Weather forecast and future harvest by signs
(folk calendar and traditional species works):

April 17 - The Olkhovy Bride. On that day, we went to watch the alder bloom. They watched the trees to predict the weather: “If a birch leaves a leaf in front of an alder, the summer will be dry; and if alder comes first, then it is wet. " Usually a cricket would start to sing and squeak, and the crane would give its voice for the first time. It was believed that after the arrival of the cranes, real spring comes: "The first swallow is not yet spring, but the real spring is brought by the crane on its wings."

April 18 - Fedul Vetrennik. On this day, warm spring winds usually begin to blow: "Fedul came - a warm wind blew", "Fedul pulled warmth, promises women warmth on Marya (May 8)". With a possible bad weather they said: "Fedul pouted his lips." With a warm spring wind, crickets arrive and settle in orchards. On this day (not earlier!), They took out the double frames, opened the windows and pronounced a conspiracy to save the house from evil spirits: "On Fedula, dissolve the window." "Whoever opened the window frame before Fedul - he was pleased with the bad weather", "Before Fedul, the windows are wide open - you will block the road to the spring warmth."

April 19 - Eutykhiy the Tikhiy. According to this day, they judged the harvest of bread: "If Eutykhios is quiet - for the harvest of early bread, and when Eutykhios beats with the wind, then this one is later, otherwise the ear will knock down." On this day, the apple trees were glorified: "Eutychius the Quiet apple tree awakens."

April 20 - Akulina. “If it rains on Akulina, the spring will be bad, but the viburnum is good”, “Frost and sun promise the harvest of buckwheat and bread”. “If there are many stars in the sky, there will be many mushrooms and berries,” but you can only look at the stars when you are on the street. According to popular belief, on this day mermaids wake up, who know how to turn into beautiful water lilies. It was believed that a person who plucked a water lily cuts off the fragile life of a water maiden, and therefore commits a great sin. ...

April 21 - Rodion-Icebreaker. By this day, "the earth is moving away from the frost," grass begins to grow, ice breaks and melts on the rivers. "If the ice on the river becomes heaps, and the bread will be heaps, but smooth - so the bread will be smooth." "If a sunny day, warm evening and quiet night, the summer will be good (moderately hot and dry), and if it is cloudy and foggy, then there is nothing to expect a hot summer." It was believed that on this day the sun meets the month, and such meetings are not only kind: “A good meeting is indicated by a clear sun and a bright day - then the summer will also be good. A thin meeting promises a cloudy day; which means it will be a bad summer. " If a month with the sun comes to a quarrel, it ends with an earthquake.

April 22 - Vadim-Klyuchnik, Vadim - soak the springs. On this day, they went to the springs and cleaned them. And then they took water from the spring with love, washed and drank to their health. "If the weather is not settled, the summer will be dry"

April 23 - Terenty Marevny. “If the sun is in a haze, as if in a haze, it will be a grain-growing year, and if the sky is clear, the field will have to be plowed and sown again.”

April 24 - Antip-Vodogon (Vodopol). The opening of the rivers by this day promises a good harvest, a prosperous summer, "If the waters are not free of ice - a bad summer", "Snow after a flood - for winter hardships." “If Antip is without water, it's cold - the bins are without grain, the summer is bad”, “If it rains on Antip, there will be a lot of mushrooms. And if suddenly the frost hits, then a lot of mushrooms will be born. " It was believed that sowing and planting should not be carried out on this day - it was reputed to be unfavorable for working with plants.

Overview of the nearest days according to the lunar calendar
(for the conditions of the middle lane):

April 17 (Tuesday) - waning moon in the sign of Pisces. Trees are being pruned, indoor plants(who need it), picking seedlings. Favorable feeding developing plants... Stepping vegetable crops... Sowing greens, legumes and root crops. Sowing-planting-transplanting of strawberries.
These types of work can be continued until Wednesday evening.

