are marigold wintersowable???

16 years ago

HI Wintersowers!

Last year I didn't WS because I was moving. Maybe I am rusty!

I did a bunch of pots of marigolds this winter.

When we had some unseasonably nice weather in March, they germinated and pushed their little heads up. Yay!

then the weather turned cold again.

It looks like they all bent over and died!

I don't remember this ever happening with marigolds before. what went wrong???

(the other pots I put out are doing fine)

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Comments (5)

kqcrna
16 years ago
Just sow them later. I haven't sown mine yet. Once the weather is warm, they sprout and grow fast.

Karen
tiffy_z5_6_can
16 years ago
Same thing happened to mine this year but then again the cold snap we got last weekend was way out of the norm. :O)
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GawdinFever
16 years ago
I tried ws'ing marigolds before. It didn't work out well, so now I start my under lights. Just too tender, I suppose.
Bleedfoot
16 years ago
hmmm uh oh. just noticed today all my marigolds are sprouting :P
caryltoo Z7/SE PA
16 years ago
Marigolds are the first thing I ever ws along with petunia early in March 2009. They did great. If you do them late in the winter they'll probably do fine, but as you saw the danger is unseasonably warm weather too early. It fools them into coming up too early.

Caryl