May is one of the busiest months on every gardener's calendar. It is in the last month of spring that all the main work on planting plants falls, as in ornamental garden, and in the garden, protection from pests and diseases and begins a full care of the garden. But the combination of the phases of the moon and the signs of the zodiac in this month allocates a limited time for landing, forcing the use of rare auspicious days fully.

Detailed lunar work calendar for May 2016

May 1, Sunday

On the first day of the month, an unfavorable period continues for working with all garden plants. In fact, garden chores on this day can only be reduced to protective measures, prevention and standard care.

• watering and fertilizing (flowering ornamental shrubs and fruit trees need special attention);
• pest and disease control and preventive treatments;
• preparation of greenhouses and greenhouses, warm beds and seedling sites;
• protection of plantings and shelter of beds during frosts;
• seedling thinning;
• weed control.

• crops
• transplanting;
• any planting of both ornamental and garden plants.

May 2-3, Monday-Tuesday

At the very beginning of the month, increased attention should be paid to planting ornamental trees and shrubs, replenishment of the assortment of your pets with new breeds and species. But not only in the ornamental garden there is something to do. In addition to planting seedlings of annuals and perennials, you can also start sowing some vegetables, although not intended for storage.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• transfer of pre-grown seedlings to permanent place in decorative compositions of a garden and on beds;
• planting, radish, radish, daikon, early varieties root crops, salads (these days it is better to plant juicy vegetables that are not intended for storage, but in May there are few favorable days for root crops and it is better to use them wisely);
• landing ornamental shrubs and trees that are sold with a closed root system;
• pruning and shaping trimming of ornamental and woody shrubs;
• grafting and pinching fruit-bearing trees and shrubs;
• soil preparation for future beds and flower beds;
• the introduction of fertilizers and other improving additives into the soil;
• maintenance of reservoirs and landscaping of the coastal line (you can plant aquatic and coastal crops).

Jobs to avoid:

• sowing in open soil and planting vegetables (except seedlings);
• planting trees and shrubs with open roots (fruit and berry species);
• pruning fruit trees and shrubs;
• irrigation and preplant irrigation of the soil.

May 4-5, Wednesday-Thursday

Taking care of the plants and keeping them clean and tidy should be the main goal during these two days. Sowing and planting should not be carried out, as well as harvesting. But on the other hand, you can remove weeds, improve the soil and carry out top dressing for garden and indoor crops.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• weed control, weeding and soil loosening;
• soil mulching and work with stone fills, boulders in flowerbeds and rock gardens;
• fertilizer for garden and ornamental crops;
• removal of root shoots and limiting the growth of perennials;
• collection of early greens.

Jobs to avoid:

• sowing and planting of the main vegetable and ornamental plants;
• planting trees and shrubs;
• harvest and medicinal herbs;
• vegetative reproduction.

May 6, Friday

Sowing and planting for almost all plants this Friday are under strict ban. All attention should be focused on organizational issues, maintaining cleanliness and order on the territory of your site. Even routine care plants should be reduced to minimal measures, limited only to mandatory, vital procedures.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• cleaning in the garden and on the backyard territory;
• watering plants during drought;
• pest and disease control;
• updating or creating a mulching layer;
• work with paving and stone structures, garden sculpture and objects of small architecture.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting any ornamental and garden crops, as well as shrubs and trees;
• sowing any seeds.

May 7, Saturday

In the ornamental garden on this day, you can focus on seasonal accents stored outside the soil from the bulb family, while in the vegetable garden, all attention is paid to early varieties of vegetables and herbs. This is a good day to work with both lettuce and herbs.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• sowing and planting garden plants, especially early varieties of vegetables, herbs, herbs(you can also plant vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cucumbers, gourds, cabbage, almost all cold-resistant letniki);
• planting bulbous and corm plants;
• sowing of decorative and deciduous letniki;
• sowing and planting seedlings of ornamental plants;
• pruning and shaping haircut on ornamental shrubs and trees;
• lawn seeding.

Jobs to avoid:

• transplantation of ornamental perennials, shrubs and trees;
• propagation of ornamental crops.

May 8-9, Sunday-Monday

This is an unfavorable period for planting and sowing, during which you should not work even with indoor plants. It is better to focus all attention on the formative pruning of large garden giants and preparing the soil for future plantings.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• soil preparation and improvement at facilities that you plan to design and fill later;
• work with empty areas of soil, residual strips of soil and freed from early bulbous areas;
• weeding, loosening and mulching the soil;
• pruning shrubs and trees;
• cutting hedges;
• prevention of the spread of pests and diseases in the ornamental garden and in the garden, from spraying to fumigation.

