Easy to grow from seed , marigolds(Tagetes spp . ) grow well during the tender month of the year when there is no danger of icing . While the leafage of marigold are ferny and reek pungent when crushed , gardeners mainly originate marigolds for their bombastic , waxy sensationalistic - orange or rusty - red flowers , which make fantabulous cut heyday .

Types

Four primary types of marigold are grown in the United States . Marigolds tend to bloom only when their stems approach their fledged top . The small marigolds are French marigold ( Tagetes patula ) , which mature as 6- to 12 - in tall bushes . The upright piano , taller marigold are African or American marigold ( Tagetes erecta ) , growing 24 to 48 in tall . Triploid or hybrid marigolds are genetic crosses of French and African types , yielding mid - sized plant and flowers . Signet or Mexican marigolds ( Tagetes tenuifolia ) pay five - petaled flowers on bushy plants 12 to 18 inches tall with needlelike leaves .

Lovers of Sunlight

Planting marigolds in raft of sunniness ensures the fastest growth , earliest output of blossom and highest number of blossom . Place marigolds where they have no less than eight hours of lineal , uninterrupted sun day by day . marigold will acquire in poor light , but they become primarily leafy flora , with vitiated or no flowering .

Soil Qualities

Unhealthy or weakly growing marigold do n’t bloom very well , if at all . marigold need a fertile soil that is moist but well - drain . Overwatering the soil to keep it soggy leads to settle down and stem buncombe . Foliage and flower heads that stay wet also tend to quickly rot and put down away . Do not plant marigolds in soil that always puddle or floods after rains . Moreover , do not engraft them in sandlike , nourishing - deficient , wry soils as that limits works growth .

Provide Warmth

Frost killing marigolds . They also grow slowly when grime and line temperatures are not summerlike . When first plant in spring , the cooler weather inhibits fast growth and yield of flower . Once temperature get above 75 grade Fahrenheit and nighttime temperatures remain in the 60 to 70 degree range , growing and inflorescence hastens . Full sun vulnerability provide the fastest thawing of the garden . In years when spring and summertime conditions is unusually cloudy and showery , it may take marigolds several more weeks to ultimately be orotund enough to bloom .

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