Growing: Pot Marigold

RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by Lambchop Western Australia (23) | (11/22/2006) Contact Hi Wendola, Thankyou once again for the tip i appreciate them, now hopefully i can have lovely marigolds from the seeds too. Happy gardening & i agree with the bit about men not giving flowers, i think thats why all females grow flowers for themselves, ha ha Cheers Lambchop :-) RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by ~Wendola~ (59) | (11/17/2006) Profile | Contact Hi again Lampchop, Thanks for the comment on the picture! My digital carmera has not gone to waste. I use it to take pictures of my flowers in order to have pretty wallpapers for my computer and to hang on my walls! BTW, no problem on the mispell of my name.. it's just a nickname any way. You are welcome to the tips. I would dry the blooms out first. I just hold on to mine for the following year. That way I always have seeds around. You will soon see if you save that you will have more than enough to plant and share with friends. I just place mine on a table once I pull them from the plant.. then I leave them alone for a few months... then store them in a brown paper bag. I found if using ziplocs and the plant is not completely dried out it will cause it to form mold. You are quiet welcome for the help! I enjoy gardening and dont mind helping others at all. Flowers make the gloomy's days seem much brighter. Besides if a man doesn't give you some you can always pick your own. 8-) Happy Gardening! ~Wendola~ RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by Lambchop Western Australia (23) | (11/16/2006) Contact WENDOLA sorry i missed spelt your name and the silly computer played up on me hence the double post. Nice picture by the way hopefully now I can grow mine like that, thanks again RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by Lambchop Western Australia (23) | (11/16/2006) Contact WENDOLLA thanks for the tip,I was just wondering when I dead head them can I bury them in the soil so they can reseed or should I dry them first? If I dry them how long should I do so before planting the seeds as I adore marigolds so much and dont want to give up on them. Thank you again, happy gardening :-) RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by ~Wendola~ (59) | (11/14/2006) Profile | Contact Lampchop, I always grow mine from seed. They seem to have no problem bushing out on there own. I have really rich soil that I use that comes from a natural wetland that is on a friend of mine's property. I feed them a light plant solution that you can use on your grass shrubs you name it. Keeps the guess work out on which plants need what and saves time in changing solutions. I am a big fan of dead heading flowers which I think helps as well. I don't let water sources hit the flowers except for rain. If you water your plants and get all of the foliage wet it acts like a maginifing glass on the plants when the sun hits them. Water in the center of the plant close to the soil. Of course lots of TLC. ;-) ~Wendola~ RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by Lambchop Western Australia (23) | (11/04/2006) Contact I've bought mine about 3weeks ago now and I can't seem to get them to bush out as they just look like sticks and small flowers if that. I've fed them seaweed fertalizer and water but i'm going to loose them which is a shame as i love them, any tips to make them bush out and last? Thankyou. RE: Growing: Pot Marigold Post by ~Wendola~ (59) | (10/17/2006) Profile | Contact I grow them in pots too but love to have them in my garden as well. Mine are still going stong even after all the rain and cold weather we have had recently. ~Wendola~