Hello everyone,
I have decided to give some attention toward improving zinnia plants, as well as their blooms. One thing I have noticed is that from time to time you will see a little zinnia seedling that has emerged with three cotyledons instead of the normal two cotyledons. Occasionally that "plan of three" will continue up the stalk as the zinnia plant grows. I have such a plant growing indoors now.
I refer to such plants as "threesies" and abbreviate that as "3Z". This is a closer view of that 3Z plant.
I plan to save seeds from that plant to see if any of them also produce 3Z plants. In past years I have seen some zinnia plants that had one or more branches that had the 3Z plan, although their main stalk was normal "2Z". The thing is, it should be possible to get a fully 3Z plant, with the plan of three applying everywhere -- the main stalk and all of the side branches. I think that a fully 3Z zinnia plant could have a "good look", so that is a long time goal of mine.
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