Tagetes belong to the family Asteraceae.They are home to subtropical America.They are heat-loving, can not tolerate frost, and they need to be planted in areas protected from the north winds.Marigolds grow well in shaded areas, easy to tolerate drought, undemanding to soil.In addition to heavy clay soils, growing on all the others, but the best - on loam, provided enough moisture.
bright, different shades, from light yellow to terracotta, with juicy green leaves adorn any garden and flowering until frost - are marigolds.Growing from seed involves seeding the soil in May and June, but often these flowers are grown seedling method.
marigolds, growing seedlings of which requires specific skills and knowledge are not only a decorative plant, but also a healer.Firstly, marigolds are used in folk medicine, and secondly, landing next to vegetable crops in the garden, scare medvedok, aphids and nematodes.
So, if you decide to grow at barhottsy, cultivation of seedlings should begin with sowing seeds in late March.As soon as the second pair of true leaves per stem, it is necessary to conduct a dive in the box plants by planting them less often, about 8x8 cm, as they form a large fibrous root system.Seedlings barhottsev can bury in the ground on the ¾ length of the stem, as they are easy to form adventitious roots.Barahattsy tolerate transplantation, even in the flowering period can be moved to another location without harming the plant.
If you have a greenhouse, it can also sow marigolds.Growing from seed in a greenhouse under a film or in a greenhouse can be done without a dive, it is enough to sow the plants at a distance of 10 cm from each other.Planted in open ground barahattsy after spring frost bypassed all at the same time as, for example, primrose.Growing from seed marigolds convenient because planning healthier vegetables with these colors, you can simultaneously sown rows, such as cucumbers and marigolds.In close proximity to the marigolds on cucumbers aphid appears smaller because the essential oils contained in plants, repel insects.
addition, rows of marigold can be alternated with rows of cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, in which case mole cricket nematode and less frequently visited sites with vegetables, and manages to keep the crop better.
If you want to improve the soil generally in the autumn collect faded stems, leaves and flowers, and finely chop the marigolds.Growing from seeds of these flowers makes it possible to plant a large area, and collecting them in the fall and chop, dig the soil.The presence of the plant essential oils deter pests from your garden, and next spring there will be much less.
In folk medicine, marigolds, growing from seed which gives the opportunity to procure materials for the treatment, are used as a diuretic and protvoglistnoe means.Also marigolds possess diaphoretic properties and added to anti-inflammatory charges.
essential oil of marigold used for cystitis and neuroses, urethra and urinary retention.Inside the essential oil is used in the "night blindness".Besides, the essential oil is used in aromatherapy marigolds, and is used for lechniya depression, neurosis, and in a state of uncertainty and confusion.
addition, tagetes oil used in massage practice.For this, 20 ml of substrate (baby cream, olive oil, massage cream) was added 10 drops of essential oils marigolds.For therapeutic baths with marigold oil is sufficient to add 10 drops to a bath.
contraindicated to use the essential oil of marigold with eczema, as well as to the 32 th week of pregnancy.
