When finishing cleaning up the flower garden at the end of autumn, summer residents make the mistake of sending marigolds to the fire, like unnecessary tops.
It would be much more useful to use marigold stems for compost, but it is even better to bury the plants directly in the garden.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told what benefits can be derived from faded marigolds.
Marigolds in the garden
Experienced gardeners have been planting these flowers around greenhouses and beds for a long time. And even after they have faded, the plants continue to be useful.
In essence, these are the same green manures that repel pests, saturate the soil with useful substances and improve its structure.
How to Use Marigolds
1. An option for the lazy is to send dried flowers to a compost pit or heap.
2. Another simple way is to mulch the beds with flowers collected from the flowerbed.
3. In the midst of the summer cottage season, you can make liquid fertilizer from flowers.
4. And at any time of the year, marigolds can be used to improve the structure of the soil, improve health and combat pests.
Roots and stems are useful for the soil. They prevent the growth of fungi, repel nematodes, insect pests and at the same time enrich the soil with useful microelements.
How to use in autumn
In autumn, it is best to bury the remains of flowers in the garden to a depth of 15 cm. In the new season, they will scare away carrot and onion flies, mole crickets and other pests.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