Jobs to avoid:

• crops of annual and perennial flowers;
• crops and planting in the garden (except for potatoes);
• watering plants;
• work with indoor crops.

May 10-11, Tuesday-Wednesday

These are the most favorable days for planting all the main garden plants, filling the beds with both crops with a shortened development period and the latest vegetables. Abundantly colored letniki, wildflowers and herbs are also favorable to plant during this period.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting all types of early plants for the garden - from vegetables to greens and herbs (these days are especially good for undersized crops, melons, pumpkins and radishes, but you can plant almost all vegetables - legumes, legumes, squash, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers and cucumbers);
• sowing and planting profusely flowering annuals;
• sowing late varieties of vegetables for seedlings and beds;
• sowing and planting wildflowers and herbs;
• sowing new lawns and filling bald spots on old ones;
• watering and fertilizing.

Jobs to avoid:

• all types of pruning on trees and shrubs,
• pinching and shaping of flyers and vegetable crops;
• pruning perennials.

May 12-13, Thursday and Friday

At the end of the week, it is better to continue working with trees and shrubs in the garden, paying more attention to decorative look and their important functions. Despite the fact that the main work with ornamental plants should begin in a few days, it is this period that should be used to create new decorative compositions and plant new exotic species and varieties of flowering crops.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting seedlings of ornamental trees and shrubs;
• acquisition and planting of exotic and rare plants;
• planting of all climbing and climbing ornamental plants (including berry climbing plants- grapes and non-bush strawberries, as well as clematis and climbing roses);
• pruning root and stem shoots;
• lawn mowing and haymaking;
• sowing a new lawn;
• pruning ground covers in clearings;
• soil preparation;
• planning and creation of new flower beds, rabatok and mixborders, landscape decorative compositions;
• soil mulching;
• preventive treatments against diseases and pests.

Jobs to avoid:

• any planting of vegetables, salads, spicy and medicinal herbs;
• forming pruning;
• work with fruit and berry species.

May 14-16, Saturday-Monday

These three days are one of the rare cases when all attention should be paid to decorative crops. Plants that bear fruit, root crops, a rich harvest will have to be forgotten for a while. But at the same time, perennials and annuals will not let you get bored, because these days you can do both classical cultures, and curly beauties.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• sowing and planting any ornamental plants from perennials and annuals to shrubs;
• planting climbing ornamental vines (morning glory, sweet peas, hops and other climbing crops);
• creation of new hedges;
• lawn mowing;
• care of grapes and strawberries;
• transplanting and pruning indoor plants;
• propagation of ornamental plants;
• callout on open air pot and tub, creation of pot gardens and design of stone flower girls;
• preparation of containers and substrate for the garden on the windowsill.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting and sowing fruit, garden, intended for collecting seeds of plants, berry crops;
• carrying seedlings of garden and all fruit plants.

May 17-18, Tuesday-Wednesday

In the middle of the month, a favorable period begins for planting almost all ornamental and vegetable plants, active care, filling empty areas of soil with new flowering, decorative and deciduous and useful crops. One of the best periods for working with flowering plants continues, but you should not forget about the garden.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting any ornamental plants (it is especially good to buy and plant roses, tuberous flowering plants, bulbous);
• planting drupe and fruit bushes and trees;
• planting legumes, cabbage, corn;
• carrying in open ground seedlings of heat-loving vegetables;
• haymaking and mowing of lawns and ground covers, maintenance of green lawns;
• acquisition, digging and storage of seeds and tubers of ornamental plants;
• cut flowers for bouquets;
• care for indoor, potted, tub and container plants, as well as their transplantation.

Jobs to avoid:

• watering growing in open ground garden plants;
• feed of all kinds.

May 19-21, Thursday-Saturday

These three days should be entirely devoted to garden plants with rare exceptions. Following a long period when the work was mainly carried out with shrubs and trees, the time begins, suitable for planting the long-awaited heat-loving southern vegetables on the beds.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting for all crops growing in the garden, including southern ones (except for potatoes and root crops, you can plant almost all vegetables - tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, melons and squash, onions and red onions);
• grafting trees and shrubs;
• soil improvement, weeding, loosening and mulching;
• top dressing in liquid form;
• pest and disease control;
• preparation of spicy and medicinal herbs.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting ornamental and fruit trees and shrubs;
• any, even sanitary pruning of trees and shrubs;
• vegetative propagation by segments of rhizomes, layering or divisions of all ornamental and fruit perennial crops;
• work with indoor plants except watering and spraying.