April 18, 19, 20 (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) - on Wednesday evening (at 19:58 Moscow time), the waning Moon passes into the sign of Aries. Sowing and planting is not recommended on these days. You can carry out sanitary and formative pruning of trees and shrubs, remove unnecessary growth and excess strawberry whiskers, thin out crops. Laying out spring garlic, corms of gladioli, early ripening varieties of potatoes for vernalization. The fight against pests and plant diseases is effective.

April 21 (Saturday) - in the morning (at 08:04 am Moscow time), the waning Moon passes into the sign of Taurus. Exact New Moon - at 11:20 am Moscow time. A barren day, no sowing or planting. You can do the repairing of tools and other household chores. Tidying up spring garden- cleaning old leaves and tops in the garden, loosening the soil around plants: strawberries, perennial flowers and near-trunk circles trees. Removal of winter shelters from heat-loving plants. Whitewashing of tree boles, removal of old trees and shrubs.

April 22, 23 (Sunday, Monday) is better days for crops and planting variety of plants... Sowing seeds of vegetables and herbs (cabbage different types, tomatoes, asparagus, cucumbers, zucchini and melons, etc.), various spicy crops (rosemary, marjoram, onions, dill, parsley, fennel, basil, perennial savory, anise, caraway seeds, chervil, watercress, thyme, mint , monarda, lovage, etc.) for the arrangement of a garden of herbs. For further grafting and early flowering, planting dahlias in pots. Planting in pots of a variety of bulbous and corms (begonias, gloxinia, tuber anemone, tuberous ranunculus buttercups and etc.).
If weather and land permit, planting seedlings fruit trees and shrubs, sowing in open ground cold-resistant greens, root crops and annual flowers (cornflower, calendula, godetia, etc.), sowing lawn grass, lawn repair. Division and transplantation of overgrown bushes in awakened perennials: phlox, pyrethrum pink, delphinium, Siberian iris, etc., cuttings of conifers. Planting cuttings of chubushnik and spirea into the ground. Reproduction of shrubs by layering.
Since that time, it is possible to plant spring garlic, cold-resistant bulbous and root-tuberous flower plants into open ground. Watering and feeding plants with organic matter.
These types of work can be continued until Monday evening (until 21:04 pm Moscow time), until the Moon passes into the sign of Gemini.

April 24, 25 (Tuesday, Wednesday) - the growing Moon, if necessary, sowing and planting of some plants is possible: with creeping, hanging and climbing shoots (different vines, strawberries, legumes and spicy herbs - perennial onions, dill, fennel, parsley, valerian, mint, horseradish rhizomes, etc.).

Nature will tell you what and when to plant. Be sure to keep this information for yourself!

V last years the weather is very unpredictable, therefore the sowing time cultivated plants it is best to check by nature itself.

The beginning of the gardener's spring is the day when the mother-and-stepmother blooms. From this day in the old days and counting down the time to start spring works.

On the 11th day, they whitewashed the trees, loosened the ground, raked the foliage, planted seedlings fruit trees.

On the 14th day, they began to plow the land and prepare the beds.

On the 23rd day, it was possible to plant early vegetables: onions, beets, turnips, parsley, carrots, peas, radishes, radishes.

After 30 days they planted early potatoes... But if the mother-and-stepmother blooms before the Annunciation (April 7), then it is better to postpone the planting of potatoes until the cherry blossoms. In general, for potatoes there is a rule that has been proven for centuries: it is planted not earlier than the leaves on the birch blossom, but not later than the bird cherry blossoms.

There are other natural tips for gardeners.
As soon as hazel is covered with fluffy inflorescences, you can start sowing in open ground. Radish and early spinach are the most suitable crops for this time. Flowers can be sown with calendula, cornflowers and poppy seeds.

The flowering of forsythia and violets suggests that it is time to plant carrots and parsley, godetia and iberis flowers.

