{"id":8810,"date":"2015-08-23T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T09:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2015-08-22T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T13:17:18","slug":"calendula-collecting-seeds-and-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/calendula-collecting-seeds-and-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendula Pot Marigold Collecting Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Fly trap by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3926142055\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2523\/3926142055_18c65f26e6.jpg\" alt=\"Fly trap\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calendula have lasted well all summer and there are still come bright yellow flowers in my garden despite last nights frost.<\/p>\n<h3>Collect Seed<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I collect the seeds from the flowerheads when the curved seeds become brown. Otherwise the plants self sow and you get plants where you do not need them.<\/li>\n<li>If they do self sow and germinate, as they are likely to do, you can transplant them in late spring.<\/li>\n<li>The seeds dry quickly and are easy to find, collect and store.<\/li>\n<li>On each head there are about 12-20 seeds.<\/li>\n<li>Sow between March and May\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00bd inch deep, outdoors in drills\u00c2\u00a0 12-18 inches apart, in soil which has been raked to a fine tilth.<\/li>\n<li>After sowing, keep well watered until seedlings appear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Calendula Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>English Marigold, Marigold, or\u00c2\u00a0 Pot Marigold are common names for Calendula Officinalis Nana.<\/li>\n<li>They are available a striking combination of \u00c2\u00a0 double yellow, lemon, apricot and orange flowers, borne on\u00c2\u00a0 compact, basal branching, bushy plants.<\/li>\n<li>For organic gardeners this makes an ideal companion plant keeping flies away from other crops..<\/li>\n<li>Flower petals and leaves can be used in salads to add a tangy flavour.<\/li>\n<li>If you can&#8217;t collect your own seeds are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=calendula\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Orange calendula by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4820645415\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4094\/4820645415_a674684fa2.jpg\" alt=\"Orange calendula\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calendula have lasted well all summer and there are still come bright yellow flowers in my garden despite last nights frost. Collect Seed I collect the seeds from the flowerheads when the curved seeds become brown. Otherwise the plants self sow and you get plants where you do not need them. If they do self sow and germinate, as they are likely to do, you can transplant them in late spring. The seeds dry quickly and are easy to find,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/calendula-collecting-seeds-and-flies\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}