YELLOW MARRIGOLD – पीला गेंदा (30 Seed)

🌼💛 Yellow Marigold Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Yellow marigold, Genda phool
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Tagetes erecta (African marigold type common in yellow flowers)
🔹 Type ➜ Flower crop 🌿
🔹 Use ➜ Decoration, पूजा, garlands, companion planting
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Flower farming

🌟 Why Yellow Marigold?
✔️ Bright attractive flowers 🌼
✔️ High demand in festivals 🎉
✔️ Continuous flowering
✔️ Easy to grow crop 👍
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Flower business 💰
➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Pollinator attraction 🐝

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Summer sowing ➜ January – February 🌞
➜ Rainy sowing ➜ June – July 🌧️
➜ Winter sowing ➜ September – October ❄️
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • July – August (best flowering)
• September
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 18–30°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained fertile loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic flower farming
➜ Home gardens

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Yellow marigold seeds 🌱
• Organic flower seeds
• Desi genda seeds
• Open pollinated varieties
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better flowering
➜ Seed saving possible

🌱 Nursery Preparation
➜ Sow in nursery tray/bed
Seed depth: ➜ 1 cm
✔️ Germination: ➜ 5–8 days
Transplant: ➜ After 20–25 days

🌿 Transplanting & Spacing
➜ Row ➜ 45 cm
➜ Plant ➜ 30 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Bigger flowers 🌼
➜ Healthy branching

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before planting:
➜ FYM ➜ 6–8 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Flower size
➜ Flower quantity

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 4–6 days
✔️ Keep soil moist
❌ Avoid excess watering
✂️ Pinching (Important)
➜ Remove top tip after 30 days
✔️ Benefits: ➜ More branching
➜ More flowers 🌼

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common issues:
➜ Aphids
➜ Mites
➜ Leaf spot
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Soap spray
➜ Proper airflow
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic flower farming

🌼 Flowering
➜ Starts ➜ 45–60 days
✔️ Continuous flowering possible

✂️ Harvesting
➜ Harvest when: ➜ Flowers fully open 🌼
✔️ Morning harvest best

⏳ Plant Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 4–5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 80–120 quintal flowers/acre
✔️ Good festival market crop 💰

🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Attracts pollinators 🐝
✔️ Repels some pests naturally
✔️ Beautiful ornamental plant
✔️ Best for: ➜ Border planting
➜ Organic farming systems

🪴 Growing Marigold on Roof
✔️ Very easy 👍
Container:
➜ Grow bag / pot ➜ 10–12 inch

Sunlight ☀️
➜ 6–8 hours sunlight
Watering 💧
➜ Moderate watering
✔️ Great for: ➜ Balcony garden
➜ Flower decoration