May 22, Sunday

As with any day that falls on a full moon, this Sunday is the best time to take full advantage of the opportunity to fully relax. Indeed, in the coming days there will be a rare opportunity to plant almost all garden plants. The only types of work that the full moon favors are cleaning and preparatory procedures.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• cleaning and preparation of inventory;
• fertilizing;
• improvement and cultivation of the soil, including weeding and loosening;
• collection of seeds and herbs.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting any seedlings;
• sowing ornamental and useful, as well as vegetable plants;
• pruning and propagation of plants.

May 23, Monday

One single day in the Sagittarius phase due to the full moon is best used for active planting of perennial and fast growing garden plants. On this day, you can pay attention to all ornamental and spice crops, using the chance to make changes in both the ornamental garden and the vegetable garden.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting fast-growing, easy-to-take-on plants with a short growing season (lettuces, green onion, garlic, spinach, sorrel);
• planting medicinal and spicy herbs;
• landing tall perennials and cereals;
• planting indoor, potted and tub garden plants;
• planting berry and stone fruit plants (strawberries, common and varietal wild roses, plums, apple trees, cherries, pears, honeysuckle can be sown and planted);
• harvesting in greenhouses and greenhouses;
• pruning houseplants.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting all slowly developing vegetable and spice crops with a long growing season(most vegetables, root and tuber).

May 24-26, Tuesday-Thursday

In May, the alternation of the phases of the moon and the signs of the Zodiac creates an extremely unfavourable conditions for planting all root crops and vegetables intended for storage. Therefore, in these three days, the main attention should be paid to them. Well, besides potatoes, there is something to do. This is a period of intensive planting and transplanting, intensive care, during which one must not lose sight of a variety of garden plants and objects.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• planting and transplanting all shrubs and trees - from ornamental to fruit;
• planting root crops intended for storage, including potatoes and Jerusalem artichoke;
• grafting on trees and shrubs;
• cleaning bushes of garden strawberries;
• division of perennial vegetables;
• tillage and improvement of the soil;
• weed control;
• fertilizer application;
• lawn mowing;
• maintenance of water bodies and planting of aquatic crops.

Jobs to avoid:

• watering, transplanting and planting for indoor plants.

May 27-28, Friday-Saturday

These days are best used to restore order in the garden and in the garden. Weeding, weed and pest control, plant protection, partial pruning of shrubs should prevent the timely collection of seeds of crops that pleased with their luxurious flowering at the beginning of the season.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• collection of seeds of early flowering crops;
• pruning and pinching fruit and ornamental shrubs and trees (including pruning after flowering);
• overgrowth removal;
• cleaning of perennials, cleaning of dry shoots and foliage;
• weeding and weed control;
• mowing lawns, ground covers, mowing on the territory adjacent to the garden;
• fight against diseases and pests.

Jobs to avoid:

• any sowing and planting;
• watering (for both indoor and garden crops)

May 29-30, Sunday-Monday

The last days of May, favorable for planting and sowing, should be actively used specifically for work in the garden. Despite the fact that these days one should not forget about the early bulbous ones, it is better to focus on the beds and their “inhabitants”.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• grafting shrubs and trees of both fruit and ornamental species;
• planting, digging and propagation of bulbous;
• planting radishes, other root vegetables and seedlings of heat-loving vegetables not intended for storage;
• loosening and improving the soil, hilling young plants in the garden;
• top dressing of any kind for vegetable crops;
• watering during a drought for garden and indoor plants.

Jobs to avoid:

• sowing and planting most ornamental plants;
• planting greenery and herbs;
• planting and pruning trees and shrubs.

May 31, Tuesday

On the last day of the month, another unfavorable period begins for all active garden work for planting plants. At this time, you should mainly deal with cleaning and organizational issues.

Garden work that is favorable to perform these days:

• tillage and improvement of the soil;
• mulching plantings and updating the old protective layer;
• watering and fertilizing;
• harvesting in greenhouses, the first berries, cherries and strawberries;
• control of diseases and pests;
• removal of part of the ovaries from fruit trees;
• watering, fertilizing, cuttings and pinching houseplants.

