Beginner Gardening: Zinnia blooms per seed, 0 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
No....you will get many....at first you may only get one...unless you begin pinching out the center stem when they begin to grow. If starting from seed in the garden..give them time to sprout and grow a bit . In a few weeks you can begin to give them a pinch (pinch or cut out the main stem down to a good set of leaves, just above a node where the leaves appear). This will send a message to the plant to put out new growth...making two stems... You ncan continue to pinch a few more times or let them flower and deadhead the flowers once they begin to show that they are done.... Think of it as evertime you cut a stem above a node it will make the plant sprout 2 new stems.... by the end of the season you will have a nice bushy blooming Zinnia.. Some of the dwarfs tend to branch...... You'll just have to see... Kathy

pix is of one of the taller varieties which I grow, the shorter ones can be much more prolithic with blooms. I've seen some that are totally smothered when in bloom......