Sowing calendar · Flowers
French marigold
Tagetes patula / T. erecta · Tagetes, Tagete, Œillet d'Inde, Studentenblume, tagete, cravo-túnico
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- Sow in traysFeb–Mar
- Sow directApr–Jun
- TransplantApr–May
- HarvestApr–Sep
- Germination
- 5–7 days · soil from 15 °C
- Spacing
- 25 cm between rows · 25 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Harvest after
- 60–80 days
- Water need
- low
- Frost
- frost tender
- Life cycle
- annual
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Seed saving
- easy · keeps ~3 years
Notes
The garden's guard: its roots repel soil nematodes after about three months, and the smell confuses pests. Flowers from summer into autumn; deadhead to keep it going.
Good neighbours
Keep apart from
Sources
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.