Jobs to avoid:

• planting any plants (both in the ornamental garden and in the garden);
• transplantation and propagation of plants;
• crops of annuals, biennials and perennials.

AT sowing lunar calendar for May 2016 You will find tips for the month and for every day. With this knowledge, any gardener will be able to harvest a great harvest!

Landing days for May 2016

Let's feed the cabbage

In early May, it is recommended to feed the cabbage planted in April. Early ripe varieties cabbage should not be overfed with nitrogen, because. this leads to a delay in tying heads. It is good to carry out top dressing with potassium, it makes the cabbage more resistant to diseases.

Protect tomatoes

Tomatoes - reliable protection from asparagus rattle, aphids, sawfly and moths. In this regard, they are recommended to be grown near asparagus, gourds, cabbage.

It is useful to plant several tomato bushes near the gooseberry, which often suffers from moth.

And the pepper will be healthy

Having planted seedlings of sweet pepper in open ground, do not forget to pay attention to the leaves of new settlers, especially during cold snaps. If the temperature in the yard stays below 12 degrees for a long time, root system thermophilic crops(and peppers, zucchini, tomatoes are just like that) stops working, the plants begin to starve. To keep a growing point they take nutrients from the leaves, they turn yellow and then fall off.

If the cold weather lasts more than 5-6 days, you can not do without top dressing on the leaves with calcium nitrate (half a tablespoon per bucket of water). In addition, in such weather, it is appropriate to spray the plants with ecoberin, novosil (silkom) or epin-extra: these drugs will help them survive stress.

Radishes without bitterness

Radishes will be less spicy in taste and more juicy and crispy if the furrow is lightly salted before sowing. edible salt, and then generously water the bed in the morning and evening. But in the heat you should not do this: the water will immediately evaporate through the leaves, without making the “weather” inside the root crop.

How to feed onions

To be guaranteed to be with the harvest, onions need to be fed a couple of times during the growing season. At the end of May, 10-15 g are applied to the soil. ammonium nitrate on the square meter beds or on the same area in a bucket of an aqueous solution of slurry (concentration 1:6).

Three weeks after the first feeding, the second one is also carried out: 10-15 g of ammonium nitrate and potassium salt per square meter of plantings.

At the same time, do not forget to water the onions.

Thank you mustard

Mustard as green manure enriches the soil with phosphorus and sulfur, partly clears the beds from the bear and wireworm. If this crop is sown next to peas, the harvest will be twice as large. Yes, and onions grow better after mustard.

While young

Rhubarb stalks should preferably be harvested young. Much older fewer vitamins and much more oxalic acid, which after heat treatment becomes a prerequisite for the formation of oxalates (kidney stones).

For bow

Bow will resist more actively powdery mildew if you water it warm water(not lower than 18 degrees). And when the bird cherry blossoms and wakes up onion fly, aisles should be sprinkled with tobacco dust or lime to protect against pests.

We fertilize currants

Currant is responsive to fertilizers. Therefore, to ensure good productivity, it is necessary to apply annually 2-4 kg of compost or manure, 20-30 g of urea, 30-50 g of superphosphate, 15-20 g of potassium chloride per square meter.

Foliar fertilizing with microelements is also effective. We remind you that zinc increases resistance to fungal diseases, boron contributes to better flowering and fertilization, manganese - to increase yield. Foliar top dressing is carried out in the phases of flowering and the formation of ovaries, in the evening or in the morning after the dew dries.

Sowing calendar for each day of the month of May in 2016

Unfavorable days for landing: 1, 6, 7, 12, 13, 22, 26 (from 17:29), 27, 28.

May 1 - Spring Festival. Sunday. Moon in the zodiac sign Scorpio - Holy Christ's Resurrection.

