Calendula as companion plant to carrots

[Snoop Puss]

I'm going to be growing more companion plants this year. I've read that calendula and carrots make a good team.

Does anyone here grow calendula as a companion plant, more specifically with carrots? Do you have any tips, especially about spacing if poss?

[Aberdeenplotter]

I use French marigolds with onions. I can understand why they are effective because they are really pungent unlike Calendula which aren't. However, they say the best way to find out if something works is to try it

[Aberdeenplotter]

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/comp...planting-guide

[Snoop Puss]

Thanks, guys. That's a useful chart, Aberdeenplotter. Thanks.

[HoneyChild]

I grow callendula just because I like them. They can be fairly large plants if they're in good friable soil. I'd probably grow them about 30cm or so apart. I dead head them frequently but then leave some at the end of the season to produce seeds in order to save. They'll also self-seed.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Thanks, guys. That's a useful chart, Aberdeenplotter. Thanks.

SP, feel free to call me AP . Everyone else does and there's the bonus of much less typing

[Bex2012]

As mentioned they self seed prolifically! I put in 9 plants two years ago and im still digging up seedlings. Its a good job I like how cheerful they are.

[Snoop Puss]

Thanks. AP, are your marigolds prolific self-seeders? How much space do they need?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Sp, I grow a variety named Colossus and have never tried to take seed from them. I grow my tomatoes in buckets with 4 Marigold plants around them and this seems to keep whitefly at bay. With the onions, I grow them in staggered positions along the rows. Each plant grow to approx 6" diameter, maybe more

[Snoop Puss]

^Thanks. Maybe I should go for marigolds rather than calendula, then.

[veggiechicken]

I think of calendula as easy, throw and grow seeds with a tinge of edibility and marigolds (French & African) as fussy things that need a bit of coddling to get growing.
Some of the little tagetes aren't too fussy.

[Snoop Puss]

^As well as the calendula, I've been looking at Dainty Marietta Marigold Tagetes (apparently they deter whitefly from tomatoes and help to repel soil nematodes, according to the blurb) and Marigold Lemon Gem Tagetes (edible, citrusy-flavoured flowers, also according to the blurb).

I'm obviously a sucker for blurb!

Edited to add: And poached egg plants, along with yellow trefoil and phacelia for green manure.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Remember there are good and bad nematodes

[Snoop Puss]

^I know. I've got green manure seeds (Caliente mustard) that are apparently good for biofumigation (supposedly "the suppression of soil borne pests and diseases through the use of plants that produce inhibitory chemicals"), but now I'm not certain whether I really should be using them or not!

Anyway, the flower and herb order grew a bit... Quite a bit, actually. But with any luck they'll be good for honeybees and other pollinators.

[ecudc]

I grow French marigold with brassica's to keep off whitefly (not so successful) and poached egg plant with artichokes to keep off black fly (quite successful)