Tagetes / Marigolds

Plant family

Daisy family (Asteraceae)

Season Overview

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Seeding distance

15 cm

Row spacing

15 cm

Seeding depth

0 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 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.

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, 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.