Tagetes, Orange, organic seeds

Eco Heirloom

Information

Orange flowers. Height 35 cm. A portion contains about 100 seeds.


 

Product number:K 572
Scientific name:Tagetes tenuifolia
Botanic family:The Sunflower Family - Asteraceae
Organic:Yes
Lifespan:Annual
F1 Hybrid:No
New variety:No
Sowing time:Pre-cultivate: April–May
Sowing depth:0,5 cm
Germination time:7–12 days
Plant spacing:30 cm
Row spacing:45–60 cm
Height:35 cm
Plant location:Sol
Harvest/blooming:July–frost
Seeds/g:1000 seeds
Heirloom variety:Yes

Cultivation advice

Sowing

Sow about 6 weeks before setting out when the risk of frost is over.

Spacing

Keep 30 cm of space between plants!

Harvest

Spicy Tagetes is a beautiful, easy to grow, hardy and is used as a herb in food,  with a special taste, a tinge of lemon. This plant flavours desserts well too. Leaves, stalks and flowers are used.

Seed

1000 seeds/g.
A portion contains about 100 seeds.