May summer calendar. May dacha calendar Planting calendar for May

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May in the lunar calendar of the gardener and gardener is one of the most favorable 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 transplantation, application of 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 in open ground seeds of radish, turnip, rutabaga, parsley root varieties; 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, seedlings can be planted for May decorative flowers, sow the seeds of calendula, sweet peas. 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 by lunar calendar gardener in 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, and pepper.

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

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

Seeds can be sown 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, according to 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

Favorable day for physical activity. It is recommended to feed decorative indoor flowers, especially if they have a weak flowering or they 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 remains- tops of plants, old leaves, etc. It is recommended to carry out top dressing and apply mineral fertilizers in the garden and vegetable garden.

  • 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.

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 complete care behind 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:

  • transferring pre-grown seedlings to a permanent place in the decorative compositions of the garden and in the 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

Caring for plants and maintaining cleanliness and order should be main goal in 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;
  • harvesting 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 the usual care of plants should be reduced to the minimum 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 small architecture objects.

Jobs to avoid:

  • planting any decorative and horticultural 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 annuals);
  • 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 even work 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:

  • landing of all kinds early plants for the garden - from vegetables to greens and herbs (these days are especially good for low-growing 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 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 letniki 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 ones. decorative compositions and planting 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 deal with both classic 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 curly decorative vines(Ipomoea, 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;
  • taking out potted and tubed gardens to the open air, creating potted gardens and decorating 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, 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 drupes and fruit bushes and trees;
  • planting legumes, cabbage, corn;
  • transferring seedlings of heat-loving vegetables to open ground;
  • 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 garden plants growing in open soil;
  • feed of all kinds.

May 19-21, Thursday-Saturday

These three days should be entirely devoted to garden plants with rare exceptions. After long period, when the work was mainly carried out with shrubs and trees, the time begins, suitable for planting 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, easily acclimatized plants with a shortened vegetative period (lettuce, green onions, garlic, spinach, sorrel);
  • planting medicinal and spicy herbs;
  • planting 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 tubers).

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 the period hard landing and transplants, intensive care, during which you 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:

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.

May decorates the forests, summer awaits for a visit.

May gives us an openwork lace of blossoming plums and cherries. The most favorable time for planting most plants, as well as for protecting fruit and berry trees and shrubs from all kinds of pests and diseases.
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 of pumpkin crops.
By weather conditions in May they plant seedlings in open ground, under a film or in greenhouses various kinds cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, celery, leeks, spices and medicinal plants.

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 an interesting folk omen together with you we will try to draw up, one of the main tasks of which is to help plan the work of the upcoming garden season 2016

Thematic calendar tables - selections from the main, universal calendar of the gardener:

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

Moon calendar

Garden work, plant care activities

from 01 May 2016 00:01(Sun)
to 01 May 2016 17:33 (Sun)

waning moon in Aquarius
Unfavorable days for sowing and planting. Preparation of greenhouses and greenhouses for the season. Covering the ridges with a film in order to warm them up faster and preparing steam ridges for pumpkins and zucchini. Loosening the earth, thinning seedlings, weeding, spraying against pests and diseases, applying organic fertilizers.
We still have a blog:, entry only from the lunar calendar.
from 01 May 2016 17:33 (Sun)
to 03 May 2016 20:04 (Tue)

Waning Moon in Pisces

Trees should not be planted or pruned. The best time for watering, root and foliar plant nutrition organic fertilizers. Favorable time for planting potatoes, sowing onions on turnips from sets, spring garlic, radishes, turnips and rutabaga, beets, carrots, parsley, celery. Planting seedlings of tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, cucumbers in greenhouses or under film shelter; seedlings of zucchini, pumpkins, squash in open ground. Weed control. Processing and fertilizing with mullein and complex fertilizer of strawberries. Application of compost for fruit trees and berry bushes, perennial flower crops (peonies, irises, delphiniums, etc.).
from 03 May 2016 20:04 (Tue)
to 05 May 2016 20:10 (Thu)

