How to Pinch Zinnias | 1818 Farms
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- Wondering how to pinch zinnias? Join us as we explain why you should pinch zinnias and demonstrate exactly where to pinch the plant. Pinching causes your plants to become more robust and develop longer stems. Don’t be afraid to pinch those baby plants. You will love the results and have more blooms to harvest.
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I'm growing Zinnias for the first time and I'm so nervous about pinching. This video did help alleviate some of my fears, though. Thank you!
I just did my first pinch and boy was that tough but I know it will pay off in the end. Thanks to this video.
Hi I’m Sherry from georgia 8a . Where are you located.?This video really peaked my interest in direct sowing. This is my first year flower farming.
I just love your videos. You explain everything so clearly!
Thank you! That makes me so happy.
This made me more confident about pinching my zinnias. Thank you 🌸🌸
I have my first round of zinnias in different parts of the yard and it is amazing what the proper soil does as far as size. They are just beautiful
Excellent Video :) I've been growing Giant Dahlia, Fruit Smoothie Zinnias for a few years now and I think you've given me the confidence to pinch them this year. only 42 plants in a couple trays for my tiny yard but looking forward to more blooms 👍 Thank you for the great info.
I bet those are beautiful. Don’t be afraid to pinch. It will give you more blooms in the long run. Happy that you enjoyed the video.
How did they come out? Andy why can't we post pictures on TH-cam :(
Thank you for doing this! I am taking out large patches of grass and planting lots of seeds. The birds were eating the seeds so I saw a TH-cam a couple days ago where you can put tulle on top of the seeds and soil to scare away pests until the seeds come up.
Very impressive Natasha! I like your plastic trellis to keep them straight. Like yourself, I grow zinnias and sell them as cut flowers. Here in northeast Georgia, I have two 20 ft x 100 ft plots and one 20 ft x 50 ft. I've always broadcast, but end up over seeding and spend too much time and effort pulling up zinnia seedlings and weeds. Do you buy your weed barrier sheeting with the seed holes pre-cut or do you make them? Your plots are WAY more organized and seedlings are more spaced out than my zinnia jungle, which contributes to powdery mildew. I'm going to your direct seed method next year, because I am wasting too many zinnia seeds. I'll bet you get hundreds of various 🦋 and moth species like I do. My varieties are Lava lamp, Giant cactus, Elegans, Cherry Queen, Envy, and Peppermint stick.
It’s great to hear from you. I have never heard of the Lava Lamp variety. I will look it up. I purchase the ground cover and burn the holes using a metal
Template and torch. The ground cover lasts for several years. I recommend it for sure. I plant zinnias using 9 inch spacing. Of course, being in the South,we still fight powdery mildew every year.
been watching your videos. very informative and helpful. you inspired me to dream of having a farm one day 🥺🤗
I love that! You can do it!
I just found your videos after seeing your article in Southern Living magazine. I absolutely love your clear teaching and demonstrations in the field. You mentioned in this video that you direct sow many of your seeds. What do you do about rolly pollies or other bugs that like to eat new sprouts???
Thank you for all the info!!
delightfully clear...thank you
Fabulous video. I’ve tried to find a video on how to pinch zinnias for so long and couldn’t find one that explained it quite so well as you have. I’m off out now to pinch my zinnias now I know exactly what I’m meant to do, thank you.
Thank you so much! Happy that you enjoyed the video. Hope your pinching goes well today.
Thank you so much for this video!! I am a brand new gardener & learner and I love your channel. I’m raising zinnias in containers on my balcony from seed. They only get direct sun for half of the day. Should I pinch them any less, or differently, than you showed in this video then? Thank you from northern Ohio. 😊
Thank you for following. I would pinch for sure!
Hi,any zinnia growers here in the UK
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Sprouts?? Thought these were flowers
Wow nice beautiful garden Watching from California I got new knowledge and I follow your videos
I purchased numerous of these “amazing “ “power jets”. Absolutely useless for even medium dirty surfaces.
We use raw milk to get rid of grasshoppers and the like. Diluted 10-1 with the one part being the milk. Some insects can't digest the milk and they die. Sprayed with the lifecycle of the insects in mind keeps it off our fields. It also adds very important microbes to the soil to break down organic matter faster. Just be sure it is skimmed will first. Studies by the University of Nebraska are available online. What is the netting for?
any relation to scotty?
I've heard you can propagate zinnias like you would mint, basil or begonias? Is that true?
Wow, I can see I need to be nicer to my zinnias! I just throw them in the flower bed, bunched up, never pinching them and just letting them do their thing and everyone loves them. I just keep the dried flower heads in a spare refrigerator over the winter and just rub the flower head so it breaks up ( I don't even pick the seeds out ) and throw them back in the flower bed. To late to space them apart as they have already sprouted but I WILL pinch them back and see what happens. Great advice!
