I do not have the image saved, it was through snapchat, which discards the image messages after you close them. Would it be unreasonable to care for this zinnia as if it were a houseplant and keep it inside?
Furthermore, if I took care of it, could I be able to get the plant to last past winter in this manner? Yes, that is unreasonable. You can't grow zinnias like other houseplants. Several of us here belong to the cult of indoor zinnias. Please read this thread: The thread "It can be fun to breed your own zinnias.
In the meantime, the things you need to grow zinnias to their best indoors are as follows: 1. Adequate fluorescent or LED lighting even the brightest window is usually not enough. A timer to keep the lights on and off at the appropriate times zinnias bloom based on day length. Heating pad or other source of bottom heat. Adequately-sized containers.
Urea-free bloom fertilizer. Miscellaneous macronutrients such as calcium nitrate and boron which are not found in adequate amounts in bloom fertilizers or soil mixes. A heavy dose of personal eccentricity. That's all it takes. It's not nearly as difficult as it sounds at first. Good luck! Keep going! Hi, Jai. Thank you for the information.
Given these conditions, however, I'm hoping the zinnia my sister is holding for me will be ok in her dorm. I'm not sure when she's coming home next and she said she's gonna try to keep it for me until then. As far as a soil mix goes, should I be looking at maybe top soil as a base? A high-quality potting mix will work but ProMix BX is more consistent. Don't forget that no matter what medium you use zinnias are very heavy feeders so in addition to regular bloom fertilizer they will need other elements like calcium nitrate and boron.
Outdoors these elements are more plentiful in soil but indoors with pre-made mixes you have to provide them yourself. How old is the zinnia that your sister has? What kind of lighting and heat is it getting now? I can find all of these at a garden center or something similar? If I can find a good spot to put it, I may plant it in the spring, but in the meantime, I want to make it last until then.
Hopefully my sister can do the same. I have no idea. I know my sister's dorm is prone to getting really hot so they leave the windows open even in the wintertime, which is why I'm babysitting my sister's succulent right now. Though, actually, it may not be in her dorm, now that I think about.
I'd hope she's keeping it in the lab with the other zinnias from the project. I'm waiting to hear back from her regarding an issue with her computer; I'll ask her then. Hi Amanda, First of all, I second everything that Jai said. Jai is an expert on growing zinnias indoors, and he is doing it now. I do wish to add a couple of comments.
I also grow zinnias indoors, and am doing so now. Growing a zinnia indoors is more trouble than growing a houseplant, and I would never go to that much trouble, and expense, for a single zinnia plant unless it were very special. It is possible that the plant might have sentimental value. Has your sister given it a name? So, finding out more about the zinnia plant and the lab project would be appropriate. Situation awareness is always more important than you might suspect.
Seek situation awareness. Commercial zinnia seeds cost only a few pennies each, so that particular zinnia plant needs some very special reason to justify the effort of growing it indoors, with the intent of setting it outdoors in the Spring. Does your sister consider the zinnia plant as worth the effort?
ZM 1 Quote Post 6. Hey, ZenMan. Regarding potting up I was under the impression that zinnia did not transplant well if it became root bound at all. So I ask at what size do you like to pot up? Right now I am in a 72 cell pack and my sprouts are about days old. I had planned to move them to 36 deep cell trays today. Maybe I should just go to 5" pots.
I had wondered why cut Zinnia occasionally didn't last that long in my vases. I had considered bleaching them this year like I do rudbeckia. Now i will just use a bactericide.
I heard zinnia were easy to grow from seed just had some finicky tendencies. I am learning them :. Garden books almost always say that zinnias resent transplanting, and some sources even go so far as to say that transplanting zinnias can cause double zinnias to become single.
In the usual garden context, "transplanting" means to dig up a plant that is growing at one place in your garden and move it to a different place in your garden. Zinnias do indeed resent having that done to them, simply because zinnia root systems reach out extensively and the process of digging up a zinnia almost always causes serious pruning of its root system. But the process of moving a zinnia from a pot into the garden, or from one pot to a bigger pot, does not need to cause any loss of the roots.
I generally like to let my zinnias become slightly root-bound before I re-pot them or set them into the garden, simply because the zinnia roots can hold the root ball together and actually avoid disturbing the root system.
Zinnia roots can almost form their own Jiffy Pots, with the added advantage that they don't have to penetrate a fiber pot to grow out into the surrounding medium or soil. Of course, you can overdo anything, and if the zinnia becomes excessively root-bound, then air-pruning of the roots can occur.
If you have the 5-inch pots available and ready, go for it. I plant my zinnia seeds in 3-inch pots, so they start out "re-potted" to that size, which gives them a few weeks before they need to be re-potted to 5-inch pots.
I have some 8-inch and inch square pots that I can use if I have to, but they take an awful lot of ProMix, so I try to make my 5-inch pots do. Gotcha, I was under the impression they didn't like to be root bound in containers. Thanks for clarifying. In your opinion if I potted up to 3", to save room of course, would they make it 4 weeks without becoming too root bound? They would make it, but they would be more rootbound than is optimal.
With 3-inch pots, three weeks is about the best time to re-pot zinnias that have big plants, like Benary's Giants, Uproar, and State Fair. At four weeks they will have basically formed their own little Jiffy Pots, and you will need to be careful, because with such restricted root volume, they can "suck out" all of the nutrient solution in a single day.
You will need to water them virtually daily, or have them in a tray that has at least a half inch of water in the bottom. Keep a sharp watch for any wilting. It is so nice to have this kind of help even though I know you have recited it a million times. Indem Sie weiterhin auf der Website surfen bzw. Mehr erfahren. Ultimate Lighting Sale. Bathroom Vanity Sale. Bestselling Chandeliers and Pendants. Sign In. Join as a Pro. Houzz TV. Houzz Research. Shop Featured Holiday Categories.
Home Decor. Holiday Decor. Christmas Trees. Holiday Lighting. Gift Cards. Zinnia indoors advice. What do you suggest I do? Email Save Comment Featured Answer. And yeah - I like to fuss over everything inside - it chases the winter blues away.
Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Like Save. I know you said no plants, but I ask that you reconsider. Indoor plants and gardens, living walls, are a huge trend now, and the benefits of plants to health and air quality have been well established. If you are concerned about kids or pets eating something harmful, a little research, and your local plant vendor, can help you chose plants. Otherwise, I would fill it in, and place a sofa over it. Lay a piece of plastic wrap loosely over the top of the soil or slide the tray, pots or flat into a plastic bag.
Do not seal the plastic bag and make sure it is not tight. Set the tray, pots or flat in a bright area but not in direct sunlight. Keep the soil moist but not soggy until germination, and maintain temperatures between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Once you have your zinnia seeds planted, monitor them to see when they start to sprout. Generally, zinnia seeds will start to sprout between seven and 10 days. Once they do, make sure they receive plenty of light from a nearby window.
Once they have two sets of leaves, thin zinnia sprouts so there is one seedling per egg carton section or seed tray compartment, says Burpee.
Wait until the zinnia sprouts are at least three or four weeks old before applying any fertilizer. When you do feed them, use a diluted indoor houseplant food and follow the listed directions. Once your zinnia seeds start to turn into plants, prepare them to go outside but don't transplant them right away. Zinnia flowers need to get used to outdoor conditions before you move them to the ground. Do this by setting them outside in a covered area like a covered porch or a carport for at least a week before transplanting them.
Be sure they won't be affected by any last frosts.
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