{"id":557,"date":"2014-06-18T16:44:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/?page_id=557"},"modified":"2014-06-18T16:44:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:44:44","slug":"french-marigolds-roots-and-repellents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/companion-planting\/flowers-beautiful-additions-as-companion-plants\/french-marigolds-roots-and-repellents\/","title":{"rendered":"French Marigolds – Roots and Repellents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Type:<\/span>\u00a0 Seed (annual, freely seeding)
\nSoil Type: \u00a0<\/strong>Prefers well-drained soil; recommend slightly to moderately\u00a0acidic soil with pH between 5.8 and 6.5;
\nSun Requirements:<\/span>\u00a0 Full sun
\nBest Planting Time:<\/span>\u00a0 Indoors \u2013 four to six\u00a0weeks before last frost date – beware of damping off; Outdoors \u2013 after danger of frost has past.
\nImportant Characteristic:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Prolific seeder; if allowed to freely seed, will self-propagate year after year; \u00a0allow deadheads to dry and harvest for seeds if desired
\nAttracts:<\/span>\u00a0 Butterflies, hummingbirds
\nRepels:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Aphids and white flies; secrets thiophene, which may kill\u00a0\u2018root-knot nematodes\u2019 –\u00a0<\/em>if you leave the root system in the ground, the effect against nematodes can last up to three years
\nPests:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0Japanese beetle, red spider mites, slugs, snails, parasitic nematodes
\nCompanion Plants: \u2013 FAVORABLE –\u00a0<\/span>broccoli, eggplant, peppers, potatoes, squash, tomatoes\u00a0– UNFAVORABLE \u2013\u00a0<\/span>beans
\nSoil Benefits:<\/span>\u00a0 N\/A<\/p>\n

French marigolds are an easy-to-grow annual flower which grows shorter and bushier than traditional marigolds. \u00a0The blooms are typically light gold with a deep maroon center and plumage is dark green. As stated in the summary above, french marigolds can be started indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost or outdoors after danger of frost has past. \u00a0Germination is easy and will generally occur within a few days. Transplant or plant French marigolds in bunches so that the root system can have a good lasting effect on root-knot nematodes. \u00a0When watering, let the soil dry out first, then water until moist. French marigolds\u00a0plants thrive in full sunlight and prefer well-drained loamy soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Type:\u00a0 Seed (annual, freely seeding) Soil Type: \u00a0Prefers well-drained soil; recommend slightly to moderately\u00a0acidic soil with pH between 5.8 and 6.5; Sun Requirements:\u00a0 Full sun Best Planting Time:\u00a0 Indoors \u2013 four to six\u00a0weeks before last frost date – beware of damping off; Outdoors \u2013 after danger of frost has past. Important Characteristic:\u00a0\u00a0Prolific seeder; if allowed … Continue reading French Marigolds – Roots and Repellents<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556,"parent":352,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-557","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2f0m9-8Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/557\/revisions\/558"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phantomimages.com\/blogs\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}