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today's protector is I will teach you
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have to go marigold
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hi I'm welcome to project Diaries in
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today's video I'm going to teach you how
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to grow marigold from seed now you may
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have heard me talk about this in my
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previous video of companion edible
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flowers now before making that video
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I didn't realize just how controversial
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this subject can be there are quite a
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few do's and don'ts and some people were
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arguing about the different varieties
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that I listed in that video now everyone
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is agreeing that the calendula variety
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are edible now there seems to be two or
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three others that well quite debatable
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now I've gone back and eaten some of
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these non edible ones basically they're
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poisonous if you eat quite a lot so if
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you eat them as a whole meal it would
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probably cause some kind of harm to you
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but I've gone back and I've tried some
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of those petals and quite frankly
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they're really chemically and and
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they're really bitter and I wouldn't
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want to eat too many of those in the
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first place
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there was another variety that was told
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about that I wasn't known previous and
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that doesn't look anything like the all
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the photos that I put in my previous
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video they look almost weed-like and I
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wouldn't eat those anyway but some of
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the cooking variety some of the cooking
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ideas that I came up with we're actually
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from TV celebrity chefs so if they're
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promoting it then obviously there must
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be some kind of I don't know but anyway
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I'm going to leave that debate there
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please if you are putting anything new
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into your diet do some of your own
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research there is a lot of fake
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information out there on the internet
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and obviously I don't want anybody to be
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harmed by any suggestions that I've made
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so please if you want it to be 100% safe
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make sure you're growing the calendula
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variety but anyway I'm going to go back
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to today's video and growing all types
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of marigolds from seed as usual I'm
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using multi-purpose store-bought compost
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and I'm going to lightly press the soil
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down before sowing the season now you
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can get perennial and annual varieties
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of marigolds the perennials will come
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back every year but they won't withstand
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any
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cold temperatures also a majority of the
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annual should self-seed and come back
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the next year anyway now I'm going to
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try and make this video as soon as
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possible so I'll leave a lot more
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information in the description box below
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also as usual I'll leave you some handy
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Amazon links if you want to produce any
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growing materials or seeds online
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including DC trays propagators and many
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varieties of marigold seeds so here they
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are now different varieties will have
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different shape seeds now a lot of
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gardeners will put three or four in each
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pod and then thin out the weaker
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seedlings later on but personally I
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don't like wasting seeds and I love to
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give all of my seedlings the best
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starting line so I'm just going to place
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one seed in each pod now marigolds will
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keep blooming all summer long as long as
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they keep getting some warm weather so
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the best time to so these are indoors if
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you want an early start or outside as
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soon as there's no chance of frost
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once you finish sewing all of the seeds
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you just want to top them off with a
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light layer of slope if you're
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interested in making this soil scoop and
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you haven't seen my video the link
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should be on the screen now then lightly
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just spread the soil all over the seeds
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and if you see any big chunks over break
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them up or throw around the reason why
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you don't want any chunks is because you
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want the seedlings to have no resistance
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when they're trying to push through the
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soil now one of the most popular
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questions I keep getting asked is
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watering and it's one of the most
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difficult to answer mainly due to the
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fact that each country and climate and
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weather conditions are completely
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different if your weather is really hot
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you at least want to soak these once a
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day and in cooler climates you might be
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able to get away with every other day
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just make sure the soil is constantly
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moist and it doesn't dry out or become
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water look then all that's left to do is
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label these up and leave them in a warm
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sunny place and then just wait they
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should start sprouting within a few days
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and here they are after a week here they
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are six weeks in and as you can see
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they're just starting to produce flowers
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now unfortunately we've had some really
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cold weather at the end of spring here
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and it's really affected the growth
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process and the speed that these grow up
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less than half of those germinated which
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is really unusual but I will keep
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watering the whole tray and hope they
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come on later on when it wants
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so as you can see the rate of these are
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growing so so differently this is mainly
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due to the weather that we've had now
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two weeks ago we had a frost and then
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since then we've had nothing but
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forecasts of rain and overcast cloud but
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now we've got some of the hottest days
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of the year and so I'm just going to
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transplant these because I still don't
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trust the weather report and I want to
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keep these in the shed just in case but
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as you can see hardly any of them have
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germinated due to this cold weather and
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last year pretty much all of them
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actually all of them did germinate and
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bloom so I'm going to try again later on
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and hopefully do these through the
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summer but I'm just going to transplant
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these and show you how to do it and
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here's it help so I'm going to use my
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regular tool of a teaspoon I'm going to
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use the handle here because it helps me
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prise out the seedling a little bit
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easier now at this stage the plant is
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really sturdy so there's no need to be
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too delicate when transplanting as you
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can see there's a really nice root
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system forming on here and I'm just
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going to place it at the base of the pot
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then just top it up with regular
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multi-purpose compost now if your
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weather is good you really don't need to
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do this step but as we're going to get
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more rain it can rot the flowers so I'm
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going to leave them in a shed a bit
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longer now there are so many gardeners
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that actually hate marigolds but
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personally I really like them they're
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generally an all-round beneficial flower
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to have in your garden mainly because
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they're extremely bright orange color
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attracts lots of pollinators they're one
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of the main flowers to be used in
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companion planting because they work
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alongside many fruits and vegetables
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such as apricots beans cabbages carrots
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celery apples broccoli Brussels sprouts
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cauliflower mulberries lettuce
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strawberries tomatoes and any fruit
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trees they also help repel pests such as
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tomato worms so I've lightly packed down
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the soil and I'm just going to give it a
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good watering now at this stage you want
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to give it a really good soak but later
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on you can allow it to dry out not too
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much or for too long but it'll really
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help promote a good root system and
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there you go
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all done
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here they are less than a week later and
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I'm really glad I left these in the shed
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because we've had nothing but rain but
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fingers crossed we will start getting
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some good sunshine soon so now these are
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blooming and they're really lovely size
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as you can see there's a second flower
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coming there now and it is absolutely
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boiling today we're finally getting some
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good weather so hopefully the next few
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weeks are going to be nothing but
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sunshine so now I'm going to read put
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these straight into the garden and show
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you how to do that now so if you're
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going to place these in your square foot
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garden you can space these all per
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square but I've only got three at the
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moment little has to do now these will
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find a happy home between what tomato
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plants here but when you're fertilizing
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your Tomatoes don't fertilize your
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marigold when taking these out of the
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pot just give the bottom a little screen
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turn it upside down and it should come
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out easily once you've done that then
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prise the root system out slightly and
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that will help the grow into the new
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soil once you've done that roughly dig a
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hole the same size of the pot you don't
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want to bury the root system too deep
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just the same height as what it was
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before now if you aren't growing these
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in a square foot garden and you're just
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putting them straight into soil they
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also work really well if you have clay
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based soil or sandy as I was saying if
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you end up putting so much fertilizer on
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these you'll promote too much green
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leaves and not enough flowers marigolds
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also don't need dead headings but if
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you're growing the American variety you
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can do that and it will promote more
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flowers to come on later on if you also
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grow in the African varieties you'll
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find that if you have bad weather the
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flowers will die back quicker in rain
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there are around 50 different species of
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marigolds but they will stem from a
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three different varieties I will put a
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full explanation on flower size and
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height of growth for each different
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species in the description box below I
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hope you've enjoyed today's video on
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planting marigolds from seed good luck
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if you try this at home and I'll see you
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again next time
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