Ive done the pinching method on other types of flower for many years , tough but needs to be done. I hadnt really done it on zinnias though and will this season., thanks.
Thank you for this advice, do you need to stake zinnias? Last season mine tend to grow along the soil level then shooted up from there so looked ok from afar.
Thank you for this video!!!!!!
The ones that are too wobbly to cut for an arrangement, do you just "dead head" those?
You can root the clippings too. I have
Yes! I have done that before too.
The pieces that you clipped off, can you put those in the ground, or water, to create roots?
Yes, they can be rooted. However growing such a large scale that we are we don’t have time of space to do that.
@@1818Farms Thank you. I'm only a home gardener so I'd like to try and multiply the few plants I have. :)
@@vj563 please keep me posted on your progress.
@@1818Farms I will thank you :)
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Propagation is simple with this flower 🌼 I stick the cut off into soil and with in a week it roots quiet nicely 👌
are you saying that when she cuts that top off so the plant will bush out that she can take the cut off top, stick it in dirt and it will grow roots?
@@kysmik8214 yes it will grow roots... just did a tray , every one rooted 👍
@@fireballdc1 Wow!
Do you direct seed in the little weed cover hole?
Yes, I did direct seed. You can also start them indoors.
Love your belt/holster ,, hopefully we will see you in a Western movie soon
How late is it to plant zinnas in Alabama....zone 8
I have planted as late as early August and had blooms.
I'm beginner gardener just for pleasure. I have started direct seeding this year for the first time. In the beginning it was tuff because ALL the bugs. I'm finally getting better results. Not losing so many and like you just to get enough I have put like 3 seeds to a hole. At first the seedlings would come up and the bugs would feast. I would cry and start over😢
That is the most frustrating thing about direct seeding.
Do you use drip irrigation under the barrier cover? Thank you from Florida😊
Yes it is under the cloth.
How do you irrigate? We have a bed and breakfast and do farm to table. I grow zinnias for cut flowers to put in each room. But, I want to start growing for business. We have a small orchard and in between want to make rows for zinnias. So my question is the irrigation part. Blessings from Texas
We have lines of drip tape irrigation under the tarp.
I came for the technical and wasn't disappointed. I've grown from seed for the last 3 years and have that perfected but this is the first year I'm pinching. Great video!
Thanks for your message. Good luck this season!
Your garden looks great . Like mine to look as organized . I broadcast seeds and you know I have to thin out . Maybe if you help me and tell me where you buy your string planting grid ?
It’s called hortonova netting. Very handy!
THIS WAS SUPER HELPFUL AND CLEAR!
Happy Pinching!
I am a New Yorker living in Tangier. I kept worrying that my zinnias, grown from seed (in French, from the packet, Zinnia Élégant) were leggy. Now I now better! And will continue this afternoon, after writing this, to work on my plants. I shook my one bloom and it was ready. I live on the 12th floor off the beach, It is often windy, and the plants are hardy that way. I am so happy to see what's going on! Thank you!
So happy to hear that the pinching helped! Happy Growing.
New subscriber here! Thanks for sharing your advice and expertise
You are so welcome! Happy Growing.
Oh gosh, my heart is palpitating just thinking about that many zinnias in bloom. Waiting on my seeds to sprout in northern NY right now!
It is a lot!
Nice video. We sell vacant land that can be developed into farm land. We will surely share this to our customers who would love to start farming.
Thank you! Please share…We love encouraging and helping others learn.
@@1818Farms We will surely do! Thank you! :)
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I'm new to flower growing
You are so welcome!
How many seeds should I plant in a 12 inch pot. If I'm planting direct?
It depends on the variety. If it were a giant variety maybe 3 and thin to one. A smaller variety you could plant 2 -3.
Hi. I sowed zinnias indoors this year for the first time. It was prob too early- I had no idea they would germinate in 3 days and grow so quickly. In any event, I had them under a grow light and they've gotten so big, I had to remove them from under the light. Some are now about a foot tall in their original pot. I'm getting ready to harden them off in a couple of days, as we've had some colder weather here. But I intend to plant sometime next week in the garden. Is it ok to pinch the zinnias now, under my indoor care? Or, should I wait until they are in the garden next week? Thx.
I would pinch for sure. You wouldn’t want them this large when you plant outside.
What do you call the white plastic supports netting, and where do you purchase?
Hortonova netting. At Johnnys seeds.
Is this video filmed on a drone?
No, it was filmed with an iPhone.