Waning Moon in Aries

Plowing and loosening of the soil, control of pests and plant diseases. These days you can weed and mulch plantings. The best time for watering, root and foliar dressing of vegetable crops. Top dressing of fruit trees, shrubs, as well as strawberries and vegetable crops. Collection of early greenery and its processing. Carrying out forming, sanitary pruning and removal of thickening shoots. Pasynkovanie tomatoes.
from 05 May 2016 20:10 (Thu)
to 06 May 2016 04:52 (Fri)

Waning Moon in Taurus

Favorable time for planting germinated potato tubers, regular batches of non-shooting varieties and hybrids of radish, sowing seeds of beets, carrots, parsley, celery, radish, daikon; sowing onions on a turnip, spring garlic. Planting bulbous flowers. Carrying out spraying of fruit trees and berry bushes from pests, diseases. The best time to fertilize root crops, garlic and onions. Loosening and mulching ridges, adding compost. Possible planting seedlings of tomatoes, cucumbers (alternate days) . The rooting of seedlings of trees and shrubs planted on this day is going well.

Work on the lunar calendar table for the gardener and gardener for May 2016 was completed on 04/05/2016.

Friends! We are currently working on the lunar calendar for 2016. We try to arrange it in such a way that it is more convenient to plan seasonal work in the country. Our calendar takes into account the phases of the moon, its position in the signs of the zodiac and the work is distributed over the most favorable days.
Now we can take into account your comments. For suggestions, please contact

* 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.

Work on the page "Lunar calendar of the gardener-gardener for May 2016" will be completed by May 1, 2016.

Experienced gardeners and gardeners closely monitor the development of horticultural crops, annually note in the diary the timing of the onset of development phases. But the timing of the onset of certain phenophases depends on the weather.

Moon phases in May 2016.

  • New Moon - 6.05.
  • Full Moon - 22.05.
  • Growing Moon - from 7 to 21. 05. 2016
  • Waning Moon - from 1 to 5 and from 23 to 30. 05. 2016

Lunar seed calendar for May 2016

The most favorable days for sowing seeds in May 2016

Attention! The calendar contains favorable days for planting, but this does not mean that nothing can be planted on other days of this month. Do not sow seeds only in prohibited days. A dash in the table is not a prohibition, but only the absence of favorable days.

culture favorable days for sowing culture favorable days for sowing
zucchini, pumpkins 12 parsley on greens 7, 8, 9, 12
peas, beans 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19 parsley root 3, 4, 23, 30, 31
strawberry 7, 8, 16, 17, 18 sunflower 12
cabbage 12 radish, radish 3, 4, 23 — 28, 30, 31
potato 3, 4, 27, 28 lettuce, chard 7, 8, 9, 12
bow on feather 7, 8, 9, 18, 19 beet 3, 4, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31
onion on turnip 3, 4, 27, 28, 30, 31 tomatoes 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19
carrot 3, 4, 23, 30, 31 dill, cilantro 7, 8, 9, 12
cucumbers 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 garlic 3, 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31
eggplant, pepper 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17 flowers from seeds 7, 8, 9, 12
hot pepper 24, 25, 26 tuberous flowers 3, 4, 23, 30, 31

Lunar calendar for planting fruit trees in May 2016

The most favorable days for landing garden trees and shrubs in May 2016

culture culture favorable days for planting
Apple tree 3, 4, 27, 28, 30, 31 sea ​​buckthorn, irga 4, 27, 28
cherries 3, 4, 27 honeysuckle 3, 4, 23, 27, 30
hazel (hazel) 4, 23, 28 hawthorn 23, 27, 28, 31
Rowan 23, 27, 28 pear, quince 3, 4, 23, 27, 28
currant, raspberry, gooseberry 23, 27, 28, 31 cherry, plum, apricot 3, 4, 30, 31

Unfavorable days for sowing and planting in May 2016

During the passage of the moon through different signs Zodiac, its influence on plant life on Earth is changing. Based on these changes, recommendations have been made, which you can see in the following table.

