Tagetes is unpretentious, fast-growing, light and warm temperatures, drought, sustainable plant. Optimum temperature for development of young plants 18-20 ° C. At temperatures below 10 ° C leaves falling and the growth stops. Under -1 ...- 2 ° C the plants die.

Location: not in need of strong sunlight, although for maximum bloom they need direct sunlight. This is especially true for Tagetes tenuifolia. Slight bloom in spring and autumn.