The appearance of fluffy clumps of willow and blooming daffodils means it's time to sow lettuce, early radish, kohlrabi, savoy and red cabbage. Daisies, lupine, mignonette, annual phlox, sweet peas are planted from flowers at this time. And after a few days, you can plant peas and beets.

As soon as the leaves of the oak have blossomed, it means that there will be no more frosts, and the time has come for sowing heat-loving crops: beans, zucchini, cucumbers, pumpkin seeds.

Rowan and lilac bloomed - you can safely sow cucumbers and seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, physalis.

Let these old-fashioned tips help you navigate the right sowing time and get a good harvest.

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In ancient times, human life depended on the harvest. Therefore, the knowledge of acceptance and belief on this topic was so highly valued, since it made it possible to more effectively conduct agricultural business. With this publication we open big cycle articles on the topic of signs and beliefs related to plants and the garden.

1. A rich harvest of currants foreshadows a weak harvest of spring bread.

2. More wind - more apples be born.

3. Big harvest mushrooms throughout the summer - to a long cold winter.

4. On the day of sowing the last peas, you cannot eat a new one, since it will be a worm from this.

5. As a talisman that attracts wealth, double nuts (accrete) are considered - such a nut should be constantly carried in a wallet.

6. In the forest you cannot stand on the trunk of a tree felled by a storm - you will get lost in the forest all day.

7. In the new moon, trees cannot be cut down - everything that has been chopped up will rot, the worm will sharpen it.

8.In New Year knock on the trunk of the apple tree - there will be a bountiful harvest.

9. In the creaking tree the soul of the deceased languishes, which as if asks the passer-by to pray for the peace of his soul, which everyone is obliged to do. If you fall asleep under such a tree, then in a dream you can see the martyr hidden in that tree and learn his story.

10. There are many black peas in the pods - to a dysfunctional fruit harvest.

11. At the time when cabbage seedlings are planted, one should not look not only at the rye field, but even stand facing it.

12. In the year when double cones appear on the cedar, in that year the women will have twins.

13. Any lending of vegetables while they are still growing in the garden has a very beneficial effect on the growth of others, so you should not regret borrowing vegetables.

14. You need to dig up potatoes on the day of the week on which the Annunciation fell.

15. It is useful to water the planted seedlings with water in which the sheep were washed before shearing.

16. Peas should be sown in the old month in the evening, then there will be a good pod.

17. Peas will be produced if they are sown on the very day of the week when the first snow fell in the fall.

18. Thunderstorm on the Annunciation - to a rich harvest of nuts.

19. A tree that has blossomed earlier than others will be the best amulet.

20. In order to give birth to good hemp, put the shells of boiled chicken eggs and scatter it across the field along with the seeds.

21. For a good harvest of turnip or radish when sowing, one should say: "Mouse - into the hole!" - and spit three times.

22. Spruce withered in the yard - to resettlement, although not soon.

23. If a childless woman comes out naked into the garden and picks a St. John's wort flower, she will give birth before the next Midsummer's day.

24. If the beans are tall and ugly, then there will be high flax.

25. If the weeds are very high, there will be abundant snow.

26. If there is a girl in the house, then you cannot keep an oleander flower, otherwise the girl will not marry.

27. If in someone's rye there are knotweed, that is, double ears, then this portends the appearance of twins in the house, if such knotweed are given to a sheep, then twins will be born to her, and not to the owners, and then, with all the desire, not to the owners , nor will their relatives have twins all their lives.

28. If during the sowing of peas near this field, children play in a large crowd - the peas will be good.

29. If during the flowering of the gardens there are cold weather, then the same cold will be during the harvest of rye bread.

30. If there are many insects circling around the yellow acacia, expect bad weather.

31. If the waves come before the saffron milk caps, don't expect a lot of mushrooms.

32. If the lingonberry is ripening, then one must hurry with the harvest of oats.

33. If you touch the mushroom or even just look at it, then it will stop growing.

34. If the forest turns black in winter, it will be bad weather, and if it turns red, the weather will be good.

35. If any vegetable produces many leaves and little fruit, then in next year it will all go into fruit.

36. If cabbage seedlings are watered with water extracted from the first autumn snow, worms will not eat such cabbage.

37. If someone from the radish lovers will cut it from below with a knife, and not from above, starting from the sprout, then although he will use it a lot, he will not have a rare burp.

