Lettuces
Taget
Lemon Gem - Taget
Ref : F0284
- Tagetes tenuifolia
Bag of 200 seeds
This bushy variety reaches up to 40 cm in height and, for several months, offers a profusion of small yellow flowers with an exquisite citrus fragrance.
The whole plant can be used for potpourri and even to perfume desserts and mulled wines. It's an essential variety for the scent garden.
Discover it on the Kokopelli blog: "Tagetes: medicinal, aphrodisiac and visionary plants."
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The flowers and leaves of Tagetes tenuifolia are highly prized for their lemony fragrance in cooking: wines, soups, sauces, etc. In Mexico, this plant is used as a decoction for snake bites, and in Peru as a poultice for wounds and bruises. Like other Tagetes species, it is also used for indigestion, stomach ache, diarrhea, eye irritation, constipation...
Thanks to its polyacetylenic thiopene composition, this species has a strong biocidal action (i.e. fungicidal, bactericidal and insecticidal) in root exudates, against plant nematodes such as Rotylenchulus reniformis, Tylenchorhynchus brassicae, Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne incognita, and sometimes against certain slugs.
According to Marotti et al, 2004, this species has the same pool of essential oils as Tagetes patula, Tagetes erecta and Tagetes minuta, namely dihydrotagetone, tagetones, ocimenones and piperitones. Puspal De et al, in 2017, highlighted that - at least with the chemotypes of the Tagetes species they analyzed - Tagetes tenuifolia has less antioxidant activity in its flowers than Tagetes erecta and Tagetes patula, but that, on the other hand, it has much more in its leaves. See Xochi's article on the Kokopelli blog. Tagetes: medicinal, aphrodisiac and visionary plants.
in the ground, in bucket
Sow in trays under a light shelter, at a temperature of around 20°C, 4 weeks before planting. Transplant after the last frosts, 15 cm apart in all directions. Alternatively, sow lightly, directly in situ, in sufficiently warmed soil, keeping only the most vigorous plants every 15 cm.
March, April, May
April, May, June
June, July, August, September, October
in the ground, in pot
sunny
low
humus, potting soil, clayey, limestone
drained, reheated
Tagetes tenuifolia
mid-season
200 seeds
Yellow
fragrance, edible
From 20 to 40 cm
cut
Latin America
This species is native to Mexico and Mesoamerica.
The flowers and leaves of Tagetes tenuifolia are highly prized for their lemony fragrance in cooking: wines, soups, sauces, etc. In Mexico, this plant is used as a decoction for snake bites, and in Peru as a poultice for wounds and bruises. Like other Tagetes species, it is also used for indigestion, stomach ache, diarrhea, eye irritation, constipation... Thanks to its polyacetylenic thiopene composition, this species has a strong biocidal action (i.e. fungicidal, bactericidal and insecticidal) in root exudates, against plant nematodes such as Rotylenchulus reniformis, Tylenchorhynchus brassicae, Pratylenchus penetrans and Meloidogyne incognita, and sometimes against certain slugs. According to Marotti et al, 2004, this species has the same pool of essential oils as Tagetes patula, Tagetes erecta and Tagetes minuta, namely dihydrotagetone, tagetones, ocimenones and piperitones. Puspal De et al, in 2017, highlighted that - at least with the chemotypes of the Tagetes species they analyzed - Tagetes tenuifolia has less antioxidant activity in its flowers than Tagetes erecta and Tagetes patula, but that, on the other hand, it has much more in its leaves. See Xochi's article on the Kokopelli blog. Tagetes: medicinal, aphrodisiac and visionary plants.
