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Flowers · tender annual
Marigold from seed
Tagetes spp.
- Germination temperature
- 75 to 80°F (24 to 27°C)
- Sowing depth
- ¼ in (6 mm)
- Days to germinate
- 3 to 14 days
- Light
- Either; light is not critical
- Before sowing
- Nothing needed
- Start indoors
- 4 to 6 weeks before planting out
- Plant out
- 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost
- Sow outdoors
- 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost
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Sowing
Johnny's: 4 to 7 days at 75 to 80°F, sown ¼ in deep. Start indoors 4 to 6 weeks before planting out or sow direct after frost.
Care and transplanting
Deadhead to keep flowering. Pinch to branch.
Problems
Seedlings rot in cold, wet soil. Slugs love young plants.
Saving seed
Dry the flowerheads on the plant and rub out the seed; hybrids do not come true.