38. If someone, having caught a girl or a boy in a pea, begins to beat them right there, then worms will surely attack such peas.

39. If the leaf does not fall from the trees and remains green until the very frost, then this is a harbinger of the fact that in the coming spring people will often get sick with a cold fever.

40. If a young tree has dried up for no reason, then it cannot be used for any need, since it has dried up from witchcraft, with the help of which a person's illness was transferred to a tree, and one touch to such a tree can transmit the disease to a person. Only then will touching such a tree become safe when the bark and branches begin to fall off it.

41. If snow melts on Shrovetide, peas will be born.

42. If you heat the stove with apple wood on Pokrov (October 14), then the house will be warm all winter.

43. If you hit a cow or a horse with an aspen stick, they will dry out.

44. If a decoction of the bark wolfberry paint an egg and consecrate it on Easter - it will crack loudly as soon as a drop of holy water falls on it.

45. If the first raspberry harvest in the summer is good, then the early rye will be good, the second - the second rye harvest will be good, the third - the late rye will be productive.

46. ​​Holding periwinkle leaves in your mouth or chewing can stop bleeding from the gums or nose and relieve toothache.

47. If you place the cabbage with the broom used to sweep the oven before baking the Easter cake, then the worms will immediately leave not only the cabbage, but also from the garden.

48. If you sow potatoes on a day when spring water runs quickly, they will grow large.

49. If a lot of mold remains on the ground after the snow falls from the fields, there will be a lot of mushrooms in the hollows or vegetable gardens.

50. If the snow is streaky in winter and the snowdrifts are high, there will be a good harvest of peas.

51. If you want to live in prosperity and wealth, plant seven trees in one day.

52. An oak tree rustled - to bad weather.

53. Having a dried shamrock in the house is a sign of prosperity and good luck in business.

54. It is a sin to use a tree shattered by thunder for any handicraft.

55. What the first vegetable eaten in the garden will taste like, so will the last one eaten there.

56. It is good to water cabbage seedlings with water from the first autumn snow collected for this purpose in your garden so that worms do not start in them.

57. Potatoes must be planted during the full moon or during the growing month - then the harvest will be rich, and the pests will not gnaw the potatoes.

58. Meadow clover before bad weather folds the leaves and bows the heads of the inflorescences.

59. When pods appear on the peas, you need to be careful that the girl does not pinch them, otherwise worms will start in the peas.

60. When sowing poppy, it is impossible to talk to anyone, despite the need, in extreme cases it is permissible to answer with a nod of the head, but no more than three times, otherwise the poppy will be born with empty heads.

61. When a hostess treats someone with her vegetables in the garden, she should not choose, but serve the first one that comes across, otherwise the growth of all vegetables will stop.

62. It is best to sow hemp in bad weather - there will be a rich harvest.

63. Burdock roots - for colds.

64. Whoever has ivy in the house will face many misfortunes and failures, until he vomits it up.

65. Whoever goes into the forest barefoot looking for mushrooms will only come across old mushrooms.

66. Whoever picks and retains the first nut color will be able to use it to find the treasure on the night of Ivan Kupala.

67. Whoever wants to collect a lot of nuts, when leaving the yard, throw a handful of sand in front of him, but do not look in that direction until the sand settles and the dust passes, after that you collect as many nuts as there were grains of sand in the handful.

68. Swallows have arrived - it's time to sow peas.

69. The forest is noisy in winter - for a thaw.

70. Leaves fall close to the trunk - to a rich harvest.

71. Poppy must be sown before the frogs begin to croak.

72. Mothers whose children have died are forbidden to eat apples until the Savior (August 19). For while giving gifts to children in paradise, those whose mother violated this prohibition will be bypassed: "Your mother ate your apple."