May 2. Monday. Moon in the zodiac sign Scorpio - dill, spinach, sorrel, onion, rhubarb, other greens

May 3. Tuesday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Scorpio / Sagittarius (18:52) - From 11:36 - we plant seedlings of late-ripening crops. Weeding, loosening, removal of whiskers on strawberries

4 and 5 May. Wednesday and Thursday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Sagittarius - We plant seedlings of late-ripening crops. Weeding, loosening, removal of whiskers on strawberries

6 and 7 May. Friday and Saturday. Moon in the zodiac sign Capricorn new moon (6th day) - Care of the garden and garden, collection of medicinal herbs

May 8 and 9 - Victory Day. Sunday and Monday. Moon in the zodiac sign Capricorn/Aquarius (9:00) - Peas, momordica, climbing flowers, garden care

May 10 and 11. Tuesday and Wednesday. The Moon in the Zodiac sign Aquarius/Pisces (11:32) - Re-planting seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, sowing lettuce, sorrel, onions on a feather, other green

12 May. Thursday. Moon in the zodiac sign Aries (from 4:43 on the 11th) - Protective measures against pests and diseases of the garden and vegetable garden

may 13. Friday. Moon in the zodiac sign Aries (from 4:43 on the 11th) - Care of the garden and vegetable garden

May 14. Saturday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Aries/Taurus (14:37) - Planting perennial faded flowers, planting cabbage for autumn consumption. Watering, fertilizing, weeding

May 15 and 16. Sunday and Monday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Taurus - Planting cabbage for autumn consumption. Watering, feeding, weeding. flower care

May 17 and 18. Tuesday and Wednesday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Gemini - Planting seedlings of cauliflower and kohlrabi for autumn, green. Picking cucumbers and zucchini

May 19. Thursday. Moon in the zodiac sign Cancer - We sow green, cucumbers for a second harvest closer to autumn, we take care of plants

May 20 and 21. Friday and Saturday. Moon in the zodiac sign Cancer - We sow spinach, lettuce, dill and other greens, cucumbers for autumn harvest. Planting cauliflower seedlings

22nd of May. Sunday. Moon in the zodiac sign Leo full moon - Plant care

May, 23rd. Monday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Leo / Virgo (14:25) - Sowing greens, watering, fertilizing, pest and disease control

May 24 and 25. Tuesday and Wednesday. Moon in the zodiac sign Virgo - Potatoes, greens, watering, fertilizing, mulching

26 of May. Thursday. Moon in the zodiac sign Libra - Until 17:29 - potatoes, greens, watering, fertilizing, mulching

May 27 and 28. Friday and Saturday. Moon in the zodiac sign Libra - Thinning, pinching, watering, loosening the soil, pest control

May 29 and 30. Sunday and Monday. Moon in the zodiac sign Scorpio - Green. Picking berries for wine and liqueurs

May 31. Tuesday. Moon in the sign of the Zodiac Scorpio / Sagittarius (2:57) - Green. Collection of cucumbers, tomatoes and other vegetables. plant care

