Marigolds: Pleasing, Prolific Flowers That Naturally Repel Pests

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Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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So sorry these episodes are late my friends! The humble marigold is often the favorite flower of vegetable gardeners, and there’s great reason: marigolds help to keep many different pests at bay. They flower near-continually from late spring through the fall as long as you remove spent blooms. And they’re pretty. But how do marigolds create that pest-eliminating environment? Are there plants that you shouldn’t grow around marigolds, and if so, which ones? And is there a right way to grow marigolds? Let’s explore this fascinating species of flower in depth and go over everything you need to know to grow them properly! Learn More: Marigolds: Pleasing, Prolific Flowers That Naturally Repel Pests Keep Growing, Kevin Podcast Sponsor: Four Sigmatic I've been a fan of Four Sigmatic for a while, so when they decided to send out some product and sponsor the cast, I was overjoyed. They make "drinking mushrooms." Delicious and easy to mix mushroom coffees, mochas, hot cacaos, and elixirs. I'm a big fan of the Lion's Mane Coffee and the Hot Cacao with Reishi - the perfect way to bookend a day. Use code epicshrooms for 15% off your first order. Support Epic Gardening Support Epic Gardening on Patreon Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Buy the Epic Soil Starter Organic Fertilizer! How do you super-charge your soil with good, inexpensive organic matter? That was the question I sought to answer when I designed this custom-mixed fertilizer with my friends over at Garden Maker Naturals. It's designed to take your ordinary raised bed garden soil and give it enough organic matter to kick-start your growing season. Order Your Epic Soil Starter Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on everyone? Today we are talking about the Marigold. We've talked about these before.
0:09.0	People talk about them all the time actually because they are often recommended as a pest repellent and natural pest repellent.
0:16.1	So is that true and then how do we grow them?
0:19.1	So before we talk about that we actually do have a sponsor for the podcast and that wouldn't be
0:23.8	four sigmatic so these are mushroom infused drinks it sounds a little weird
0:30.6	but it actually tastes delicious I have got a bunch of them in my
0:34.1	house right now I've been a fan of them for a long time and thankfully they
0:37.4	reached out and sent over some stuff that I could try out so what I like to do I
0:41.5	have the mushroom coffee with Lions Main
0:45.2	Mushroom which I've actually done a couple podcasts about we've grown Lions Main
0:48.8	Mushrooms at the Epic Gardening Headquarters a few different times. So they're a delicious mushroom even better
0:53.9	when you have them in a morning coffee saves me personally from going out to a
0:57.9	local coffee shop even though I do like to support those local coffee shops.
1:01.0	It saves a little bit of cash so So if you ever want to try it, use
1:05.0	the code, Epic Shrooms. And you'll get 15% off. Again, I recommend that mushroom coffee with
1:11.2	Lions Main and also the mushroom mocha and the hot chocolate
1:14.8	with reshi mushrooms. So there we go and now let's go ahead and get into our
1:19.1	marigolds. I don't know why every time I say that word I just want to sing it for some reason
1:25.0	Merigolds. All right let's talk about them. There's about 56 species of Merigolds.
1:31.7	They're extremely popular I think we all know that by now. And a lot of the
1:36.9	contemporary hybrids are scentless, but the ones that do have a scent are often compared
1:42.1	to the smell of wet hay or straw.
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