73. Monthly New Year's Eve promises a bountiful harvest of peas.

74. A lot of hawthorn - a lot of bread.

75. A lot of midges - cook a lot of baskets, that is, the year will be fruitful for mushrooms.

76. A lot of midges - to the harvest of mushrooms.

77. Lots of dandelions - the summer will be dry.

78. A lot of nuts - for the harvest of bread and buckwheat next year.

79. A lot of plantain - summer will be warm and long.

80. A lot of buds on spruce - to the flax harvest.

81. There are many fly agarics in the forest - to mushrooms.

83. To find a five-petal lilac flower - fortunately. If you eat it, having made a wish before, then it will certainly come true.

84. To step on a growing St. John's wort is a great sin.

85. Do not spend a long time near cacti, poplars, aspens. First, these plants take bad energy, and then good energy.

86. Travelers, watchmen, berry and mushroom pickers who are not sufficiently familiar with the forest should wear a shirt turned inside out so that the goblin does not bother them and so as not to get lost.

87. It is undesirable to collect or eat blackberries after Michael's day, because according to legend, Satan cursed this plant, because when he was cast down from heaven by the archangel Michael, he fell on a blackberry bush. Since then, he has rotted the berries every year on the anniversary of his fall - he scorches them with his breath, tramples or spits them, covers them with his cloak or beats them with a club, or wipes his tail on them. The one who then collects them will be in misfortune.

88. It should not be allowed that in the garden the first fruits of a young tree are eaten by a stranger, not his own, from the family. This will lead to the fact that fruits will begin to crumble from old trees. As for a young tree, there will be no fruit on it for as many years as the number of pieces is picked and eaten by strangers. The best thing is to pick the flowers or the first fruits in the ovary, and not allow them to ripen.

89. You cannot trample peas that have spilled on the floor, otherwise there will be a quarrel in the family.

90. You can not trample peppers that have spilled on the floor - a quarrel may soon occur between family members.

91. It is not good to uproot the periwinkle growing on the grave - whoever does this may be visited by the spirit of the deceased robbed by him or, at best, bad dreams.

92. In no case should you borrow vegetables in the days when they were sown.

93. Vegetables should be started to be dug out on the day of the week on which the Annunciation fell this year, or on Saturday, so that they are not worms and rot.

94. Cucumbers sown on Wednesday or Friday tend to taste bitter.

95. For a headache, you should put May burdock on your head.

96. From worms on cabbage, nettles are planted on both sides of the beds.

97. A decoction of the bark of a wolfberry gives a persistent yellow dye, but there has not yet been a case that the things painted with it survived - they will be stolen, or they will be lost, or burned.

98. A decoction of wolfberry bark, taken internally, prevents "dryness", heals the liver, but at the same time does not expel the disease from the body, but drives it into another.

99. The first handful of sown peas must be thrown against the wind, then the peas will boil well.

100. By bountiful harvest nuts, you can determine the yield of rye or spring bread.

101. Late falling leaves - to harsh winter and a difficult year.

102. Strawberries turn red - it's time to sow buckwheat.

103. A lot of wormwood in the fields - to an unsuccessful harvest of bread.

104. When planting cabbage seedlings in no case should you laugh, because the cabbage leaves will wrinkle.

105. When planting seedlings, it is good to smear your hands with lard, then the worms will not eat the planted.

106. When preparing a nursery, you need to be careful that goat or sheep manure or bird droppings do not get there - the seedlings will burn.

107. When good harvest rye is abundant fishing.

108 The radish will be especially bitter and will go into the trunk if it was sown on the day when smoke came out of the chimney in a straight column.

