When to plant cucumbers for seedlings in 2019 according to the lunar and regular calendar

When to plant cucumbers for seedlings - this question worries gardeners today, at the end of the harvest season. This prudent layout has strong arguments. In the autumn period, you can select the best seed for planting cucumbers, grown directly on your own plot, which guarantees compliance with the variety and quality of seeds. As a result, costs will decrease, while the survival rate of locally adapted culture, on the contrary, will increase.

Even if you don't have your own seed, there are a lot of promotions in seed stores in the fall, so even rare and elite varieties can be purchased at a substantial discount.

Harvesting seeds will also allow you to take advantage of the lunar planting schedule. Experienced gardeners note that the night light significantly affects the intensity of growth, the ability to grow and, ultimately, the yield of cucumbers. Taking into account the biodynamic rhythms according to the lunar calendar allows you to increase the yield by 30%.

Important
Sowing seeds as well moving seedlings into open or protected ground, it is necessary to take into account not only the phase of the moon, but also the climatic conditions (the soil and air should warm up enough).

How the lunar calendar works

The lunar calendar for planting seedlings is divided into 2 main phases - a waxing and a waning moon. The transitional position between these cycles is the full and new moon.

Moon phases

During the new moon period, the moon is between the Sun and the Earth, rises with the daylight, so it is simply not visible. After 1-2 days, a narrow crescent appears at dawn, and after a little more than a week, exactly half of the disk of the illuminated part of the moon becomes visible.

The waxing moon phase is 11 days - this is exactly the period when the cucumber crops will develop the aerial part most quickly without harming the fruits, respectively, they will get stronger and begin to fill up with fruits earlier. For comparison, on nitrogen-containing fertilizers, cucumbers enhance the growing season, but slow down or stop fruit ripening.

The most favorable period for sowing is the first two days, as the sickle is visible. It is especially important to plant tall varieties and ampelous species on the growing moon, which need more conditions for active growth.

Advice
During the waning moon, on the 3rd and 4th cycle after the full moon, pest control and care of the beds give the best results. This period is also favorable for stopping seedlings and transplanting.

During the full moon period, cucumbers absorb water as quickly as possible, it is then that it is best to collect the poured fruits: they are the most juicy and retain their freshness for a long time. This is the main difference between zelents and other vegetables, which are recommended to be collected on a waning moon.

On the day of the new moon, it is worth taking a day off and not planting, cultivating or watering. It is difficult for plants to reorganize in this short period, and their development will be inhibited.

Lunar and astronomical calendar

Focusing on the lunar calendar, climatic conditions cannot be discounted. Frost will kill the plants. Therefore, the lunar schedule must be consistent with the meteorological forecast.

The optimum temperature for seed germination is + 16 ° C. Accordingly, they sow cucumbers for seedlings in April or early May. The rising seedlings are comfortable at temperatures from +20 to +25 degrees. It is maintained in a room with drawers until stable heat is established. After that, the seedlings are moved to a greenhouse or to open beds - the specific dates depend mainly on the climatic zone and variety.In any case, the temperature should not drop below +12, even at night.

The best days for planting cucumbers in 2019

The lunar calendar for 2019 has already been calculated, which allows you to at least roughly navigate the timing of sowing cucumbers. Climatic deviations, of course, can make their own adjustments.

Table 1. Auspicious days

Regions of the country	January	February	March	April	May	June
Southern	1, 19, 20, 28, 29	6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17	from 8 to 10 and from 14, 15	7, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, 24	8, 9, 14, 18	—
Central	28, 29	13, 16, 17	14 to 15	17, 18, 21, 24	14, 18	from 11 to 14 (greenhouse plantings)
Ural, Siberia	—	—	15, and 21 to 23	24, 25, 28	18, 21	from 11 to 14

Table 2. Unfavorable days

Regions of the country	February	March	April	May	June
Southern	1 to 3 and 20	5, 6, 13 through 16 and 19	5, with 8 pops 10 and 19	3, 5 through 7, 10 and 16	13, 17 to 18 and 30
Central	20 to 24	13 to 16 and 19	10, 19	10, 16	17 to 18 and 30
Ural and Siberia	—	1 through 5, 23 and 31	20, 29, 30	3, 4, from 28 to 30	1,2, 18, 25—29

In addition to favorable days for planting, there are also dates when intensive watering will be most effective, and days when it is pointless to pour cucumbers with water, because plants will still not be able to absorb it and instead of juicy fruits there will be rotting roots.

Table 3. Favorable days for abundant watering of cucumbers in 2019

April	May	June
9 to 13, 16, 19, 22 and 26 to 30	9 to 13, 16, 18, 22 and 26 to 31	7 to 11, 14, 17, 20 and 24 to 29

The natural satellite of the Earth, the Moon has a powerful effect on all life processes on the planet. The ebb, flow, currents and winds depend on the movement of the night star. The growing moon favors the vegetation of plants, the corresponding metabolic processes are activated in them. Therefore, cucumbers planted on a growing moon grow stronger faster, without taking away nutrients from the ovaries. Such plantings will bring a harvest to the gardener in a timely manner or even a little earlier and will cause less trouble with care.