I'm trying to grow Marigolds in an old toilet bowl in my front yard, but they don't seem to want to take. Why?

I thought it'd be a good way to brighten up the trailer park, but they keep dying. Too much water, maybe?





Oh well. No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.

I'm trying to grow Marigolds in an old toilet bowl in my front yard, but they don't seem to want to take. Why?
Well you're using an old toilet (why yould you have that in your fornt yard anyway?)
Reply:The ones that I saw like this actually still were in their pots down in the bowl, and I guess had someway for them to "Flush" the water out if it rained allot. (Had drainage built in, pebbles in the bottom of the tray, drain holes, etc.)
Reply:take the flowers out, and use the toilet yourself so you will have an out house
Reply:Liar, liar, pants on fire.
Reply:i say the Marigolds dont like the idea of growing in a old toilet, Give them something with a bit of respect and I bettcha they will grow to perfection. I really dont think the "toilet" will brighten up a trailer park sorry
Reply:Even Marigolds have some self respect
Reply:Did you add dirt to the toilet bowl for the marigolds to grow in? Or did you just throw seeds in it with out dirt?
Reply:Is there good drainage? Or did you just fill the toilet full of soil? You need a screen, or pebbles or something to allow water to flow out, not just sit there.
Reply:Maybe You Have them in the Shad


Marigolds need Sunlight.


don't over water


and give them fertilizers
Reply:You're trying to grow WHAT in a WHAT that is sitting in your Front WHATTTTTT?





How about ditching the toilet and planting the Marigolds in the ground?
Reply:you need to break out the bottom with a hammer so theyll drain properly. if the water just sits in there and stagnates it will make your plants rot.
Reply:the shade from your mobilehome is causing your flowers to die. Relocate the toilet to the flat roof.


Use lawn chairs to sit on top and view. Take the hole in your yard,and half-bury a bathtub with a Mary statue for maximum effect.