How to Pollinate Zinnias By Hand to Breed New Varieties

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[@gardenergal5198]

If I pollinate a bloom just with itself will all the seeds have that same flower bloom?

[@shelliecheers]

A few questions, if you wanted to get that same exact flower again would you use the pollen from that flower or just keep it covered and let it go to seed? Also if you cross pollinate with a flower like that one will it give the same flower or a different one?

[@thegrace-filledgarden]

You would need to pollinate the flower with pollen from another flower from the same plant. I don’t think every seed would produce an identical flower from one you cross pollinated from the same plant, but you would have a much higher likely hood of more seeds producing flowers with similar characteristics.

[@flygirl9289]

Do u have to pollinate every single stama for it to get pollinate? Does that make sense? I hope I'm doing it right it's so hard to see when u r transferring the pollen

[@thegrace-filledgarden]

So each individual stigma will develop a seed- so the more stigmas (found at each petal) that you pollinate, the more seeds you will have from each flower head.