Why Marigolds are a necessity? Year-round bloom | Pest Control | Medicinal & Cosmetic use | Low cost

Hey Plant Lover, welcome back!! How you doinnnnn!! I am sure you have grown Marigolds at some point in time however this video aims to make sure your garden never runs out of this great plant ever. So if you are interested in making sure there’s always enough Marigolds around you, please watch the whole video as I would be discussing how to get the best out of these exceptional plants, different ways to propagate Marigolds, how to avoid them dying after their first blossom, caring tips and most importantly how you can make use of this plant apart from the obvious ornamental value associated with it. There’s a chance you are still not convinced that you would want to grow Marigolds, well, I got a few ultra- convincing facts for you right here- - Marigold produces flowers all year round - Essential oils extracted from the marigold show protective effects on the skin - Marigold in a diet of chickens leads to incorporation of lutein into the eggs and facilitates treatment of macular degeneration - Marigold helps protect vegetable gardens from the pests - Marigold has edible flowers Also, note that wild types of marigold are perennial plants (live more than 2 years). Cultivated marigold is an annual plant (it completes its life cycle in one year), so today we would know how exactly we can keep our Marigold crop sustainable, without any added cost. Please make sure you are subscribed and don’t forget to like and share, yes, comments would be great, so whatever your thoughts are, please share. Thank you. Let us begin now……. The Marigolds are amazing however you want to look at them, now they have had their life cycle and will eventually perish. And it's the exact time for you to step up and start the next crop in the most cost-effective way possible. And for that you need to do just 2 things- first, collect dried flowers from the plants and, second, get some healthy cuttings. By healthy I mean, try if you can get some top part of the main stem, avoid the branches as they don’t root well in water. Time to get the seeds out of individual pods, making sure that we got the naturally dried flowers for this. Seeds are black and white in color with a needle-like appearance. A pre-soaked pot with any kind of soil can be used to sow them. Ideally and if possible add 10-20% sand. This Marigold was a gift and here I wanted to show you how to transplant these to a new and bigger pot. So if you buy them from a nursery, please make sure after a week or so, take them to a bigger pot just like this. Now here are a few cuttings from the main stem of Marigolds, and these would be propagated in water. This method will save you a lot of time given as soon as the roots appear the plant can be started in soil and you already will have an established stem to look forward to. Within a week, seeds have germinated. If you see some bald patches, you can add some more seeds to the area or start the whole thing again. After the first week, each day the Marigolds would add significant growth and buds will appear as early as during the 3rd or 4th week. The cuttings have been sitting in normal tap water and on a windowsill with indirect sunlight for less than a week and roots have come out. Please note, the leaves would be a bit stressed here, they will fold or go brown, nothing to worry about as long as the water is changed every 3-4 days and the stem looks healthy. Time to go ahead and put them soil and enjoy the newly propagated Marigolds go crazy with foliage and bloom. The same principle, any soil mix would work just fine, make sure roots are not damaged and water immediately and then once every week. The seeds have become healthy plants as well. Buds and flowers are evident here, you can transplant them with quality spacing or leave them be to get a wholesome bouquet in a single pot Let us move on to transplanting marigold saplings, bought or raised as we did here, the method is the same. Maintain a space of 10-12 inches between plants if you'd decide to plant them on a larger area. And later I will also tell you how to maximize the flowers, and turn each plant into a small bush. Timely weeding is a must so that the plants are never short of nutrients and not compete with other plants for water et cetera. Cut off or pinch the head of each plant to avoid flowering initially, make them branch out and that would happen if you stop the food flow right at the top. It's been 2 weeks this particularly Marigold hasn’t flowered however look closely, there are so many branches and within a week there would be 20-30 buds and they would just keep increasing each day. By increasing the number of branches, you will make sure the amount of food produced by the plant is enough to support more buds and flowers. All these plants were given the same treatment and they are into heavy flowering. I am sure there’s no escape for you, and not plant beautiful Marigolds, you got so many colors and features to choose from, small flowers, big flowers, petals separated, petals in a bunch, everything is available, all you have to do is get started. Minimum care and all the benefits readily available, what else can you ask from a plant. And once this crop shows signs of dying, you know what to do, start over and get the next year’s crop up and running without any cost. That would be it for today. 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