| Common Name | Marigold Seed |
|---|---|
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Latin Name | Tagetes erecta |
| Bloom Season | Summer, Autumn |
| Color | Yellow |
| Growing Conditions | Outdoor |
| Growth Habit | Upright |
| Life Cycle | Annual |
| Plant Attributes | Easy to Grow and Maintain |
| Plant Height | 24" |
| Planting Season | Spring |
| Seed Type | Hybrid |
| Use | Decorative |
Guardian Yellow
Marigold Seed
24″ Bright golden blooms on sturdy plants that attract pests like thrips away from veggies. Great for garden borders and natural pest control.
How to use Guardian marigolds as thrip traps:
Guardian marigolds act as trap plants, intercepting thrips before they reach your main crop.
When combined with predatory mites and fungal agents, they form a self-sustaining ecological control system.
Start marigold seeds 4–6 weeks before planting vegetables like tomatoes or peppers.
Place marigolds in clusters (2–3 per spot) every 6–10 feet in rows or garden bed or plant 1 row of marigolds for every 3 to 5 rows of the main crop, especially near young plants.
Since thrips are highly attracted to marigolds and often appear on them up to 2 weeks earlier than on sticky traps, makes marigolds an excellent early-warning system and keeping them off your main crops.
If a marigold shows heavy thrip damage, pull and compost it, then replant.
| Light Requirement | Full Sun |
|---|---|
| Plant Spacing | 8" - 10" |
| Planting Depth | 1/4” |
| Sowing Method | Direct Sow, Start Indoors |
| Water Needs | Average |
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Planted all 10 seeds but only 5 germinated. It was strange summer weather so I'm sure that had something to do with it. I'm in zone 6 outside of St Louis. However, that being said, this was the absolute BEST melon ever. So sweet...everyone agreed on that. No disease at all. Amazing. Harvested a total 41 melons. Planted them May 18th. They germinated May 24th. Harvested the first group of 7 from Aug1st-6th. They all weighed over 6lbs. I continued harvesting through Oct 22nd. They started getting smaller throughout the growing season. The largest 6.50lbs. The smallest 2.31. Will definitely plant again.
I planted this for the first time last year. They did phenomenal! I can’t wait to plant more this year. They have stored very well also.
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