Why did the stem on my Zinnia grow like this? I will just preface by saying this plant has had a hard life in my care. 😂. I got it as a gift from my mom as a seedling. It was grown using one of this mini greenhouses with the mesh dirt balls. Once I got it it did take me awhile to get it in the ground (it was in a red solo cup on my screened porch). I believe that’s when it started growing goofy. There were definitely a couple times it did get dry during that time. Finally I transplanted it outside into sun a couple weeks ago. We’ve been getting a decent amount of rain so I only give it a splash with the hose once in awhile. I poked holes in the bottom of the pot about a week after it was transplanted (didnt realize it didnt have them already). As you can see, the stem is growing normal at the bottom now and healed the “split”. What specifically causes this? I’m more intrigued than anything tbh. Originally by u/blank_pages00 on Reddit: https://tinyurl.com/28eqmtzq