The Right Way to Plant Marigold Seeds
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- See which direction you plant marigold seeds germinates the best. There is a clear winner. Have you been doing it wrong? I have.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Planting Seeds
2:13 5 Day Check
3:04 9 Day Check
3:53 14 Day Final Check
5:00 Previous Test
5:44 Final Result
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Thank you so much for doing this test, and the fact you did it twice is amazing 🤩 and proves that it wasn’t just by chance. Awesome videos, I love your channel! Keep up the awesome work and happy gardening ♥️
Yes 🙌🏼 I agree
Exactly! It’s not rocket science.
I wonder if the middle tray was more insulated from temp fluctuation or evap.
My mom was planting them just throwing them randomly in the ground since I can remember. They always grew beautifully :)
Did you cover them with soil or just left them on top?
It seems like throwing them around would allow them to lay flat. Makes sense, scents and cents.
@@avalanchecannon7911 this made me smile
@@29928 Then my day was successful. 🙂
@@avalanchecannon7911 aw you're so sweet
My friend Maria has a lot of marigolds. All she does is cast the seeds to the wind. She's living in her childhood home and her mother planted marigolds the same way 🎉
Yeah I imagine that would work too. I sell a lot of my starts so I start pretty much everything in containers. Only thing I direct sew is root crops like radishes and carrots.
That is the beauty of the marigold! She is the gift that keeps on giving! The dried flowers are seedlings, so once you have a few marigolds, you have millions!
I freely scattered a $2 Dollar General box of Marigold seeds in 3 rows of my vegetable garden. They weren't planted until June, because it was a last minute decision to plant them. Nothing happened for the longest time, but once they came in, they went wild. I didn't think they'd grow so tall and bushy. I'm so excited for next year, because of all the seed heads I'm gonna be saving for next year 😊
Ohh good story?
YAY!!!!!❤
A thought is that perhaps mother nature made them into this shape because they are intended to lie flat since that is how they would fall
That sounds very likely!
I was thinking maybe the needle would go into the ground at sort of an angle to anchor it. I’m curious to see which part of the seed the roots come out and which part the sprout comes from.
Not Mother Nature… it’s God
@@ILuvCaroline
Thanks.
I'm God.
I would have thought they’d land like shuttlecocks, bearing in mind that in nature they wouldn’t tend to land on bare flat ground.
I've never planted anything in my adult life, and I just threw them in the nursey pots willy nilly 😂 glad to see I didn't make a huge mistake 😂
Some will grow no matter which way you plant them but might get more to come up throwing them willy nilly :)
I've wondered about this myself, but because I start alot of seeds, it was always most practical to sprinkle them over the potting soil so they are laying flat and cover them with a thin layer of potting soil. You can easily save the seeds from year to year and have all the marigolds you want. This method works great.
Or put them on toilet paper, roll , wet and seal in zip-bag. They will sprout quick. then transfer to the soil.
So ultimately, those seeds are almost sure to grow no matter how they land. This is cool! Thank you.
Yeah pretty much but you'll likely get a better germination rate planting flat. :)
@@gapey yes, I was just noting how intelligent these seeds are
I just planted them flat last week for the first time. Good to know they grow best the way I planted them. Thanks!
Good job!
😁 same here!
Very interesting that pointy side up or down seems like complete chance. The sideways, as you'd find them dropping in the nature, at least was consistent and makes sense.
Yep it does make sense. I didn't think it would matter that much. I will probably try this test again in the future and see if I continue to get better results planting flat.
I drop the seeds and push in with a finger and it always works. thanks for the effort.
Yep that's how I did it for years but after this experiment I'll be planting them flat. :)
I just planted mine flat just a few days ago. Great experiment!
Yay you did it right!
Had several packets & brands of Marigold seeds. One of the packet's directions indicated planting the seeds flat (horizontally). They grew successfully.
Interesting. Don't think I've ever seen a packet with instructions on how to plant them.
Thank you so much!! This is very helpful!! Happy Spring to all the growers out there!!🙌🌿💫
Glad it was helpful! Yay Spring!
I've always planted them flat, just seems like that's how you are supposed to plant them. I've always had an excellent germination rate (95-100%). They remind me of little paint brushes .
You're smart! It just seems so satisfying to poke them into the soil though. :)
You gave me the answer I was looking for! Thank you. I will plant my marigold seeds this morning. Thank you.
Good luck! I hope they came up!
I just setup my starter medium in the basement, turned on my heating pad and ran upstairs to see how to plants these marigold seeds. :) Thankyou :)
You're welcome. good luck!
Fun video! I've always just sprinkled the seeds on the soil outside,then watered them!! A person can't kill them, haha!!
Yeah that works too. I know a lot of people direct sow them though I haven't done it that way myself.
Yes that’s what I’ve always done with all of my flowers lol I literally just take half of each packet combined them in a Tupperware container and then go around sprinkling them and lots of them actually pop up so it definitely works!!!
