Effective immediately, INCOTEC, Integrated Coating and Seed Technology, Inc., in Salinas, California offers  Marigold Cleaning (for American varieties only). 

INCOTEC’s Marigold Cleaning has a goal to reduce the presence of seed borne fungi and bacteria.  This is not a pesticide treatment, just a cleaning process. 

Gerard Denny, INCOTEC’s Integrated Product Research Specialist has been working on this project for a few years. Gerard states, “It is exciting to be able to offer a solution to the ornamental industry for improving the performance of marigold seed”. 

INCOTEC is a worldwide leader in coating and seed technology serving the vegetable, ornamental and agronomic seed business.