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I’m a professional gardener, and this growing trick is proven to increase your zinnia flowers

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I’m a professional gardener, and this growing trick is proven to increase your zinnia flowers

Zinnias are long-flowering and colorful annuals, impactful when planted in any cutting garden. If I had to choose one annual to recommend to a beginner gardener, it would be zinnias. Easy to germinate and grow, these annuals will bloom for much of the summer and fall. What’s more, zinnias are striking whether admired in the yard or a vase indoors.

If you are wondering how to keep zinnias blooming, pinching out is one gardening job that will ensure that your plants produce as many flowers as possible. For those gardeners asking what is pinching out, this technique is straightforward to understand and easy to do. Put simply, by removing the growing tips – or pinching out – you can help your zinnias to remain compact and bushy while also increasing flower production.

I have grown zinnias in several gardens where I have worked in the UK and Italy and found that pinching out helps to keep annual plants floriferous for longer. Here, I reveal all I know on how to do it.

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How to pinch out zinnias

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