tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post563505420244972108..comments2024-03-29T01:07:46.011-04:00Comments on The Herb Gardener: The Difference Between French Marigold and Pot Marigold (Calendula Officinalis)The Herb Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03582909620746871601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-46893668439913917252016-06-11T11:23:17.760-04:002016-06-11T11:23:17.760-04:00Hi Gill,
There are a number of French marigold va...Hi Gill,<br /><br />There are a number of French marigold varieties available. Some are toxic and some can have beneficial properties. Without knowing which variety you have, I can't speculate. You probably intended to cultivate and dry calendula, the other type of marigold, which has a number of beneficial properties. You can grow it easily and it's also available dried for DIY use in The Herb Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582909620746871601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-79831382723809990642016-06-11T08:11:31.773-04:002016-06-11T08:11:31.773-04:00Hi I've been drying French marigold for cream ...Hi I've been drying French marigold for cream making , I'm a complete novice and this is my first attempt . It seems I've been mistaken as I thought that all marigolds were edible , I've put the dried flowers into oil to infuse , but should I discard them , would French marigold be harmful as cream ?, any advise would be help full <br /> Thanks in advance ..... Gill Gill the novice :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05377311512166954668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-83379069852843592292014-03-09T09:13:15.058-04:002014-03-09T09:13:15.058-04:00Thanks for the input.Thanks for the input.The Herb Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582909620746871601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-65967696399886210262014-03-08T23:16:41.875-05:002014-03-08T23:16:41.875-05:00Tagetes erectas is GRAS. I just read an entire pa...Tagetes erectas is GRAS. I just read an entire paper on the studies done to test it. In humans it was only tested at 20 mg. but in animals it far exceeded what you could eat if that was all you were eating. 20 mg/kg body weight. There were no adverse reactions. NONE I'm not sure how it got the bad rap. It's used in nearly all lutein supplements. In my research I found multiple Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12229556631804871054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-40928742266150300492013-03-20T14:47:39.259-04:002013-03-20T14:47:39.259-04:00North Carolina State University has a nice toxic p...North Carolina State University has a nice toxic plant list with details. You can find information about French marigold (Tagetes) there, or perform a general search on French marigold toxicity. Here's the link I found: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Tagetsp.htm, which references tagetes as photo toxic. It also contains thiophene derivatives. I hope this helps. The Herb Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582909620746871601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-27630364625045687612013-03-20T14:30:21.893-04:002013-03-20T14:30:21.893-04:00So far I have yet to find a source that says WHY a...So far I have yet to find a source that says WHY a french marigold might not be edible. According to the plants for a future, they found several references of people eating the leaves and petals:http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Tagetes+patula<br />PLus most plants in the Asteraceae/Compositae have some kind of edible or medicinal part to them. <br />I keep hearing people quote some littlekmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501709363967544947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-54545033138418035512013-03-10T19:40:34.074-04:002013-03-10T19:40:34.074-04:00I don't think that would be a problem.I don't think that would be a problem.The Herb Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582909620746871601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6861562129126489326.post-483902697014663702013-03-10T19:10:00.376-04:002013-03-10T19:10:00.376-04:00Awesome post. thanks! i was wondering, if you had ...Awesome post. thanks! i was wondering, if you had both, would you have to worry about cross-pollination?MollyBazanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133904599229478351noreply@blogger.com