I grow lots of zinnias and I save lots of zinnia seeds. After drying the blooms, I separate the petals from the seed. I use a pair of scissors to cut the seed away from literally hundreds of petals. This is boring and very time consuming. Does anyone know of a better way to clean zinnia seeds, or maybe how it's done commercially?
Thanks.
By likekinds from NC
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I've tried crushing dried mixture and dropping through wind of a fan. The heavier seed should fall straight down and petals blow away. I am going to try washing dried mixture in a bleach solution to kill any fungus and screening. Maybe an old washing machine will work as I have large amount to do.
When bloom dries on stem harvest and cut down petals to inner cone before separating seed from flower head. It's a lot less time consuming then doing each individually.
Thank you! I'll give it a try.
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