Marigold : Tomato Growing Secret

Marigold : Tomato Growing Secret

1 packet (50 seeds) @ $2.25

Catalog Code: 299

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Marigold : Tomato Growing Secret

Half-hardy Annual

  • Germination: Easy
  • Aftercare: Easy

Description

For many decades in certain parts of the old world it has been the practice to grow African or French marigolds of a certain type to repel white fly on tomatoes in greenhouses or outdoors. It has also been found that the tomatoes grow better and bear more fruit with marigolds around them.

Sowing Instructions

Sowing time:Indoors 6-8 weeks before last spring frost for transplanting outdoors after all risk of frost is past
Sowing depth:3mm (1/8in)

Sow at 21-24.C (70-75F) in a good seed sowing mix. Germination usually takes 5-10 days.

Growing Instructions

When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant into 8cm (3in) pots and grow on in cooler conditions.

Aftercare Instructions

For use as a Nematode and Whitefly repellant plant between the tomatoes in the greenhouse border or outside after hardening off . Two or three tagetes for each tomato should prove sufficient.