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Harvest the flowers at the right time

So that you can easily dry the yellow or orange petals of your marigolds, you should harvest them at the right time. Ideally, you should choose a harvest time before which it was relatively dry 2 to 3 days before. Then cut them at lunchtime if possible freshly opened flower heads and lay them out on cotton towels for 1 or 2 days in a well-ventilated but not too sunny place. After this “pre-drying”, you can simply pluck the small, tongue-shaped petals off the flower heads by hand. Then dry the petals for a few more days with good ventilation and mix them regularly so that there is no mold infestation due to residual moisture. Drying can either be done naturally at room temperature or in a dehydrator at a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius.

The use of the dried flowers of the marigold

If you want to use the dried calendula petals as a jewelry drug in tea blends, then you should use a temperature of around 85 degrees Celsius to dry because of the better color retention Select. The dried petals of the marigold are said to have positive effects on a number of complaints:

• in liver problems
• for better healing of inflamed wounds and skin areas
• against stomach and intestinal diseases

To do this, the flowers are turned into the plant Tea extracts and ointments made. For external use, you can also make marigold oil by letting the flowers soak in oil in a light place for at least two weeks. The flowers, along with other herbs and butter, also make a decorative and tasty butter mixture.

Harvest and use the seeds properly

Due to the fact that it is self-sowing, the calendula often grows anew every year without the assistance of the gardener, once it is at a suitable one Location in the garden were settled. For the controlled sowing in the garden or on the balcony the fully ripe seeds are collected as soon as they separate easily from the flower stalks. Then they are gently dried in a single layer at room temperature and stored in airtight screw-top jars to prevent the Sow in spring no mold to grow.