Auspicious landing days in May 2016. May 1 - Orthodox Easter. It is better not to do anything in the garden. Atheists can spray fruit trees and shrubs from diseases and pests. May 2 - Vegetables sown on this day will be unsuitable for storage. Possible, but not the most auspicious time for repeated crops of lettuce, spinach, dill. good time for irrigation, root and foliar dressing of vegetable crops. May 3 - Process strawberries (removal of old and yellowed leaves, loosening, fertilizing with mullein and complex fertilizer). The planted mustache is excellent for rooting. May 4 - Barren day of Aries from 09.12. It is possible to carry out sanitary pruning frozen ornamental crops. Removal of shoots from fruit trees. Removal of unnecessary and yield-reducing strawberry whiskers. May 5 - A good day for weeding. Collection of early greenery and its processing. May 6 - New Moon at 23.31. Barren day - rest. May 7 - Plant seedlings of mid- and late-ripening varieties and hybrids of white and cauliflower in open and protected ground. It is possible to plant seedlings of flowers. Landed in the sign of Taurus, they have increased endurance. Favorable time for planting the next batches of non-shooting radish varieties and hybrids. Sowing beet seeds. The best time to fertilize root crops, garlic and onions. Engage in planting and transplanting ornamental shrubs. May 8 - The sign of Gemini is very favorable for transplanting roses. Transplantation and division of faded small-bulb flowers. May 9 - Division of perennial rhizomes flower plants, their propagation by cuttings and layering. Favorable period for planting, dividing and transplanting flowers. It is useful to feed the flowers. May 10 - Growing Moon in Cancer. Any seedlings will transfer the transplant to a permanent place well. May 11 - Great day for: sowing, planting, transplanting, grafting, fertilizing trees, shrubs, vegetables (except root crops). Favorable time for re-sowing lettuce, dill, spinach in open ground. May 12 - A favorable period for sowing, planting and picking drought-resistant flowers of all plants stretching upwards: ornamental beans, hops, girlish grapes, climbing rose etc. May 13 - Medicinal herbs collected during this period will have the greatest power, especially herbs that stimulate cardiac activity. Carrying out loosening, hilling, mulching, composting. May 14 - After 09.50 sowing of annual fast-growing flowers is possible, if you did not have time to do this earlier. Transplant potted flowers May 15th - Ideal time to plant ornamental plants and structures alpine slides, flower beds, sowing lawn grass etc; planted green cuttings will take root well. May 16 - Planting and transplanting roses and clematis. May 17 - Possible, but not the most favorable time for planting pepper, tomato, eggplant seedlings in greenhouses and hotbeds. Planting cauliflower, leek, sorrel, broccoli in open ground. May 18 - Planting days in May 2016 for planting in open ground: white cabbage, onions, dill, parsley, sorrel, zucchini, pumpkins, squash and potatoes not for storage May 19 - Pinching vegetables, trimming trees and shrubs is strictly prohibited. Successful grafting of fruit trees. May 20 - Anything planted in Scorpio will grow well. May 21 - Complete the open ground plantings started the day before. Transplanting indoor flowers. May 22 - Full Moon at 01.16. If you are not going to store your crop for a long time, then you can harvest early vegetables(radish, spinach, etc.). May 23 - Place supports under the branches of fruit trees, build fences around shrubs. The day is suitable for loosening the soil, spraying, pest control. May 24 - We are engaged in weeding, spud potatoes, cultivate the soil. A good time to fertilize root crops and potatoes. May 25 - A favorable day for planting seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers in greenhouses and greenhouses. May 26 - Root top dressing of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini, squash, physalis, cabbage until 18.25. May 27 - When the Moon passes through the sign of Aquarius, nothing should be planted or sown. May 28 - Well weed and thin out the beds, lay compost. May 29 - A good time to root strawberry whiskers or transplant rooted rosettes to a new location. On this day, you need to water the plants and weed. May 30 - From vegetables, it is best to sow what will immediately go to the table or for canning and freezing. Vegetables sown these days will not be suitable for storage. Strawberry whiskers are good to take root. May 31 - Aries sign. Barren day. Effective spraying of all fruit trees and berry bushes from pests and diseases.

It is interesting that the tradition of giving colored eggs to each other for Easter dates back to the time of the emperor Tiberius, to whom, after the resurrection of the Lord, Mary Magdalene came to preach about Him, to which the emperor told her: “If the egg in your hand turns red, I will believe.” Mary took the egg in her hands with the words: "Christ is Risen!" - and it turned red. Today we paint eggs in memory of a miracle that took place many centuries ago. Onion peel The oldest and most popular way of painting eggs for Easter. When I was a child, my grandmother had cast iron stuffed tightly with husks that made beautiful deep orange eggs. The color intensity directly depends on the amount of onion peel in the solution. You can diversify this painting by wrapping the eggs with cloth or putting a leaf (parsley, dill, basil) in cheesecloth, then an unusual pattern will appear on the egg. Tips for dyeing eggs An hour before dyeing, you should take the eggs out of the refrigerator so that they take room temperature. In this case, they will not burst during cooking. brilliant appearance colored eggs will be acquired if, after painting, wipe them dry and rub with vegetable oil. Pour water into a saucepan and add onion peel. Red-brown color will turn out if you take the husk of eight onions and pour two glasses of water. Based on this, you can calculate the amount of water and husk for a particular case. Water with husks should be brought to a boil and boiled for 30-40 minutes. Let the decoction stand. The broth should be filtered, freed from the husk, and boil the prepared eggs in it for 7-10 minutes. To obtain a more intense color, the eggs can be returned to the broth and left until they have acquired the desired shade.

May in the lunar calendar of the gardener and gardener is one of the most auspicious months. On the eve of summer, the Moon will become full only once, which means that soil landing work can be carried out for almost the entire month. All seeds planted in the ground according to the recommendations of the lunar sowing calendar for May will certainly give excellent germination, and then, a matter of technology, or rather, agricultural technology.

Lunar calendar for a gardener, gardener and florist: work from May 1 to May 15

• 23rd, 24th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aquarius

Favorable time for transplanting, making mineral and organic fertilizers. Do not forget about the fight against plant pests, try to use fewer chemicals, use infusions and decoctions of herbs and plants.

