How to grow... Tagete & Marigold
Rocket Growing Guides
Tagetes & Marigolds are best grown as an annual, although they may last a couple of seasons if it is mild over winter.
Growing tagetes and marigolds as companion plants? Try planting them amongst tomatoes and other veggies to keep whitefly and greenfly at bay.
- Tagetes & Marigolds Growing Guide
How to Plant Tagetes & Marigolds
- These plants are well suited to pots, hanging baskets, beds and borders in full sun or partial shade.
- You can happily dot these in and around veg or other flowers, they add a good splash of colour and will attract pollinators as well as deterring whitefly and greenfly.
- Plant 20cm apart
How to Grow Tagetes & Marigolds
- Keep them watered during dry spells, other than that they are fairly self-sufficient
- For longer flowering time, deadhead regularly.
- They will self-seed easily, so either leave flowers to go to seed if you are happy for them to spread in the borders, or keep dead-heading right through to the end of autumn.
How to Harvest Tagetes & Marigolds
- Harvest flowers in the morning (when they are just opening, rather than in the evening when they are closing again)
- Use flowers to sprinkle into salads, or decorate cakes with them
Are Tagetes & Marigolds good for Companion Planting?
- Try planting tagetes and marigolds amongst tomatoes and other veggies to keep whitefly and greenfly at bay.