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Plan of work in the garden and vegetable garden for May
It gets really warm in May. Yes, frosts are still possible, but the soil has already warmed up, the sun pleases, and the hottest time of the year begins for summer residents – sowing. But this is not the only task for the month.
8 / Sun / Grows
You can do the same as the day before. And besides, treat garden plants from diseases and pests.
9 / Mon / Grows
It’s time to start seeding your lawn. You can plant seedlings. And it’s time to tie up clematis and climbing roses.
10 / Tue / Grows
One of the most favorable days of the months: you can plant, replant, sow. But you can not feed the plants.
11 / SR / Grows
A favorable period continues – you can start processing plants from diseases and pests.
12 / Thu / Grows
And again a favorable day for work in the garden and garden, and today is the best time to do sowing and planting.
13 / Fri / Grows
It’s time to sow cabbage or plant its seedlings. You can plant and feed the plants. Watering is undesirable.
14 / Sat / Grows
It’s time to plant seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cucumbers. Sow cabbage, beans, zucchini and pumpkins.
15 / Sun / Grows
You can continue yesterday’s work, and in addition, sow biennial flowers and plant annuals.
16 / Mon / Full Moon
It is better not to disturb the plants today – the day is unfavorable, especially for sowing. But nitrogen fertilizers can be applied.
17 / Tue / Descending
An excellent day for pruning trees and shrubs, as well as for treating the garden from diseases and pests.
18 / Wed / Decreasing
You can continue to work on the treatment of plants from diseases and pests. It is impossible to plant and sow today.
19 / Thu / Descending
A good day for sowing onions on a feather and herbs (parsley, dill), weeding and mulching beds.
20 / Fri / Descending
Today, you can feed the plants with nitrogen or complex fertilizers. Can’t be cut or transplanted.
21 / Sat / Descending
The perfect day to mow the lawn. And you can also prepare firewood and do any construction work.
22 / Sun / Descending
Today it is better to rest – the day is unfavorable for working with plants. You can make plans for sowing and planting.
23 / Mon / Descending
It’s time to visit the greenhouse – water and feed with nitrogen fertilizers tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cucumbers.
24 / Tue / Descending
A favorable day for planting bulbous plants, as well as gladioli. Until the evening it is undesirable to water.
25 / Wed / Decreasing
Today is better to devote to top dressing – you can make nitrogen and organic fertilizers in the garden and vegetable garden.
26 / Thu / Descending
You can do the same as the day before. A good day for weeding and mulching flower beds and garden beds.
27 / Fri / Descending
A good day for planting tuberous and bulbous plants. You can plant seedlings with ZKS, make top dressing.
28 / Sat / Descending
You can do the same as the day before, but it is best to plant fruit and ornamental trees near shrubs.
29 / Sun / Descending
Today you can feed the plants with mineral fertilizers, mulch perennial plantings. You can’t water.
30 / Mon / New Moon
It’s better to rest today. But if you really want to, you can cut the lawn, treat the garden from diseases and pests.
31 / Tue / Grows
One of the most favorable days of the month for buying seedlings of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs.
Garden work in May
In May, most fruit trees and berry bushes bloom. Therefore, the main task of the gardener is to help them form a crop. And here’s what to do.
Feed the plants. Some fruit and berry crops need top dressing during the flowering period:
- apple and pear trees – as soon as the buds open: 3 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate and 2 tbsp. spoons of urea per 10 water, 4 – 5 buckets per tree;
- plum – as soon as the buds open: 2 tbsp. spoons of urea and 2 tbsp. spoons of potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water, 3 buckets per tree;
- cherry – as soon as it blooms: 5 liters of mullein (diluted 1:10) and 10 glasses of ash per 50 liters of water, 1 bucket per tree;
- gooseberries – as soon as they bloom: 1 tbsp. a spoonful of potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water, 3 buckets per bush.
Protect your garden from frost. No matter how abundantly the trees and shrubs bloom, they may not produce a crop if there are frosts at this time. Protecting large plants is not easy – you cannot cover them with a non-woven fabric. But there are other ways to protect:
- sprinkling – in the evening, if the temperature drops to 0 ° C, trees and shrubs should be sprayed with water through a fine spray – water protects against frost down to -5 ° C;
- smoke – as soon as the temperature starts to drop to critical values, heaps of leaves, grass or straw should be lit in the garden – smoke also protects plants from low frosts (1).
Mulch strawberries. In the aisle, you need to throw humus – this is both additional top dressing for the berry planter and protection from drying out of the soil.
Work in the garden in May
Plant potatoes. Planting potatoes for the May holidays is our tradition. And it is correct – the ideal time for planting tubers in the soil is from May 1 to 10. Ideal landing pattern (2):
- between rows – 60 cm;
- in a row – 30 – 35 cm.
When planting in each hole, it is useful to add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of superphosphate is both a top dressing for potatoes and protection from wireworms.
Plant seedlings. In the first days of May, cabbage seedlings can be planted in open ground – it is cold-resistant and can grow without shelter.
After May 10, seedlings of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants can be planted in the garden, but they must be covered with a non-woven fabric.
After May 25, you can plant seedlings of cucumbers, zucchini and gourds.
Sow heat-loving crops. Beans can be sown from 1 to 10 May. After May 25 – corn, cucumbers, zucchini and melons.
Mulch plantings. This agricultural technique should become the main one in the garden – mulch allows you to retain moisture in the soil, reduces temperature changes, inhibits weeds and pathogenic fungi. You can mulch the beds with humus, compost, straw, rotted sawdust or grass. The layer of mulch should be 3 – 4 cm (3).
Folk omens for gardeners in May
- They say that May is cold – a year of grain. And May is wet – June is dry.
- Frequent rains and fogs in May for a good, fertile year.
- The birch has blossomed – in a week, wait for the blooming of the bird cherry and a cold snap.
- If there are many May beetles, then there will be a drought in the summer. The cranes that appeared in May are also for a dry summer.
- If in the first days of May it is warm, then at the end of May it is definitely cold.
Popular questions and answers
She told us about the features of the May works agronomist-breeder Svetlana Mihailova.
Sources of
- Kamshilov A. and a group of authors. Gardener’s Handbook // M .: State Publishing House of Agricultural Literature, 1955 – 606 p.
- Yakubovskaya L.D., Yakubovsky V.N., Rozhkova L.N. ABC of a summer resident // Minsk, OOO “Orakul”, OOO Lazurak, IPKA “Publicity”, 1994 – 415 p.
- Shuvaev Yu.N. Soil nutrition of vegetable plants // M.: Eksmo, 2008 – 224 p.