How to tend a Tagetes patula

Watering

Water only when soil is dry

Sunlight

Put in warm places with scattered light

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Top-dressing monthly in vegetative stages

Pruning

Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely

About this plant

Origin
Mexico
Category
Compositae, Tagetes
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height 15-20 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period July-September
Flower colors
golden yellow, orange
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