French Marigold plants huge, what to do?

[FILMNET]

Huge Marigold plants what can i do with them now, i grew them from the .10$ packs, they were french colors. can i save seeds?

[roper2008]

I have some in my garden, but they are single flowers. Sure you can save seeds.
Just make sure the flower heads are completely brown.

[Zana]

Like Roper said, make sure that the flower heads are completely brown. Then split them apart and let dry before packaging up. Your plants look very healthy. I've had some grow what seemed abnormally full and tall before...similarly to yours. You can take cuttings and replant the cuttings elsewhere. I find them good for repelling aphids and plant them around the base of my tomato plants and rose buses.....or at least border my rose garden...or should I say my former rose garden. All those roses are gone now....sighhhhh

Zana

[FILMNET]

Nasty frost this morning, Do i cut some flowers off now and let dry inside, them cut in half, then save seed after they sit for 30 days more. Or leave them out side to die, them bring a few inside? I can't transplant or cut any now right?

[pinakbet]

beautiful bi-colored marigold you got there.

[Zana]

Marigolds have been known to survive more than a couple of hard frosts. Pick the flower heads when brown, ...but I have picked them before that and brought them inside to die and then dry out too. Up to you.

Zana

[franzb69]

makes me wanna plant those marigold seeds i bought. lol.

[roper2008]

I'm surprised you don't have dried flower heads already. If not, plant
them sooner next year. This is my favorite french marigold. I'm
getting some other colors in a trade soon.

[FILMNET]

nice shot!! B/W butterfly?

[roper2008]

It's a zebra swallowtail. It lays it's eggs on my paw paw tree. I don't
see many. Only saw it early this summer.
Here is some dried seedheads. This is when I pick them from the
plant.

[FILMNET]

Nice i pick 20 flowers of , put then inside to dry. So they should look like your shot, do you open them after 2-3 months, or leave them for spring?

[roper2008]

As long as they are all dried up like the ones in my hand, you can
open them or leave the whole. Just keep them dry. The seeds
in my hand are the same as the one the butterfly is on if you want
some seeds let me know. You got a pretty good deal, those pretty
marigold's for 10 cents a pack. Can't beat that. I plant them all
over, especially around my tomato plants.

[FILMNET]

Mine were from Walmart the .10 cents a bag they were small bags not many seed in each

Last year people here talk about this, they were gone in 1 month for Walmart.

[Penny]

Great pictures, and so pretty!!