Marigold Blooms

Marigolds are blooming full scale for a couple of plants in the CG. I have to trim them back and also stake them upright cos' they are getting too heavy at the top. Whenever there is rain and wind they tend to bend over low. What do I do with those branches which I cut off? I gave them to my fellow CGer .... this aunty loves the fragrance of the Marigold plants. See how happy she is to receive them from me :-)

Marigold Giants

These Marigolds were planted in the centre of each vegetable planter. Now after so many months of downing chix poo and compost from the nearby vegetable feeds, they have grown to my chest level. I was pretty surprised to see Marigolds this tall.

Recently I was voicing out my frustration to a friend who visited the CG ...... about these tall growing Marigolds and was wondering how to make them flower since they have been enjoying the chix poo meals regularly which make them grow leaves and make them grow taller only.
My friend suggested to me to foliar feed them with diluted coca cola! LOL I did not .... but I did foliar feed them with phostrogen and I see positive flowering results. But phostrogen is expensive. Maybe will try it with diluted coke next :-)
I will definitely get their flowering pics in the next couple of days.

Here are their flowering pics .... and they will bloom more in the following days to come.

Marigold Flowers Galore

I'm so happy here. Finally I see more than a single bloom and am waiting eagerly for the day when I can collect the dried flowers to get seeds. Now I wonder what Marigold seed pods look like.

Marigold Beauty

I am happy regarding the Marigold. Even though only five plantlets survived they have grown healthy and are flowering now. I see a couple more buds and am waiting to collect the seeds too to grow more for the CG.

Marigold Update

It's growing more leaves by the day .... and then I spotted a single flower .... defiled!
Dear Marigold .... you must grow well to help your neighbouring friends to repel nematodes ..... OK?

Marigold (Boy O Boy)

I bought a packet of seeds from the supermarket and sowed the entire packet. Only five seeds germinated from the entire packet of I don't know how many seeds ...haiz!
I didn't want to give up so I tried my best to make sure the five seedlings grew strong enough to be transplanted to the CG. Now they are growing larger leaves and the last time I checked on them ...they are getting even larger by the day. I wonder if I'm growing a giant Marigold. Keeping my fingers cross for them to survive and bear flowers.