109. The radish will definitely go into the trunk if the hostess stares at the men during sowing.

110. Rye can not be planted on Monday.

111 Rye sown on Tuesday and Saturday will yield much better than rye sown on Wednesday and Friday.

112. When planting the first seedlings, you need to grasp the head with both hands so that the fruits are large, round and strong, like a head.

113. Self-contained poppy is always tastier than seeded, although the latter is more violent than the first.

114. It is necessary to sow seedlings and plant them on that day of the week when the first snow fell in the fall.

115. Pickles must be shaken in a tub or barrel on the day of Exaltation (September 27), then they are better preserved.

116. Cucumbers should be salted for a young month, as well as all the preparations in general.

117. That cabbage will be white, which is planted during the hours of the moon in the sky.

118.The poplar bloomed early - to frequent rains.

119. Those peas will boil better, which are sown in the south wind, but if there is no wind, then it is enough to throw the first handful of peas in the midday side and blow there.

120.That peas will be thrashed, for the pods of which little children often go.

121. Three leaves of periwinkle, eaten together by husband and wife, cause love between them.

122. If, when sowing a sunflower, the sower eats seeds, then the sown sunflowers will be pecked out by the sparrows.

123. If, while collecting mushrooms, a hare jumps out from under your feet, then you need to go in the direction where he ran, because the hare usually runs to mushroom places, but before setting foot on the hare's trail, it is necessary to pick up the first object that comes across and throw it over that trail.

124. Tying the green stems of periwinkle to the leg can help relieve the pain caused by seizures.

125. If the leaf does not immediately fall off the tree, then there will be a harsh winter.

126. If the seeds of the peas were transported or transferred through the flax strip, then the sown peas will be worm and will not boil.

127. The consumption of the berries of this plant leads to the fact that teeth stop growing in children, and in adults they begin to crumble and at the same time become sharper and longer.

128. Hops in a boot save you from spoilage.

129. The flowers in the house wither - to the sadness of the hostess.

130.Bindweed flowers close - to rain.

131. Bird cherry blossoms - nightingales arrive.

132. Whatever the hostess is going to sow in the garden, she first of all goes to the hedge and through it throws a few seeds onto the prepared place, and then she enters the garden and sows: the sown vegetables will be good growth and tasty.

133. So that the planted vegetables do not eat the worms, their seeds are placed in a drilled beet before planting, the hole in which is plugged with a beet plug (as you know, beets are the only vegetable that worms do not eat) and put for two days, after which the seeds are supposedly transmitted protective properties beets.

134. In order not to come true anything that was mentioned in the conversation, you need to knock on wood.

135. To prevent birds from eating cannabis, during sowing it is necessary to blindfold and say: “How can I not see white light, so the birds would not see my seed. "

136. In order for a good turnip to be born, a woman should wash herself before sowing and put on a clean dress, and during the sowing itself, loosen her hair.

137. In order to more successfully find mushrooms and berries, when entering the forest, you need to stick small twigs from three different trees, and put three different blades of grass in your pocket.

The farmer's calendar was formed many centuries ago. And this did not happen by accident, but thanks to the systematic observations of our ancestors for changes in the weather, the development of plants and the behavior of animals. As a result, by now, a whole layer of folk signs has formed that allow the gardener to understand without synoptic predictions when it is better to start cultivating the land and sowing certain crops.