When I grew them I just sprinkled the seeds on the soil and lightly covered and watered them. They practically took over the garden. That was two years ago.
Do the self seed every year?
I just throw 5 or more into starter soil & wait. And let them grow.
My marigolds look more like huge bushes vs little flowers. Lol
Yeah they can get quite bushy!
Excellent seed planting orientation video. Thank You.
I have often wondered about this. Thanks for sharing
Me too. I couldn't find anyone else that did this test so had to try for myself to see which way worked better. :)
Thanks for the tip. I get so many that volunteer I just transplant them to the garden's edge. When I first planted the seeds years ago I just dropped them in a shallow trench.
I've yet to have any volunteer!
thank you for doing this experiment. I planted marigold this year for the first time and I'm collecting my seeds for next year. :)
Awesome!
I'm marigold lover. Each year I plant them lot. Going to plant them today and will use flat style. Thanks
Great! I hope they grow well for you.
So helpful and to the point!!! Thank you so much!
You're welcome! Good luck.
It might be interesting to sacrifice one of the seedlings by pulling it out of the tray to see where the green shoot/plant was coming from and where the root was coming from this would inform us of the correct orientation for planting the seed.
I sometimes have the seed still stuck to the seedling when it emerges and it seems they sprout from the middle of the black area and not on the end as I would have thought.
Thanks for taking the time for the experiment, I have always wondered about that,
Glad to help
Thank you for making this helpful video! Super interesting for those of us who save and replant our own seeds!
You're welcome :)
Thank you! What a great experiment. I wish I'd watched your video before I planted seeds today. I planted them directly but now I'm going to plant them in trays.
Interesting! I never even gave it any though as to which way I was putting down the marigold seeds. I always just laid them flat. Nice little video!
Good job! I used to always plant them the other way. It was just satisfying poking them into the soil. :D
The flat ones if you do the damp paper towel seed press against the inside of a jar experiment we do with kids in elementary school has the root going down stem going up out of the other end of the seed. It seems lying flat on the ground is the natural orientation for seeds. 😉👍💖
Yep that seems to work best!
Nice video. I planted mine flat yesterday and I was thinking that I might have done the wrong method 😂
I've been doing it wrong for a long time. Glad you got it right! :)
thats the best way
I love this kind of experiment
Thanks. Me too. Been wanting to do this test for a while and finally did this year.
This is helpful and useful information. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Such a nice and informative video I have watched after sowing the wrong way a few hours ago 😌
oh oops! I'm sure some will still come up. Been doing it the wrong way for years myself. lol
VERY informative and I'm glad when I planted my seeds this morning, I just sprinkled them and let them lay flat. Glad I chose the right method!
Awesome! I hope they germinate well for you.
Great test!
Thank you! Hope it is helpful.
Exactly what I needed to see ,thank you great video.
Glad it helped!
A total seed nerd. 🤓 I love it!!
hah yes!
I'm going to try this. For years I've tried to do free cast in the garden but had no luck. Thanks for sharing this!
Good luck! I've never direct sowed them but others seem to have success with it.
I'm convinced..thanks for the test
Planting now in the great state of Ohio.
Awesome! Good luck.
Thank you for imparting your precious knowledge to us. 😊
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you so much for your experiment and results. ❤ I saved seeds last year so I will plant them flat.
You're welcome. Good luck!
Thanks for the test really appreciate that
No problem!
I have de podded and collected about 10,000 marigold seeds. I won’t be sowing them one at a time.luckily the ‘lying flat’ sowing worked best
wow! You going to plant them all? You will have a good size field if you do.
Well I need a huge cardboard flat about 3’ x 2’ and a good 3” deep. l have lots of places to just plant them in clumps.
Thanks for sharing this. I've been planting them flat but wondered if that was right.
You did good! :D
Perfect timing. Just got a pack today.
Nice! Good luck. Fresh seeds should germinate well.
3 hours ago I thought about this! Didn't plant them. Hadn't even searched and this video came up!
Wow youtube can read your mind!
I throw them in an area and they grow. They turn out beautifully.
Nice. I've never tried direct sowing them before.
Thanks for the great info! I saved marigold seeds from the plants I bought last year and wasn't sure how they wanted to be. I planted pointy side down but Im going to do another tray now just laying flat.
Good luck. I'm sure you'll get lots of seedlings come up both ways.
I bought me a pack of Marigold Reds and was wondering how to plant this bizarre seed lol. Thank you so much for this 💪💪💪
Yeah they are a little unusual. Glad to help!
This was awesome! I always wondered and just planted them flat. I plant numerous marigolds and distribute throughout my gardens as they are very effective in keeping the deer from invading my veggies and flowers.
good to know they keep away deer!
Thank you, put 4 seeds in 1 pod, on a 6 pod pack 17 of them popped out of 24. Laid them all sideways. Watched this video 2 months ago and had to come back and say I appreciated this
17 out of 24 isn't bad. Glad the video helped!
Thanks for doing this. I now know which way to plant marigold seeds.
Glad it was helpful!
