When to plant french marigold in Nickol
- Move seedlings out: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: all yearNickol area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: late Apr to late OctNickol area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Nov to early NovNickol area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Nickol. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
The classic companion flower for the veggie patch. Bright, compact and easy, it flowers all summer and draws in hoverflies, whose larvae eat aphids. Tuck it beside tomatoes, capsicum and zucchini, and along bed edges.