evelyninthegarden said:That is awesome! Could I buy some seeds from you?
Hi Evelyn,
Thanks for the compliment. Some day I hope to make some of these new zinnias available to the general public as commercial strains, and the route for doing that would be to build up a seed stock of "purified" strains that I could supply to a commercial seed grower who would then further multiply them to commercial quantities for commercial introduction. A seed grower would conceivably not be interested in paying me for a seed stock if some of them had already been distributed.
I did not get into this zinnia hobby with the idea of profiting from it, and that is still true, and it will remain true. I enjoy growing and breeding zinnias, and that enjoyment is my reward. Any future negotiations with a commercial grower will be just something that "needs to be done" to serve the public.
Since I am a bit of a "slow poke", your fastest way to enjoy new zinnias might be to take up the zinnia breeding hobby. And, as they say, "getting there" can be more fun than "being there". I don't share seeds, but I am always ready to share advice. (I know, you would rather have seeds. Grin.)
The thread "It can be fun to breed your own zinnias." in
Annuals forum
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