Tagetes / Marigolds

Tagetes

Plant family

Daisy family (Asteraceae)

Cultivation Break

0 Years

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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F

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A

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Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Dry

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Light germinator

Germination temperature

18 - 22 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

20 cm

Row spacing

30 cm

Seeding depth

0.2 cm

Instructions

Description

Tagetes, marigold, velvet flower, Turkish carnation or dead flower, belongs to the family of composite plants (Asteraceae). There are about 60 species. It is grown as an ornamental plant, dye, spice, green manure and remedy and feels at home in flower beds and balcony boxes. Tagetes- strongly scented, are annual to perennial, herbaceous plants, rarely semi-shrubs or shrubs. They grow between 10 and rarely up to 200 cm/3.9-78.7 in tall. They bloom in white through lemon yellow to brownish red. In mixed culture Tagetes is used as a helper plant because of its strong smell. It is used to control soil fatigue produced by nematodes and it serves as a slug bait to protect neighboring plants from slug damage. Insect friendly.

Origin:

America

Growing tips

Sensitive to frost, therefore cultivated in our country only as an annual. Wind and rain resistant. Uniform humidity. Pre-cultivation from February at 20°C/68°F, but direct sowing from the end of April is also possible. Light germinator. Cut off withered flowers regularly. Propagation by seed. Wear gloves when cutting Tagetes. Some people are sensitive to the sap. Get along with all vegetable crops. Tagetes contain nematodes, keep mice away, and repel cabbage pests, viruses, and whiteflies.

Companion Plants

Abessinischer Kohl / Äthiopischer Senf

Apple

Aubergine / Eggplant

Basil

Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)

Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)

Bean (Dwarf bean)

Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)

Bean (Lima Bean)

Bean (Runner bean)

Beetroot

Black salsify

Broccoli

Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa

Brussels sprouts

Buddleja / Butterfly Bushes

Cabbage (Cabbage)

Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)

Cabbage (red cabbage)

Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)

Celery (Celery)

Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)

Chard

Chickpea

Chili

Chives

Collard greens

Collard greens (Kale)

Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)

Coneflower (Echinacea)

Cucumber / Gherkin

Currant

Dill

Fig

Funkien

Garlic

Garlic chives

Gemüsekohl - Flower Sprouts / Kohlröschen

Gemüsekohl - Futterkohl

Gemüsekohl - Kai-Lan / Chinesischer Brokkoli

Gemüsekohl - Rippenkohl / Portugiesischer Kohl

Gemüsekohl - Wildkohl / Urkohl

Gooseberry

Jaltomaten

Kaplilien / Kaplauche

Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage

Lavender

Leeks

Lettuce (Common chicory)

Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)

Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)

Lettuce (Lettuce)

Lettuce (Oriental greens / Brown mustard)

Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)

Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)

Lettuce (Sugar loaf)

Melissa

Melon (Sugar melon)

Melon (Watermelon)

Mint

Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens

Nachtschatten (Sonstige)

Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage

Okra

Onion

Onion (Spring onion)

Oregano

Pak Choi

Parsley

Parsnip

Pea

Pear

Pepper / Paprika

Physalis

Plum

Plum (tree)

Potato

Radish

Radishes

Rapini / Broccoli rabe

Raps - Scheerkohl / Sibirischer Kohl

Raspberry

Rhubarb

Root parsley

Rose

Rübsen - Choy Sum / Chinesischer Blütenkohl

Rübsen - Mizuna

Rübsen - Ölrübsen

Rübsen - Tatsoi

Rübsen - Wilde Rübsen

Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)

Rutabaga / Swedish turnip

Sage

Snapdragon

Sour cherry / Tart cherry

Soybean

Spinach (Summer)

Spinach (Winter)

Spirea

Strawberry

Sukkulenten - Dickblattgewächse

Sweet pea

Thyme

Tomato (Bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)

Tomato (Stake tomato)

Turnip

Turnip-rooted chervil

Weigelie

Wild Cherry / Bird Cherry / Sweet Cherry

Zierlauche

Antagonistic Plants

Diseases

Septoria

Root Rot

Downy mildew

Powdery mildews

Pests

Spider mites

Thrips

Aphids

Land snails