Arctic

Season Overview

Description

Tagetes 'Arctic' blooms in an unusual creamy white shade and produces large, weather-resistant, double flowers. These plants are ideal for combining with other tagetes or bedding plants. With a height of 30-40 cm, it quickly becomes an eye-catching addition to any garden, where it adds vibrant accents. Tagetes are perennial bloomers and flower until the frost. Use these robust plants to create a colorful garden that brings joy and cheer to your outdoor space and can be enjoyed all year round! Bring a breath of fresh air with the 'Arctic' Tagetes!

Growing tips

🌱 Pre-cultivation - Time: April - Planting after 3-5 weeks (after the ice saints) - Germination temperature: 18-22 °C - Germination time: usually 5-10 days - Light: bright, but no direct blazing sun during germination - Sowing container: seed tray or small pots with loose sowing soil - Sowing depth: 2-3 mm - Watering: carefully, keep the soil slightly moist, but never wet. - Covering: optional foil/cover until the seedlings appear - ventilate daily - Pricking out: as soon as the seedlings have 2-3 true leaves - Harden off: place outside during the day 7-10 days before planting out - Not too warm and not too dark - Fertilize sparingly - only after pricking out and only very mildly. 🌼 Direct sowing & planting - Direct sowing: from mid-May (after the ice saints) - Low varieties (20-30 cm high): 20-25 cm row spacing, 15-20 cm plant spacing - Medium varieties (30-50 cm high): 25-30 cm row spacing, 20-25 cm plant spacing - Tall varieties (over 50 cm): 30-40 cm row spacing, 25-30 cm plant spacing 🌱 Location & soil - Full sun is ideal. The more light, the more compact and flowering - Soil: loose, humus-rich, well-drained. No waterlogging - pH value: slightly acidic to neutral 💧 Care - Watering: regular, moderate. No waterlogging - Fertilize: sparingly - Remove faded plants 🌿 Use - Perfect for flower beds, balcony boxes, border planting. - Good companion plants in vegetable beds, e.g. with tomatoes, peppers or cabbage. - Attract pollinators and improve soil quality (nematode-reducing). 🌼 Harvest - Seeds: from August to October (seed heads brown and dry) - Carefully pull off or break apart the dried flower. - Inside you will find many narrow, black and white seeds. - Allow to dry well and store in a dry, dark, airtight place. - Flowers: are edible and are used for tea or decoration. - In the morning, when the dew has dried. - Only pick fresh, fully opened flowers. - As edible decoration for salads, cakes, drinks. - For tea (slightly lemony and spicy). - Dried as a colorant in herbal mixtures. 🌿 Good neighbors - Tomatoes, peppers & chilli, potatoes, eggplant, okra - Cucumber, celery, melon - Lettuce, spinach, chard, beet - Cabbages, turnips, rapeseed - Strawberries, roses, rhubarb - Beans, peas - Onions, leeks, garlic, chives - Carrots, parsnips, radishes, radishes, salsify - Basil, dill, parsley, thyme, oregano, marjoram, lemon balm, mint - Lavender, coneflower, sage, gaura, coreopsis, funkia, sedum - Berry bushes, summer lilac, weigelie, deutzia, spirea, fruit trees 🚫 Bad neighbors - Fennel - Wormwood / mugwort - Marigolds, ferns - Pumpkin, zucchini, corn - Rhododendrons - Jerusalem artichoke - Blackberries, hazelnut, elderberry, walnut - Spruce, fir, pine, maple, beech, willow, alder 🌿 Common diseases - Powdery and downy mildew - Root rot - Leaf spot diseases 🐛 Typical pests - Snails and slugs - Aphids - thrips - Spider mites

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Dry

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Light germinator

Germination temperature

16 - 20 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

25 cm

Row spacing

25 cm

Seeding depth

0.2 cm