CALENDULA OFFICINALIS
DESCRIPTION
One of the best things we know: edible flowers! Add the flowers to a salad or decorate your plate with them. It's like eating with your eyes. The bronze-colored center is framed by petals in burnt tones of powder pink, apricot and cream. Great in the kitchen garden, as an edging plant in the flowerbed and in a bouquet.
LIFE CYCLE: ONE YEAR
HEIGHT: 70 CM
COLOR: APRICOT/PINK
GROWING POSITION: SUN/PART SHADE
SEEDS/BAG: 50 PCS
DIRECT SOWING
SOWING TIME: APRIL-JUNE/SEPT-OCT
SOWING DEPTH: 1 CM
GROOMING TIME: 5-15 DAYS
PLANT SPACING: 20 CM
ROW SPACING: 25 CM
HARVEST FESTIVAL: 2-3 MONTHS AFTER SOWING
SOWING AND HARVESTING MARIGOLDS
Growing location : Grow outdoors, in a pallet collar or larger pot on the balcony in a sunny-partially shaded location.
AT SOWING
Direct sow outdoors when the soil warms up in spring APRIL-JUNE and SEPT-OCT for early flowering the following year.
Water the soil thoroughly before sowing. Sow seeds about 1 cm into the soil at a distance of 20 cm. Row spacing about 25 cm.
Mark the sowing with markers. Specify the variety and date.
Water carefully from above so as not to wash away the seeds. Keep moist during germination.
DURING THE SEASON/OTHER TIPS
Water regularly throughout the season if it doesn't rain. It's better to water more and less often than to water a little every day.
Feel free to fertilize at some point during the season.
Clear weeds that come up between the plants
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Harvest and enjoy. About 2-3 months after sowing, the harvest festival begins. The flowers are edible and have a mild peppery taste. The petals are the tastiest. Marigolds are also great as cut flowers in bouquets. Keep picking off the flowers that have bloomed over so the plant produces new ones. Cut off the stem as far down as possible without getting any leaves. Marigolds are often used in ointments for eczema, insect bites, etc.
