Lemon Gem Marigold - Edible & Useful Plant - Seeds
Latin name: Tagetes tenuifolia
The Lemon Gem Marigold is an annual plant with edible flowers and foliage, it is also an ideal companion plant because it keeps several unwanted insects away from the garden. Planted here and there between tomato and vegetable plants, it keeps nematodes away from their roots and fills the air with an intense fragrance whenever you pass by. The flowering period stretches late in the fall, until the arrival of severe frosts.
±75 seeds
Sow: For flowering as soon as transplanted, sow seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before planting out. You can also sow them directly outdoors in late May, but the flowering period will be shorter.
Seed depth: 3 mm
Germination time: 7-14 days , 18-20°C
Floor: ordinary
Location: Full sun to partial shade
Distance between plants: 2.5 cm interval and finally thin the plants to 30 cm
Flowering: Late in the fall, until the arrival of severe frosts.
Height at maturity: about 30 cm
