Hot Mexican

Variety

Hot Mexican

created by Siegrid at 21.05.2023

Features

Growth habit

growth habit: half-high

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

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Description

Tagetes, marigold, velvet flower, Turkish carnation or death flower, belongs to the Asteraceae family. There are around 60 species. It is cultivated 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 flower in white to lemon yellow to brown-red. In mixed cultivation, Tagetes is used as a helper plant due to its strong odor. It is used to combat soil fatigue caused by nematodes and serves as slug bait to protect neighboring plants from slug damage. Insect friendly.

Non hybrid

Growing tips

Sensitive to frost, therefore only cultivated here as an annual. Wind and rain resistant. Consistent moisture. 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. Propagate by seed. Wear gloves when cutting Tagetes. Some people are sensitive to the sap. Compatible with all vegetable plants. Tagetes contain nematodes, keep mice away and repel cabbage pests, viruses and whiteflies.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Germination temperature

20–25 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

20 cm

Row spacing

20 cm

Seeding depth

0.5 cm

Companion Plants

Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard

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

Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli

Chives

Collard greens

Collard greens (Kale)

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

Coneflower (Echinacea)

Cucumber / Gherkin

Currant

Dill

Fig

Funk

Garlic

Garlic chives

Gooseberry

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

Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage

Nightshades (Other)

Okra

Onion

Onion (Spring onion)

Oregano

Ornamental alliums

Pak Choi

Parsley

Parsnip

Pea

Pear

Pepper / Paprika

Physalis

Plum

Plum (tree)

Potato

Radish

Radishes

Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage

Rapini / Broccoli rabe

Raspberry

Rhubarb

Root parsley

Rose

Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)

Rutabaga / Swedish turnip

Sage

Snapdragon

Sour cherry / Tart cherry

Soybean

Spinach (Summer)

Spinach (Winter)

Spirea

Strawberry

Succulents

Sweet pea

Thyme

Tomato (Bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)

Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)

Tomato (Stake tomato)

Turnip

Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage

Turnip greens - Mizuna

Turnip greens - Tatsoi

Turnip-rooted chervil

Turnips - Oilseed turnips

Turnips - Wild turnips

Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage

Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage

Weigela

Wild Cherry / Bird Cherry / Sweet Cherry

Yalta tomatoes

Antagonistic Plants

Diseases

Septoria

Root Rot

Downy mildew

Powdery mildews

Pests

Spider mites

Thrips

Aphids

Land snails

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