How to Grow Marigolds
How to grow calendula
Calendula, which likes the sun and is afraid of cold, is suitable for planting in a warm and sunny place. Its soil needs to be sparse, fertile and well drained.
Before sowing, choose a good seed and soak it in warm water to promote its germination. Prepare a pot and fill it with a good soil. The soil can be mixed with leaf rot soil, garden soil, and river sand. The ratio is about two to two to one. After mixing, level it.
Sprinkle the soaked seeds evenly on the surface, cover them with thin soil, about a few millimeters thick, and it is appropriate to see no seeds. Spray water in a watering can to make the soil moist, but do not accumulate water. Put the pot in a warm and ventilated place, and wait for it to germinate. During this period, spray water often to keep the soil moist.
After the germination, the seedlings should be at an appropriate time to remove the weak and leave the strong, so that the plant spacing is appropriate and avoid crowding. When the seedlings grow to a few inches high, they can be transplanted. Choose a cloudy day or evening, be careful to raise the seedlings, transplant them with soil to the planting place, and water enough to set the roots.
During the growth period, apply an appropriate amount of fertilizer, thin fertilizer once every half a month, mainly nitrogen fertilizer, and increase the application of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer during the flowering period to promote the flowering and color. Watering is dry and wet, and the soil is dry and watering is watering, and watering is thorough. < br If there are insects, catch them by hand or use natural insect repellents; if there is a disease, remove the diseased leaves in time and apply symptomatic medicine. In this way, calendula can bloom luxuriously.
