted by taxonomist 7b VA (My Page) on Wed, Sep 9, 09 at 19:31
| Yes! The'pod' at the base of the dry petal is the seed. However, Zinnia is notorious for produceng sterile seeds and as you must know, the plant produced from seed probably will not look like its parent. A quickie test last week on Zinnia seeds collected the last week in July showed only 16% viability. It's fun to germinate any seeds, tho... |
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- Posted by morguegirl 6 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 12, 09 at 12:28
| Profusion Zinnias do come true from seed. I collected Some seed from last years plants and ended up with beautiful plants exactly like the parents. Amy |
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