Growing beautiful marigolds: sowing seeds for seedlings

Marigolds have been a favorite among flowers in almost any flower bed for decades. This is not surprising, because they are very beautiful, unpretentious and pleasing to the eye for a long time.

Let's talk about how to grow not only beautiful marigolds, but also so that they can please us with their beautiful flowering for a longer time.

Content:

• growing conditions for marigolds
• growing marigold seedlings
• sowing seedlings in the ground

Conditions for growing marigolds

Marigold, as tagetes is popularly called, is an annual and perennial plant from the Asteraceae family. These flowers are not only beautiful, but also unpretentious, so they very often form the basis of a flower bed. They are liked not only by amateur gardeners, but also by professionals; they can often be seen in flower beds in the cities of our country. Marigolds are often grown on balconies and in pots on window sills. All this once again proves their unpretentiousness and endurance.

Marigold ( lat.Tagetes) - The Latin name comes from the name of the grandson of the god Jupiter - Tages, famous for his beauty and ability to predict the future. They come from America, where they grow wild from New Mexico and Arizona to Argentina.

Marigolds love sunlit areas, as they produce a large harvest of flowers, but can also grow in partial shade.

Growing seedlings

Since the plant is unpretentious, it is not necessary to grow seedlings at all; you can sow Tagetes seeds directly into the ground, but if you want to get a rich harvest of these flowers, and also for them to please you with their beauty for as long as possible, then you should plant the seedlings in the ground.

You can sow seeds for seedlings in the middle - end of March. Seeds are sown in the ground to a depth of one and a half to two centimeters, seedlings appear after seven to ten days. You need to sift the seedlings regularly, as the plant does not like thickening and grows worse.

It is worth planting seedlings in open ground after forty to forty-five days.

It should be noted that regardless of the method of planting plants in the ground (seedlings or seeds), they should be planted only when the threat of frost has passed. That is, the disembarkation time varies depending on the region.

Tagetes tolerates replanting well; you don’t have to worry, if you take its roots along with a lump of soil during replanting, the root system will not be damaged. Can be replanted even during flowering.

Sowing seedlings in the ground

Marigolds are often planted after harvesting bulbous flowers such as tulips or daffodils; they replace each other well.

Since marigolds have a specific smell, they can be planted to repel pests between bushes with strawberries, For example. Looks very nice and useful!

Despite the fact that marigolds are an unpretentious plant, they still require care. They need to be watered about twice a week, especially paying attention to watering during flowering, and also weeding from weeds.

It is worth fertilizing the soil before sowing, but you should pay attention to the fact that if the fertilizer is unevenly distributed throughout the flowerbed, then the bushes with flowers will grow unevenly. And also when fertilizing marigolds, it is better to avoid nitrogen fertilizers, since with them the plant blooms worse, everything goes green.

Marigolds are not only beautiful, but also very fragrant. You can put them in bouquets at home, use them as a seasoning for dishes, or drink tea from them.

And finally, an interesting video about marigolds.