Lunar calendar of gardeners and gardeners for May 2016

the date Moon in the signs of the zodiac Featured Works
May 1, 2016 Sun. Waning Moon in Pisces Favorable time for grafting fruit trees, planting seedlings of vegetable crops, bulbous flowers, sowing radishes. You can feed and water the plants. Collect and dry medicinal herbs.
May 2, 2016 Mon. Waning Moon in Pisces
May 3, 2016 Tue. Waning Moon in Aries Very good time for grafting fruit trees, weed control, planting almost all kinds fruit crops, as well as garlic, carrots, onions, radishes, radishes, potatoes. Watering and fertilizing with organic matter will be appropriate.
May 4, 2016 Wed. Waning Moon in Aries
May 5, 2016 Thu. Waning Moon in Taurus According to the Lunar sowing calendar, a day prohibited for sowing and planting
May 6, 2016 Fri. New Moon Moon in Taurus Prohibited day for working with plants.
May 7, 2016 Sat. Waxing Moon in Gemini According to the Lunar sowing calendar for May 2016, it is forbidden to plant and transplant plants on this day.
May 8, 2016 Sun. Waxing Moon in Gemini Gemini is a barren sign, so you should not plant anything at this time, the harvest will not please you. Take care of the arrangement of the beds, the removal of overgrowth under the trees, sanitary pruning.
May 9, 2016 Mon. Waxing Moon in Cancer The most fertile sign of the Zodiac is Cancer. Try to make the most of these days. Plant seedlings in greenhouses and under the film. Sow the seeds of annual flowers of vegetable crops in open ground. You can do cuttings and organization of layering. Excellent results provide top dressing with mineral fertilizers.
May 10, 2016 Tue. Waxing Moon in Cancer
May 11, 2016 Wed. Waxing Moon in Cancer
May 12, 2016 Thu. Waxing Moon in Leo Leo is a barren sign. It is advisable to postpone planting and sowing for a few days. Carry out the treatment of diseases and pests. Weeding, loosening, removal of shoots, preparation of beds is recommended.
May 13, 2016 Fri. Waxing Moon in Leo
May 14, 2016 Sat. Waxing Moon in Virgo You can plant seedlings of vegetables in greenhouses and open ground, but these days are more favorable for working with flowers: sowing and planting seedlings of annual and perennial flowers, transplanting and dividing perennials. Curly flowers will take root perfectly in a new place.
May 15, 2016 Sun. Waxing Moon in Virgo
May 16, 2016 Mon. Waxing Moon in Virgo
May 17, 2016 Tue. Waxing Moon in Libra The time is not quite right for planting vegetables; continue to take care of flowers, including home ones. A good time for haymaking and mowing the lawn.
May 18, 2016 Wed. Waxing Moon in Libra
May 19, 2016 Thu. Waxing Moon in Scorpio Favorable time for planting almost all garden crops. pinching, pinching and sanitary pruning are not recommended. Open wounds will take a long time to heal and infection can enter through them.
May 20, 2016 Fri. Waxing Moon in Scorpio
May 21, 2016 Sat. Waxing Moon in Sagittarius Before the full moon, it is not recommended to sow and plant vegetables. It is better to do work with flowers or tillage.
May 22, 2016 Sun. Full Moon in Sagittarius According to the lunar sowing calendar of 2016, May 22 is a forbidden day for sowing and planting.
May 23, 2016 Mon. Waning Moon in Sagittarius On the first day after the full moon, it is not recommended to sow and plant vegetables. It is better to do work with flowers or tillage.
May 24, 2016 Tue. Waning Moon in Capricorn Capricorn is the fertile sign of the zodiac. It is recommended to sow both vegetable and flower crops, planting seedlings in the ground, planting potatoes. In the garden, take care of grafting, pruning. Do not spare water these days, plants need a lot of moisture.
May 25, 2016 Wed. Waning Moon in Capricorn
May 26, 2016 Thu. Waning Moon in Aquarius Under Aquarius, you should not engage in planting and sowing, this is a barren sign and the harvests will be modest. But it will be fruitful weed control. On a waning moon, the roots are very susceptible to damage. Take advantage of this and cut weed grass, but take care of the roots to crops.
May 27, 2016 Fri. Waning Moon in Aquarius
May 28, 2016 Sat. Waning Moon in Pisces A very favorable time for planting root crops, if you have not planted potatoes yet - now is the best time to do it. They will get along well and fruit plants. But with watering and top dressing, be careful, moderation is important now.
May 29, 2016 Sun. Last Quarter Moon in Pisces
May 30, 2016 Mon. Waning Moon in Pisces
May 31, 2016 Tue. Waning Moon in Aries Sowing and planting is not recommended. This day is suitable for weeding, thinning seedlings, treating plants for diseases and pests.

