John_fender said:I've read in one of your posts about green seeds so I tried some from the button box zinnias in a wet paper towel in a ziploc bag, removing the green seed coat. Nearly all germinated in a couple of days. Fascinating stuff.
Hi John,
Congratulations on your successful zinnia embryo experiment. When you remove the green seed coat, what is left is the whitish zinnia embryo. Since it is outside the seed and alive, you could think of it as already germinated. I have on occasions raised whole trays of zinnias from embryos. That is the fastest way to get a new generation of zinnias started.
Since my indoor zinnia project can also grow two generations of zinnias per Winter season, I can get four generations of zinnias per year, which really empowers my zinnia breeding hobby.
ZM