• 24th, 25th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Pisces

The most favorable time for fertilizing plants in the greenhouse, for feeding indoor bulbous flowers, especially if they have a weak root system.

• 25th, 26th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aries

Favorable time for planting bulbous flowers, as well as dividing the rhizomes of irises, phloxes, peonies, etc. You can apply organic fertilizers in the garden and for plants growing in the greenhouse; top dressing indoor bulbous flowers, especially if they have a weak root system.

You can sow seeds of radishes, turnips, rutabaga, parsley root varieties in open ground; plant potatoes and onions.

• 26th, 27th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aries

Continue what you started on the previous day, but do not start a new one - the day is considered unfavorable for undertakings.

Plant potatoes, onions, garlic, root seeds. Be attentive to your well-being - the day is considered hazardous to health.

• 27th, 28th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aries

On this day, it is better not to work with plants, time is not favorable for this. In addition, in astrology, this lunar day is considered favorable for the completion of affairs and unfavorable for any undertakings.

• 28th, 29th, 1st lunar day
• New Moon
• Moon in Taurus

Remember that the period of the new moon is an unfavorable time for sowing seeds, transplanting and picking plants. Take care of your well-being - do not forget that physical overwork is unacceptable on this day.

• 1st, 2nd lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Taurus

• 2nd, 3rd lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Gemini

On this day by lunar sowing calendar gardener and gardener in May, you can sow plants that grow quickly and are used for food without storage - for example, head lettuce, onions on a feather. You can engage in spraying and pest control of plants, thinning seedlings, weeding.

In the greenhouse, you can pinch and pinch vegetable crops.

• 3rd, 4th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Gemini

The right time for sowing root crops. You can also plant leaf lettuce, watercress, mustard, spinach, sorrel, marjoram, tarragon.

• 4th, 5th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Cancer

Sow the seeds of peas, beans, pumpkins, zucchini, squash.

• 5th, 6th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Cancer

On May 11, according to the gardener’s lunar sowing calendar for May, you can plant seedlings of decorative flowers, sow calendula seeds, sweet pea. A good day for transplanting indoor climbing flowers - if they need it. Keep in mind that not all flowers need to be repotted every year.

• 6th, 7th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Leo

This day, according to the lunar calendar of the gardener for May, is a favorable time for planting and transplanting. You can plant leeks, parsley on greens, lettuce, spinach, zucchini, squash, eggplant, cauliflower and white cabbage. With suitable weather, you can plant seedlings of flowers.

• 7th, 8th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Leo

• 8th, 9th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Virgo

In favorable weather, the lunar-sowing calendar for May 2016 recommends planting seedlings of medium-ripening white cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, broccoli, leaf celery, pepper.

Not a good day for pruning and shrubs - the trees will hurt.

• 9th, 10th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Virgo

You can sow the seeds of green crops. The right time for the treatment of beds, transplanting plants, treatment against pests. Favorable time for the collection of medicinal herbs - leaves, flowers and roots.

Lunar sowing calendar for a gardener from May 16 to May 31

• 10th, 11th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Virgo

Continue sowing seeds of green crops. The right time to work in the garden is the cultivation of beds, transplanting plants, treatments against pests. In the garden, in accordance with the weather, you can start watering young plantings, berry bushes. Treat trees, collect and destroy pests, remove affected branches.

Favorable time for the collection of medicinal herbs - leaves, flowers and roots. Carefully follow the technology of collecting and drying medicinal raw materials.

• 11th, 12th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Libra

The eleventh day is considered energetically the most powerful in the entire lunar cycle. Continue sowing root crops. In the garden, in accordance with the weather, you can start watering young plantings, berry bushes. Treat trees, collect and destroy pests, remove affected branches.

• 12th, 13th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Libra

It is recommended to sow the seeds of carrots, radishes, turnips, beets and other root crops. Favorable time for working with plants, grafting, spraying, as well as breeding plant varieties that are resistant to diseases and pests.

• 13th, 14th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Scorpio

In favorable weather, it is recommended to sow the seeds of carrots, radishes, turnips, beets and other root crops. Take care of your health. The seventeenth day of the lunar cycle is a favorable time for cleansing the body of toxins, herbal medicine, as well as preparing decoctions and infusions.

• 14th, 15th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Scorpio

Try to complete what you started earlier, but do not start new things - the day is considered unfavorable for undertakings. Do not overwork, be attentive to your well-being.

