Tagetes - lights in the night. Features of cultivation

Marigold brought from America. These flowers symbolize fidelity. Marigolds, they are also tagetes - incredibly elegant, combine the lemon-colored, deep - orange, streaked with bright to dark golden-purple petals. Distinguish marigold, rejected, fine leaved.

Unbelievable beds can be created, the entire pattern, pleasing bright orange shades by combining different types of marigold. Tagetis for brightness of color is also known as "lights", "caps", "Marigolds".

The choice of landing site

Tagetes like sunny landing site, but acceptable penumbra and shadow. During flowering tagetis need abundant watering.

But when will the formation of inflorescence - watering should be stopped, in order to avoid rotting of the roots.

planting Chernobrivtsev

Tagetes loves the soil loose and fertile. To create pleasing make good soil mixture of peat, compost and pure sand in proportions of 2 to 1 to 0.5. Planting can be done and seedlings and sprouts.

Seeds are sown in containers or in the warm season - right in the open ground. Seeds are distributed in grooves formed previously well watered. Then sprinkle the ground.

When will the shoots - they need to sit down at some distance from each other, so that the root system of each rostochku enough space.

Marigold bushes grow very well, so they have to be thin. It is good effect on the future flowering. Tagetesa Flowering occurs within 1.5-2 months after the already formed shoots of the plant.

Marigolds can be planted in a pot, it is better to choose a landing autumn time. In such a case, a strong root system, and the spring Chernobrivets bloom.

Care and protection Chernobrivtsev

For the flowering and growth of marigold, the soil should be loose and remove weeds neighborhood. This flower has to breathe.

Interesting fact that tagetes allocates a specific flavor, which protects against fungal diseases not only the flower, but all immediate neighbors of a bed.

Some gardeners specially planted Marigolds on the larger perimeter of your garden.

For marigold harmful and excessive moisture and excessive dryness. For this reason, the gardener must ensure "balanced weather" in your garden.

Snails and slugs can attack the flower in wet weather. To get rid of these pests are arranged small containers with bleach between marigold bushes.

Creating a unique landscape

Marigolds can be planted - creating a spectacular flower beds. To do this, combine contrasting colors Chernobrivtsev. For example: combine bushes dark brown marigold with bright yellow and rich orange.

You can create the same way a real 'orange rainbow "tagetesa selecting combinations of colors.

Gardeners love African tagetes - it is like the sun on the lawn, bright - yellow; French Chernobrivets - bright orange, with small flowers; Mexican marigolds - incredibly rich, like small carnations, a fiery petals edged in yellow.
Planting Marigolds on your site, do not pass by tagetesa anise, it is true, "Pansy", only orange, really "live" lights.

No less impressive looks sort of "Harlequin", he striped, stripes alternate: yellow to brown. Smart, by itself, without any special replanting grade to grade.

Marigolds are annual and perennial. To bed pleasing to the eye every year - the faded blossoms Marigolds collected and planted the seeds at home, preparing for the May-June for planting seedlings in open ground. Seeds pre finally dried and stored prior to sowing at room temperature.