I scatter them and let go as they may. I winter sowed mine.
That's great. I haven't tried winter sowing. Surprised I haven't had any volunteers come up either.
Thank you for sharing this experiment with us. It's really helpful. 🤗🤗
You're welcome. I'm glad it helped.
love this, I love an experiment to see what happenes lol
Me too. I always wondered if it mattered which way you plant it and found the results interesting.
Thanks just getting some seed in the mail.
Great! Good luck.
Thank you. I have always wondered about that. 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you, I was wondering which way they should be planted. I was just lucky all mine came up after planting them flat!
That's great! You made a good choice. :)
Thank u. This was so helpful!
Dankeschön für das Video ich werde es genau so machen: flach sähen.
Thank you for your video!
You're welcome :)
Interesting. Never thought about it. Usually direct sow and always sprinkled them flat and never had any issues. This year is the first year I started them for starts and still sowed flat. All have germinated.
great that you got 100% germination! I've never tried direct sowing them. We always have such a cold spring and they would probably take forever to germinate.
I’ve always stuck them into the soil pointy tip down. Guess not anymore. Thanks for doing/ sharing this experiment.
You're welcome. That's how I used to do it too. :D
Thank you so much for posting this video
My pleasure
My parents had seeds for over 10 years, pluck the closed one in the fall plants those in the spring.
Nice. I've got some saved seeds too. Saved some joker marigolds from a friend's place last year and they are just starting to come up.
Thank you I enjoy science and gardening 😊
Me too! You're welcome.
Glad I found this video. I recently planted some Marigolds and they germinated. However, I was just wondering what would be the best way but I see they can germinate either way.
Glad it was helpful!
I planted mine flat and the germination was crazy good. Just a little thin layer of vermiculite and coco mixed as a topper
Good to hear you did it the right way! :D
Seeds don't care, once they germinate gravity will send the root down and the stalk up.
Some tree seeds like Mango and Avocado prefer the root end down. Although flat also works.
Even Chestnut doesn't care, but generally the brown eye down is preferred as that is where the root emerges.
I got better germination planting them flat twice in a row. I suppose it could have been a coincidence.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thanks - I just got seeds and this helps!
glad it was helpful.
VERY interesting and surprising. Thank you.
Thanks. I was surprised too.
Aha! I've always planted the seeds lying down😁
Then you've been doing it right! 👏
Thank you so much! Great to know!
You're welcome!
My first year trying, so thanks for the tips
Awesome good luck! I just started mine this month.
@@gapey
Thank you, I built some raised beds out of pallets and already have some hardy seeds in, as rabbits eat young plants on the golf course, the marigolds seeds will go in these in may for England, as we may still have frost
Loovvvee your experiment. I fail time and time again to start them. I watched another CZcamsr hardly covering the seeds with dirt, not all seeds sprouted and they can hardly stand up cause not enough dirt! I will restart the seeds again! Thank you for posting your experiment!❤
Good luck! are you using store bought or saved seeds? I've also seen people suggest not even covering them at all. I'm not sure how well that could work.
@@gapey Both. I restarted winter sowing them in milk jugs (2) but this time I did cover them, cross fingers. I barely covered them and they can barely stand up cause there is no dirt for them to hold on to at the root level. Thank you for responding.
@@danielleaf9146 good luck!
Very helpful - thanks 😊 👍🏻
You’re welcome 😊
This was helpful info. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Good to know! Thanks!
Happy to help!
I just sprinkle mines flat and cover with soil and this method works best
That's definitely the best way based on my experiments!
Thank you for sharing I think I can do it. 👍🏼
You can do it! Good luck.
Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent! Thank you
You are welcome!
Thank you so much for information
you're welcome!
so awesome that the one that lost its first leaves kept growing!
I know!! I was very surprised.
Thank you! 🙏💖😁
You're welcome!
Been planting marigolds since a small child with my mother. Have always just sprinkled them onto the soil and sprinkle a little soil over the top. Water in and there you go! 3-4 days germination is all.
That sounds nice and easy! I like to sell my starts so always start them early indoors so they are ready to sell with everything else in mid May.
Awesome video thank u
You're welcome.
I thought I'd peek at CZcams to see some results, because I've just sorted mine and planted them flat because they seem to do much better than pointy side down. I imagine because in nature they'd drift from the flower and when landing, end up flat for the most part. So noted for next year - flat all the way!
Yah flat is the way to go. Yep that's true they lay flat in nature and nature knows best! :)
Good info thanks
No problem 👍
Very interesting thanks
Thanks
Welcome!
Thank you very interesting
You're welcome.
Awesome experiment
So i kept the seeds last fall from my store-bought marigolds. They are in a bowl in my garage. Will they germinate and grow if I use them? I kept them because I heard they were pretty easy to reuse from the previous year. I'll definitely plant them flat now.
If they were pollinated well then they should grow. Only one way to find out! :)
Thank you for doing the experiment! That is how we all get better at gardening!
You bet!
Thank you and God bless
You are so welcome!