• 15th, 16th lunar day
• Waxing Crescent
• Moon in Scorpio

• 16th, 17th lunar day
• Full moon
• Moon in Sagittarius

During the full moon period, an unfavorable time comes for working with plants - it is not recommended to engage in sowing and planting. You can lay out the seeds of plants under moonlight - this will improve their germination.

• 17th, 18th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Sagittarius

Not the right time for sowing and planting, but you can do pest and plant disease control, tillage, top dressing and fertilization, weeding.

• 18th, 19th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Capricorn

Continue sowing root crops. You can plant seedlings of mid-ripening varieties of cabbage in the ground. Sow mustard seeds, leaf lettuce, leaf celery, spinach. The right time for fertilizing and fertilizing, cultivating the land, weeding.

Evening time is suitable for watering indoor flowers.

• 19th, 20th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Capricorn

Take care of your health - exclude physical overstrain and try to rest more on this day. The right time for sowing root crops. The lunar calendar for May recommends planting lettuce, watercress, mustard, and spinach on this day. You can also sow sorrel, basil, marjoram, tarragon, and parsley.

• 20th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Capricorn

auspicious day for physical activity. It is recommended to feed decorative indoor flowers, especially if they have a weak bloom or did not bloom at the right time. Do not forget that during the period of active growth, plants especially need fertilizers.

In the greenhouse and on the windowsill, you can pinch and pinch vegetables.

• 20th, 21st lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aquarius

You can engage in sowing onions, head lettuce. The right time for sowing root crops is radish, radish, turnip, swede.

Favorable time for feeding plants in the garden and vegetable garden. Do not forget about the fight against plant pests, destroy weeds.

• 21st, 22nd lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aquarius

A favorable day for planting potatoes and other root crops. Fertilize the holes before planting.

• 22nd, 23rd lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Pisces

You can start bookmarking compost heaps using plant residues - tops of plants, old leaves, etc. It is recommended to carry out top dressing and apply mineral fertilizers in the garden and orchard.

• 23rd, 24th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aries

• 24th, 25th lunar day
• Waning moon
• Moon in Aries

You can plant seedlings of cabbage. This day of the lunar calendar for May is also favorable for flower growers - you can plant seeds of nasturtium, delphinium, petunias,.

Favorable time for the collection of medicinal herbs - leaves, flowers and roots. Take care of your health - now is the right time for herbal medicine.

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Lunar calendar of the gardener 2016 - Planting seedlings of tomatoes, sowing cucumbers

May 2016

The table on this page lunar calendar is a thematic selection from the universal made for the convenience of planning work related to work on the beds. garden strawberry is present in this section, since it is more convenient for us to view the work related to it in the "garden" section of the calendar.

May decorates the forests, summer awaits for a visit.

May is the most favorable time for planting most plants. AT middle lane In Russia, at the beginning of the month, cold-resistant crops are planted in open ground: carrots, turnips, radishes, spring garlic. In the middle of the month, onion sets are planted, at the end - strawberries, beans, beets, potatoes. Grow seedlings cucurbits. By weather conditions seedlings are planted in May various kinds cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, celery, leeks, spices and medicinal plants.

On a note: Abundant watering helps plants survive the spring night frosts that still occur in May - moist soil brings heat to the surface from its deeper, uncooled layers, and moisture-saturated air cools more slowly - excess steam condenses and releases heat. Due to irrigation, it is possible to increase the temperature in the surface air layer by 2-3 degrees.

ATTENTION! Our gardener's lunar calendar is maintained by Moscow time. (The calendar can be used throughout Russia, taking into account the difference between Moscow and local time * )

The gardener's lunar calendar was made in this form at the suggestion of one of the active visitors to our site on the forum.
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Lunar calendar 2016- I propose to make a table with sections: Moon data and date, vegetables, flower garden, garden. And to distribute the information on these graphs.

May :
Folk signs about the weather in May:
There are two cold weathers in May: when the bird cherry blossoms and when the oak blossoms.
If there is a lot of rain in May, then there is little of it in September.
After wet May - dry June.
May is cold - a year of grain.

Based on one rather interesting folk omen, compiled (for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod).

* To determine the local time of the lunar calendar event in Kaliningrad, you need to subtract -1 hour, in Samara: add +1 hour, in Yekaterinburg and Perm: +2; Novosibirsk: +3, Krasnoyarsk: +4 hours... in Vladivostok: +7, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: +9 hours.