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Pre-sowing

African Marigold

Product information

Description

Afrikaantjes zijn dé beste buurplanten voor in je moestuin. Ze verjagen aaltjes in de mix, weren schadelijke insecten - zoals luizen - en trekken massa’s bijen en vlinders aan.

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Free delivery from € 30

In the app

Sowing: 1 April - 30 June

Level 1

sowed indoors

0 - 8 days

Level 2

seedlings visible

1-2 weeks

Level 3

seedlings thinned out

2-4 weeks

Level 4

tiny plants

4-7 weeks

Level 5

first day hardened-off

~week 7

Level 6

hardened-off 2 days

~week 7

Level 7

hardened-off 3 days

~week 7

Level 8

hardened-off 4 days

~week 7

Level 9

hardened-off 5 days

~week 7

Level 10

at final place

7-10 weeks

Level 11

small bushes

10-25+ weeks

(Pre-)sowing time: March - May
Height: 25 - 45 cm
Contents: 1 grams
  • Currently only shipping to the Netherlands and Belgium
  • Choose your preferred delivery date
  • Sent by PostNL or Transmission
  • Track & Trace in your inbox
  • The app helps you with almost everything you do in your vegetable garden: sowing, tending, and harvesting.
  • If something goes wrong, the app tells you what steps to take.
  • If that doesn’t work, you can ask us for advice.
  • If that still doesn’t help, we’ll look for other solutions together. Until we get it right.

More about our African Marigold

African Marigolds are the best neighbor plants for your vegetable garden. They improve the soil, ward off unwanted nematodes, and attract lots of bees and butterflies.
  • Species: Tagetes Naughty Mariette
  • Family: flower 
  • Plants per square patch:
  • Height: 25 to 45 cm 
  • Sowing time: March to June and September to mid-October 
  • Sowing depth: 0.5 cm 
  • Germination: from 18°C in 7 - 21 days 
  • Time to bloom: after 10 weeks 
  • Sunlight: prefers sun but can stand a little shade 

Want to buy our African marigold seeds? We sell the seed bags separately, or, you can get them as part of a seed pack: 

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