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Growing Marigolds


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Red and Yellow MarigoldsGrowing: Marigolds
 
Botanical Name:
Tagetes
Life Cycle:
annual
Planting Time:
spring
Height:
6" to 36"
Exposure:
full sun
Soil:
average, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
n/a
Bloom Time:
year-round depending on variety and zone
Flower:
yellow, gold, orange, maroon and crimson; solid or bi-colored, single or double flowers
Foliage:
light to dark green
Propagation:
seeds, self-sowing
Suggested Use:
beds, borders, mass plantings, edging, containers, planters, paths and walkways
Growing Hints:
Start with inexpensive nursery transplants or seeds sown directly into the ground in the spring. You can also start seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost date.
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Pinch off spent blooms for continuous flowering all summer long.
Interesting Facts:
Marigolds possess natural compounds useful for repelling nematodes in the garden, especially African varieties. Several varieties are also widely used for their culinary and herbal properties (mostly for tea) in many Latin American countries.
 
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July 21, 2011

Some garden experts feel that we rely too much on marigolds to fill in our flower beds. I disagree. Marigolds are easy to grow, and their cheerful flowers offer a summer-long burst of color anywhere you plant them.

close up of marigold field

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April 10, 2008

Question:

I CANNOT grow marigolds. I plant them and go out the next morning, the little leaves are stripped off the stems, and the marigold bud is all that is left on the stem - no leaves. What is doing this?

Hardiness Zone: 6a

Peggy from Springboro, OH

Answer:

Hi Peggy,

It sounds to me like slugs or snails have an appetite for your marigolds. They attack at night, usually eating the lower leaves first. The next day, you wake up to holey flowers and ragged leaves, or worse, nothing but a row of stems and a silvery-gray trail of slime on the ground where they have glided up to your plants.

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The good news is that there are several easy and economical ways to effectively control the damage caused by slugs and snails.

Handpicking: This isn't the most appealing method, but it works. To spot them, grab a flashlight and head out to your marigold patch for a snail safari about an hour after sunset.

Setting traps: Snails and slugs love cool, moist places-especially to lay their eggs-so use this information to your advantage. Flip over some old flowerpots on the ground around the garden. Leave one side propped up just slightly to act as an entrance. Half an intact grapefruit or orange rind (minus the fruit) will work well, too. Check these traps daily and discard any snails and slugs you find hiding there.

Snails and slugs like beer. I've used this method myself after snails and slugs discovered some of my hostas, and I can verify that it works. Place a shallow container like a saucer or even a cut down yogurt container into the ground so that the top is at soil level. Fill the container with about an inch of stale beer (there's no need to waste the good stuff). Slugs and snails will stop by for a cold one, crawl into the container and die a happy death. Check traps daily and refill as needed.

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Constructing Barriers: Slugs and snails avoid crawling over sharp surfaces. Create a physical barrier next to the base of your plants with crushed eggshells, dichotomous earth, wood ash, or coarse grade saw dust.

Snails and slugs will also avoid crawling over copper because it gives them a slight electric shock. Construct barriers from copper pipes or strips available at local hardware stores.

Cleaning up debris: Snails and slugs love to take refuge under garden debris from the hot afternoon sun. Clean up leaves, old boards, rocks, and old pots to reduce daytime hiding places, and avoid using mulch more than 3 inches deep.

Watering during the day: Because snails and slugs love a moist, humid environment, water your plants in the morning to allow time for leaves and stems to dry before nightfall.

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Good luck!

Ellen

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By Karen (Guest Post)
February 28, 20080 found this helpful

Slugs! Slugs are eating your marigolds at night. It is a very well-known problem. I remember when I was growing up, my mother used to make little moats/trenches around her marigold beds. Then she filled the trenches with beer. This is a very common solution for the slug problem, even though it sounds crazy. I found an explanation for you that might explain it better than I can. Go to: www.advancingwomen.com/.../42925.php
Good Luck!

 
By anonymous (Guest Post)
February 29, 20080 found this helpful

The other possibility is pill bugs and/or sow bugs since I have caught them happily eating my marigolds.

insected.arizona.edu/isoinfo.htm
www.pestcontrolcanada.com/.../pill_bugs_sow_bugs.htm

 

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March 5, 20080 found this helpful

If it is slugs, I have also read on this web site that crushed egg shells will stop them.

 
By Ashley (Guest Post)
March 6, 20080 found this helpful

This is slugs, snails or cut worms. Sow or pill bugs ar decomposers - they only eat dead material. Put a strip of copper wire to keep slugs/snails out - but this can be expensive. There are good (and fairly non toxic products like Sluggo that can help).

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For Cut worms, try putting a little paper "collar" around your seedlings. Time consuming, but it works. Cut worms are an inch long grub (larva) of a large moth that lays eggs into the ground.

 
By nancycorinne (Guest Post)
March 7, 20080 found this helpful

You could put little paper cups on top of your seedlings at night. I have actually used the clear plastic cups as miniature green houses for growing from seed.

 
By JBABY7162000 (Guest Post)
March 7, 20080 found this helpful

IVE ALSO HEARD IF YYOU WATER YOUR PLANTS LATER IN THE DAY IT WILL CAUSE THE SLUGS TO BE WORSE.BEST TIME TO WATER PLANTS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF MORN BEFORE IT GETS TO HOT.

 
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May 4, 2019

What are these mushrooms on the base of my marigold? They grow fast and seem to explode onto the plant. Are they bad?

Identifying Mushrooms Growing Near Marigold
 

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May 4, 20190 found this helpful

These look like the mushrooms that spring up when too mush moisture is in the soil.

 
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August 15, 2010

I put out a ton of seed this year which included marigolds. I now have the tallest and healthiest marigolds I have ever seen, but there are no flowers. None at all. I have a least 100 seedlings, healthy and all, and no flowers.


what is happening?

By mindy

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August 15, 20100 found this helpful

No gardening experience whatsoever here :-)
....but you might check out the answers here:
en.allexperts.com/.../blooming.htm
en.allexperts.com/.../Marigolds-non-flowering.htm

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yardener.com/.../SolvingMarigoldProblems

 
August 18, 20100 found this helpful

No Blooms or Faded Blooms Due to Temperature
Lack of Blooms Due to Excessive Heat
High summer heat may slow, or even stop, blooming on marigolds. Once temperatures moderate, affected plants will begin to produce blossoms again. Triploid hybrids are somewhat resistant to heat problems. Two to three inches of organic mulch lowers the soil temperature and delays the effects of the heat of summer.

For more possible reasons go to: blogs.chron.com/.../hold_why_isnt_my_______bloomin.html

 
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May 23, 2014

seedlingsI am a first time gardner so you can imagine I do not have much skill or experience in this field and still I went ahead and purchased marigold seeds. They sprouted in 3 days which I was very excited about. My seedlings are about two inches tall and have developed their first set of true leaves. I noticed that the seedling stem is somewhat brown around soil, but but it's green at the top. Over the last 2-3 days, some of the leaves have starting to curl up and it's worrying me. I want to raise these babies successfully. Pls help me!

By NoviceGardner

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June 3, 2012

My marigold plants start turning brown after a couple of weeks then just continue to turn brown till they are dead.

By Linda

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April 8, 2011

Picture of Marigolds in front of the creek that runs through our property. Marigolds are one of the few flowers that the deer won't eat up! We have to put fences around most things we are trying to grow. Love the country in the spring and summer.

 
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August 18, 2011

These are zinnias and marigolds! I dislike the smell of marigolds, but I love the way they are sooo bright!

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