How to plant marigold and its planting methods and points for attention

Marigold, a name to know is a very popular flower plants, because its name is very auspicious. Marigold not only has a good name, but its flowers are large and colorful, and its flowering period is also very long. It is often cultivated in parks or community flower beds. Let's learn about marigold breeding technology together with Xiaobian below!

How to grow marigold

1. Choose marigold seeds that cannot be bad or rotten, and then plant them in spring. Note that only one seed is needed for each flowerpot.

2. Prepare suitable sowing soil: drench potting soil the night before yesterday and sow directly the next day.

3. Fertilize and water marigold: apply fertilizer and water together every 3 days (no fertilizer is needed before germination).

Marigold planting method

1. Temperature and light

Marigold likes warm, humid and sunny environment, suitable growth temperature in 20~30℃, summer temperature should not be higher than 30℃, winter overwintering temperature should be above 5 ℃. To ensure that the growth of marigold has sufficient sunlight, in order to make the flowering gorgeous, insufficient light, plant easy to grow, is not conducive to flowering.

2. Soil

Marigold on the soil requirements are not strict, with permeability, drainage of good loose sandy soil is better.

3. Watering and fertilizing

Marigold watering in the growth period to be more frequent, but each watering should not be too large, see dry see wet can. Watering should be changed according to seasonal changes, watering in the morning in summer and autumn, watering at noon in winter and spring.

Marigold should be moderately fertilized, and a certain amount of base fertilizer should be applied when planting. Liquid fertilizer should be applied once a month during the growth period, and more nitrogen fertilizer should not be applied to avoid excessive growth and failure to bloom.

Marigold planting precautions

1. Reproduction

Marigold multi-seed reproduction, can be sown in spring, seedlings transplanted. It can also be propagated by cutting in summer.

2, pruning

Marigold transplant can be removed after the heart, promote multi-branching, can bloom more.

After marigold blossoms, we should cut off the residual flowers in time, cut off the dense branches and leaves, and germinate new branches to promote more flowers. It can also promote the growth of marigold aerial roots. When the aerial roots grow stronger, marigold can be cut from the stem and replanted. It can also be re-cut and pressed, but re-cut easily affects plant growth, resulting in poor growth of long branches and leaves, and poor flowering.

3. Pest control

Marigold diseases and insect pests are few, more common are spot blight, blight, powdery mildew, aphids, leaf miner moth. Drugs can be used to prevent and treat it.

Can marigold be domesticated?

Marigolds can certainly be domesticated. Marigold flowers are large and colorful, often used for cultivation and ornamental, domesticated nature is also a good choice. It is not difficult to manage marigolds. Raising a pot of marigold at home can adjust the environment of the home, create a mild home atmosphere, and make the whole home full of harmony. Marigold when flowering, golden flowers against the green leaves, with very harmonious, can reflect a certain poetic meaning. Domestic marigold, in fact, can improve home feng shui, so that family harmony.

Although marigold has a strange taste, but put it at home, can drive away flies and mosquitoes, is a natural mosquito coil incense. Dried marigold flowers can be used to make tea, which can play a certain role in health care and medical treatment. When marigold flowers Xie, just can pick flowers, dry them, do tea use, can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

As mentioned above, marigold is a very good breeding compositae plant, tenacious vitality, and adaptability is also very good, generally do not need careful care, but because marigold has a strange taste, so some flower friends are not particularly like oh!