@@1818Farms wow. I can't believe how smooth and steady it was
Never saw this before, yr page won't let me Like this video.
Hope you enjoyed.
Thank you!
You are so welcome.
Thank you so much...new sub for like! I'm in Update NY... should I start indoors first and when can I transplant. Looking to cover the concrete facing surrounding my home. Thank you!❤
If you want to jumpstart them you can seed them inside. When is your last frost date?
@@1818Farms Hi. Thank you so much for the reply. Officially, April 19, but I've seen frost hit Albany on my birthday, May 15th more than I'd like to remember. Additionally, would suggest a source for quality seed's and a plant(s) which grows large heads and tall, as well as those that can act as a front, middle, & then the taller species. I would really appreciate your help. Hope my other plant lovers have checked out ur channel. I shared the video and hope they sub as well... insane not to!
Thnk you Mace!
Good and love❤❤❤❤
Great info - thanks for sharing- btw Love those overalls 😊 can u share where you are getting them from ?
Thank you! They are so comfortable. I purchase all of my worn overalls from Duluth trading company.
Very helpful!
Thank you! Are you growing zinnias this year?
I would separate the seeds a little further and when the 3 come up like that, I would transplant the other 2 if they're healthy. I do that constantly with all of my plants, especially vegetables. The only time I don't do it is if I don't need the other plants. I have a high success rate on transplanting because I take as much of the soil that it is growing in as possible and I keep my soil very loose. I absolutely hate killing perfectly healthy plants.
We sometimes will transplant them if we have an area where the seed didn't germinate that is the same color variety. Most of our growing sections are color blocked for quick cutting for orders. We direct seed several thousand zinnias each year. Often we just don't have the space in the field for extra plants.
Coscidering that she is doing this for profit as well as pleasure you have to take the cost of the labor in transplanting all of that into consideration. Seeds, especially if you save them cost almost nothing. Labor is the biggest controllable expense so it makes total sense that she would just eliminate the extras.
Do u just throw away what you cut?
Yes, we compost them. You could propagate them but we don’t have enough space to do that.
@@1818Farms so u can just root them in water and then plant them?
Tidy flower garden,very nice.
Thank you!
Is there a time when it’s to late to pinch zinnias
No because a deep cut of a leggy plant is really a pinch
Natasha where did you get your belt? 😍
Erica, I have had it for several years. It is made by Wheeler Monroe. I ordered it off of ETSY. It is an investment but worth every penny. I wear it everyday and it holds everything.
great video! how are u direct seeding into those holes - what's the most efficient way / any tool to help you get that done or is that on hands and knees?
Thank you! It’s on hands and knees using an old butter knife to plant.
@@1818Farms good job!! thanks for quick reply. all the best to you on a wonderful growing season!!
Sim much info, thanks!
You are so welcome!
Do you fertilize your Zinnia
We spray with seaweed and fish emulsion early in the season. Other than that no fertilizing.
Could I please ask you where you get that netting that you have over those I am needing some of that to put over mine. And also what it is called which would help a whole bunch. I would greatly appreciate it.
It is called Hortonova netting. It is feet wide. You can purchase it from Johnny’s seeds.
@@1818Farms Thank you so very much I greatly greatly appreciate it. I am new to all this and trying to learn lol. My oldest son and daughter-in-law bought The oldest florist in the town that we live in so I am growing these to give to them so it is very important to me that they look super nice and you just don’t know how much I appreciate your help. Thank You!
@@shawnworth3142 I hope things are going well!
@@1818Farms They are going very well thank you. They are just starting to bloom.
How far apart are your zinnias once thinned out?
We plant on a 9 inch spacing
@@1818Farms Thanks for your reply! Good to know, that's what I've done this year too! Just planted my first zinnias :)
pinching is truly a blessing, it works great and double the amount of blooms people don't realize!!! I tried it for the first time 2 years ago
Thanks so much for this really helpful info on pinching. I'm concerned, though, that you use Syngenta seeds -- aren't they GMO? I buy open-pollinated seeds because I can then save my own seed for next year. GMO seed makes growers dependent on the seed company since they cannot be saved. I encourage you to reconsider the kind of seed you are using. Plenty of farmers get great results with heirloom and/or open-pollinated seeds, and they are far better for the environment.
I love the look of your beds. I'm just starting out with 2 acres or canary grass and I want mine to ultimately look like yours when I'm done. I know, lots of work. I'll get there. Thanks for your videos.
After watching this lady I’m inspired to grow zinnias and sunflowers . I got my seeds ready and I’m working in building a rich soil. I will use netting as well. Florida is hot in humid. 🎉😊
Wishing you gardening success!
I love how you love your animals . Thank you💪💥