How to grow marigolds at home |Best Tips For Growing yellow orange Marigold (Genda Phool ) in Container / Pot in balcony

Marigold is known as jhendu in marathi and genda phool in hindi.As advised by mom my first attempt of growing jhendu flowers started in hyderabad when i had planted yellow marigolds in my balcony




Second attempt was in bangalore where i planted seeds and this time mixed yellow maroon red marigold and orange marigold bloomed in my garden




the mixed yellow maroon red marigold is also known as pandharpuri jhendu in marathi.

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For more information on marigold flower read this post 

Marigolds are easy to grow and they are available in a variety of colors, including white, yellow, orange, red and mixed colors.

They are also lasting plants that appear quite beautiful, no mater where they are planted.  Marigold Flowers will bloom from mid-summer all the way until frost. 

They can be used for indoor arrangements, You can collect the seed heads after the flowers are spent so you have fresh seeds for the following growing season. The process of removing dead flowers from the plant is called deadheading




 Marigolds also come in a wide range of sizes from miniatures smaller than a foot to giant varieties that can grow up to four feet tall! 

You can select the color and size that is perfect for your flower garden. 

And don't overlook Marigolds in container gardens as the smaller varieties do well in containers.

Apart from being beautiful, marigolds are even beneficial in many ways. They emit a specific kind of smell, which keep the insects away as they find it offensive. Thus, they can be grown in the vicinity of plants that are prone to be harmed by insects, such as tomatoes. 



Ingredients

Marigold flowers

pot/container with good soil



Method

1.you will need marigold flowers or you can even use marigold garlands.If you alraedy have a marigold plant in your garden than once flowers are bloomed remove the f from the plant

2. Break open the flower and dry the petals in sun .the black portion are the marigold seeds. Marigold seeds can be directly sowed into ground, or seeded indoors in small containers for transplanting later.

3. Fill a container/pot/kundi with a good quality potting soil. Moisten the soil completely and allow the container/pot/kundi to drain. Make evenly spaced holes about 1 inch apart and 1 inch deep in the planting medium (either ground or pot/container/kundi)


4 Throw few marigold seeds  in each hole. Cover the seeds with a fine layer about 1/4 inch of soil.While planting marigold seedlings, remember to sow them at the spot that receives full sun and has a rich, well-drained soil.





5 they germinate in about 1-2 weeks and you can see small marigold plants growing .

6 you can grow flowers in your conatiner like the way i did 




7 If you are lucky to have a garden than transplant Marigold plants into your garden. Spacing depends upon size with miniature varieties spaced four to six inches apart, and Giant varieties one to two feet apart.