• In the spring, folk wisdom advises taking a shovel in hand already on March 18. No wonder the saint to whom this day is dedicated was nicknamed Konon the gardener. However, the first signs of planting are recommended to be made much later.
• By May 1 (on Kuzma), folk beliefs suggest planting carrot and beet seeds in the garden. After all, the delicate-looking shoots of these crops perfectly tolerate cold matinees, which are still very likely in May. Besides late-ripening varieties, intended for long-term storage, will take a long time to ripen. Please note that, according to the signs, beets planted in the willow week will probably not be born.
• By May 5 (on Luka) it is time to plant onions. This vegetable should have time to grow and ripen during a period of not too long summer. Middle lane... But the seeds for a seedling should be thrown into the garden bed as soon as the frogs begin to arrange their spring concerts.
• Starting from May 6 (on Yegoria), if the weather permits, you can start planting in the open ground those vegetables that are grown through seedlings.
• Every gardener knows that cabbage is planted in open ground with ready-made seedlings. And here is the day for a timely transfer planting material Arina the hotbed determines on May 18.
• On May 27, it was not for nothing that they nicknamed Sidor the Borage. Our ancestors considered this day to be good for sowing cucumbers. However, if it is cold and cloudy in the morning, then it is better to postpone planting until a later time. At the same time, it is worth remembering that the most deadline for this event folk signs consider June 2 (on Falaley).
• Peas should only be planted when the first leaves begin to bloom on the oak trees. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the wind. If it blows from the north or west, then it is better to postpone the planting to a later date, otherwise the harvest will be small and wormy.
• Beans are a more thermophilic culture than peas, and therefore folk wisdom advises to postpone their planting date to Isaacia (June 12).
• For the timely planting of such an important crop as potatoes, the bird cherry will be the best "advisor". After all, knowledgeable gardeners throw tubers into the ground only when this tree is dressed with a fragrant cloud of flowers. Simultaneously with potatoes, it is advisable to plant cabbage seedlings.
• If one of the careless gardeners delayed planting cabbage in the beds, then according to the signs, the last opportunity for this will be on June 25th. This day is popularly nicknamed "belated skits".
• Do you dream of growing large and sweet turnips? The best time for planting it, folk wisdom considers July 6 (on Agrafena). However, for an early harvest, it can be planted together with other cold-resistant vegetables (radishes, carrots, radishes and beets) 23 days after coltsfoot starts flowering.
• According to folk beliefs the pumpkin is best planted on Tuesday or market day. It is such a vegetable that will grow the largest, sweetest and juiciest. But planting should start when rowan and viburnum bloom.
• Our ancestors knew that head lettuce would be good if you start planting it at the moment when the gardens and parks are decorated with blooming lilacs.
• Healthy spinach can be sown only when the nearest hazel bush is covered with inflorescences.

When can you plant? How to determine ripeness of the soil? There are various folk signs and agronomic experience in determining the timing of planting vegetable and flower plants.

Despite the unimportant weather conditions, at least in our country, we already hope that we will soon go out to the gardens!

When can you plant?

V recent times in our area, symptoms of a warming climate are increasingly manifested. Increasingly, in summer, weather conditions are similar to those in the steppe zone, and we are in the forest-steppe. A couple of roasts summer seasons- and we are in a panic. In this regard, there is a persistent tendency to plant EVERYTHING as early as possible.

Last year, taught by the hot 2010, the neighbors planted everything they could on April 5 (it was warmer, of course). So what? The seeds lay in the cold ground right up to warm days... And what we sowed a little later, and the neighbor's garden, sprouted crops at the same time, then when the real ripeness of the soil.

It is obvious that the principal in the question "When can I plant?" there is not an example of a neighbor, not the experience of past years (where is the guarantee that the weather conditions will repeat? , the fundamental point in the choice of landing dates is ripeness of the soil
There are several agronomic tricks on how to determine ripeness of the soil:

• Sharpen the stick and stretch it over the plowed area. If the soil is not smeared, but crumbles, the soil is ready for the start of spring work.

• On mature soil, in sunny weather, it brightens, 2/3 of the ridges on the plowed area dries out.

• Take a little earth from a depth of 5-10 cm, squeeze it in your hands and throw it down from a meter height:
  • if the lump falls apart evenly, the soil is ready for processing;

• if it completely crumbled, the soil has stagnated, dried up and already too late ...

• if the lump remains intact, and just a little deformed - you have to wait.

As the point "already late" is the most frightening. In the spring, moisture evaporates so quickly, you need to keep your finger on the pulse so that the question "when can you plant seeds?" did not become rhetorical. ;)

When can you plant -

It is noteworthy that the people watched natural changes and have already developed stable folk signs about nature for the harvest.