May - best month for planting and transplanting all types of plants. First of all, carefully inspect the seedlings. If the leaves began to curl down, and the leaf blades are bent or become convex, then they settled spider mite. Aphids may appear on pepper seedlings. It is urgent to process the seedlings, and at the same time houseplants"Fitoverm" or "Healthy Garden".

In May, seedlings of tomato and pepper are planted in. Cucumbers are planted in open and protected ground. Gather the first crop of greens and radishes.

Lunar landing calendar for May. Brief recommendations on what to do with the Waxing and Waning Moon in May, planting days in May:

May 1- Effective spraying of fruit trees and shrubs against diseases and pests, as well as spraying with growth stimulants and preparations to improve the fruit formation of flowering fruit trees and berry bushes.

May 2- Vegetables sown on this day will not be suitable for storage. Possible, but not the most favorable time for re-sowing 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 4th- Barren day of Aries from 09.12. Sanitary pruning of frozen ornamental crops is possible. Removal of shoots from fruit trees. Removal of unnecessary and yield-reducing strawberry whiskers.

May 7- Plant seedlings of mid-season 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 from for planting the next batch of non-shooting 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 rhizomes of perennial flowering plants, their propagation by cuttings and layering. Favorable period for planting, dividing and transplanting flowers. It is useful to feed the flowers.

May 10- Waxing Moon in Cancer. Any seedlings will transfer the transplant to a permanent place well.

  • sowing,
  • landing,
  • transplants,
  • vaccinations,
  • tree fertilizer,
  • bushes,
  • vegetables (except root crops).

Favorable time for re-sowing lettuce, dill, spinach in open ground.

12 May- A favorable period for sowing, planting and picking drought-resistant flowers of all plants stretching upwards:

  • decorative beans,
  • hops
  • girlish grapes,
  • climbing roses, etc.

may 13- Medicinal herbs collected during this period will have the greatest power, especially herbs that stimulate heart activity. Carrying out loosening, hilling, mulching, composting.

May 14- After 09.50, it is possible to sow annual fast-growing flowers, if you did not have time to do this earlier. Repot indoor flowers.

May 15- The ideal time for planting ornamental plants and structures, flower beds, sowing, etc.; planted green cuttings will take root well.

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.

  • white cabbage,
  • dill,
  • sorrel
  • zucchini,
  • pumpkins,
  • squash
  • and potatoes not for storage (planting potatoes according to the lunar calendar in May 2016).

May 21st- Complete the open ground plantings started the day before. Transplanting indoor flowers.

22nd of May- Full moon at 01.16. If you are not going to store your crop for a long time, then you can harvest early vegetables (radishes, spinach, etc.).

May, 23rd- Install 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, hilling, tilling 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.

26 of May- Root top dressing of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini, squash, physalis, cabbage until 18.25.

May 29- The right time for rooting strawberry whiskers or transplanting rooted rosettes to a new place. 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. It is effective to carry out spraying of all fruit trees and berry bushes from pests and diseases.

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