Zinnia Seedlings Emerge - June 2025

Earlier this month, I started trays of three different varieties of Zinnias: State Fair, Cut-and-Come-Again and Envy. I tucked a couple of seeds into each cell and hoped for the best. I've kept these seedlings in the screened porch for their first few nights, then moved them outside to get full sun. And...hopefully...to avoid becoming too leggy. As Zinnias do, the seeds germinated. And, germinated in big numbers. Almost every cell has multiple seedlings that I'll need to thin out. They're just putting on their first set of real leaves, so I'll wait a little bit longer before pulling out and thinning them. Here's how the trays look this week: My plan is to fill up the Greenstalk tower with one Zinnia plant per pocket. And, I'll tuck a few into the landscape, too. Looks like I have seven full trays of eight plants each; giving me 56 Zinnias.