Personally, we are very sympathetic to the signs associated with plants, trees that grow in a particular area and signal with their blossoming, flowering about the beginning of a new round of development in nature, a new temperature regime... A kind of natural calendar.

What affects flowering, germination:

• temperature,
• humidity.

If, for example, a birch grows next to our site, can its leaf blooming be a guide? I think - quite, because all the weather conditions for both birch and potatoes on my site are the same. Moreover, if we take into account these folk signs about the weather for the harvest, then the adjustment for natural climatic zones happens automatically, because the same birch blossoms in every region, in every region at one time.

We are blooming, but in Krasnodar and the Crimea, everything has been sown in the early spring for a long time, and probably has already sprung up. And in the Moscow region, indoor floriculture is still going on.

In a word - it obviously does not hurt to take into account!

• On a birch, leaves reach the size of a penny - can be planted potatoes, cabbage seedlings, dahlias, lilies;

• Yellow acacia blooms - you can plant cucumbers;

• Mother and stepmother blooms - you can plant carrots;

• bird cherry blossoms — you can squeeze potatoes, beans, beans;

• Poplar fluff flies - you can plant cucumbers;

• Forest trees bloom, snowdrops - you can plant for seedlings tomatoes, peppers, ageratum, cloves, geraniums, petunias, asters;

• Hazel blossoms - sowing of cold-resistant crops in open ground begins. This is a signal that the soil will no longer freeze, although frost is still possible! You can plant sorrel, radish, spinach, calendula, poppy seeds.

• Crocuses have bloomed - you can plant onions on a feather;

• Fluffy "seals" on the willow - time to sow lettuce, cabbage, daisies, lupines, annual phlox, mignonette.

• Forsythia and aspen bloomed - time to sow carrots and parsley, Iberis and Godetia

• Daffodils have bloomed - we plant early and cauliflower seedlings in open ground, sow peas and beets, sweet peas

• A violet has bloomed - you can plant dill, parsley, carrots;

• Cherry blossoms - we sow spices, dill, re-greens, pumpkins, zucchini, squash;

• Lilac bloomed - annual vines, head lettuce

• The color of the viburnum is also a signal that it is time to sow cucumbers, zucchini, and pumpkin.

• Blooming peonies - time to sow cucumbers, pumpkin seeds, sweet corn

• Leaves on oak - we sow cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini, watermelons, melons, sweet corn

• Irises have bloomed - it's time to plant Brussels sprouts in open ground

• I started a hawthorn - we sow corn, sunflower, late varieties we plant potatoes

• Chestnut blossomed - we plant seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants in open ground, sow beets, summer varieties of radishes and radishes

• The cuckoo is crowing - it's time to sow flax

• The color of the red rowan tree indicates that it is bold can be planted seedlings of peppers, tomatoes, frosts should be gone.

Do folk signs about nature work for the harvest?

Increasingly, the opinion is heard that folk signs are no longer relevant, they do not work. They say that a significant change in climate took place, in ancient times there were completely different weather conditions, and environmental factors affect the growth of plants, much in nature, if not distorted, then at least changed.

Quite possible. In our opinion, not all signs about nature for the harvest can be treated so skeptically. For example, it seems to me that trust can be given to those listed above.

Well, something like: "Plant cucumbers on Leonty and Falalei"
“Ustina and Khariton are preparing a childbirth for rye, and the martyr Lukyan - for spring wheat”, of course, in our time it may no longer be relevant, because the time of the onset of spring, the first warm days, compared with ancient times, when such signs were drawn up, has changed significantly.

In addition, many agree that the signs and according to folk calendar, and about nature for harvest, are suitable only for flat terrain, so to speak, ideal relief, omens are not suitable for hilly regions.

The best option, I think, would be A complex approach, and agronomic techniques for determining soil on ripeness, and folk signs about nature for the harvest.

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