All three marigolds
I’m quite surprised that the dwarf strains of all my marigolds (both targetes and calendula alike) grow so much more slowly than the strain of typical height.
The calendula officinalis has already started to grow its second pair of true leaves, and the leaves are rather healthy and large, since this is the typical strain where the plant grows to a few feet tall.
However, both the calendula officinalis nana and targetes etecta nana remain slow growers, with the former seemingly stuck at half-growing their first pair of true leaves.
It’s quite weird. Hm…
C. officinalis
C. officinalis nana
Targetes etecta nana
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Jun 21, 2011 @ 21:40:04
Ooo, the ones with the red stems look so pretty! Reminds me of gomphrena globosa
I think I managed to sprout one of these the first time I tried growing marigolds – this was ONE out of an entire packet of seeds – and just when it grew the first true leaves, the snails struck. Boy, was I mad! >:( The marigolds I have now are green-stemmed, but snails seem to leave them alone, so it’s all good.
You’d better grow these so I can enjoy them vicariously, yeah?
Jun 21, 2011 @ 23:07:53
I’ll try to grow these to flowering stages if I can! =D