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Mexican Mint Marigold Herb Seed — held cultivar

Mexican Mint Marigold Herb Seed — botanical detail

Mexican Mint Marigold Herb Seed — mexican mint living plant

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Tagetes lucida

80 - 90Days to maturity

A seed worth growing

Mexican Mint Marigold Herb Seed

Item #HSC-HRB-024-PKT

A tarragon stand-in for hot climates.

Mexican mint marigold has fragrant leaves with a sweet licorice flavor that can stand in for French tarragon in salads and main dishes, and it thrives where French tarragon will not. Also called sweet mace or Mexican tarragon.

Edible golden flowers bloom all summer, with the same sweet licorice taste; use them on desserts and drinks.

Ready to harvest about 80–90 days from sowing. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 200 seeds
Average 35,550 seeds per oz.

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$5.65

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Tagetes lucida
Days To Maturity: 80 - 90 days
Life Cycle: Tender Perennial
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Pinch twice

For sturdy, branching plants.

Go easy on fertilizer

Lean soil, better flavor.

Full sun

8–12" apart.

Bring it in

Overwinter indoors north of Zone 8.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 5–15 days.

Starting indoors

Recommended. Sow 1/8" deep 6–8 weeks ahead of your last frost. When seedlings are a few inches tall, pinch the tips so plants branch and do not flop in wind, and pinch again two weeks later. Harden off and plant out once the last frost has passed.

Direct sowing

Once the last frost has passed, sow 1/4" deep. Thin and pinch once true leaves form, spacing plants 8–12" apart, with rows 18" apart.

Plant spacing

8–12".

Soil

Average to good, free-draining soil. Too much fertilizer gives soft, weak-flavored growth and few flowers.

Light

Full sun.

Harvest

Pick leaves all season, fresh or for drying.

Hardiness

Zones 8–11. Farther north, dig plants in fall, keep them as houseplants and replant in spring.

Plant height

16–20".

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 35,550 on average.

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