Pick of tomatoes in 2020 according to the lunar calendar

The dive process helps to grow a strong and viable seedlings needed for a good harvest. Many gardeners carry out this procedure, focusing on the phases of the moon and the signs of the zodiac. For a tomato pick in 2019 to get the best results, check out its technology and favorable lunar calendar periods.

Content
  1. Why do the procedure
  2. Description of the technology
  3. Influence of the signs of the zodiac
  4. Adverse days
  5. Influence of the zodiac signs

Пикировка томатов в 2019 году по Лунному календарю

Pick of tomatoes in 2019 according to the lunar calendar

Why carry out the procedure

Tatyana Orlova (candidate of agricultural sciences):

Diving of tomatoes provides the rules The development and growth of the root system.

The cultivation of tomato seedlings (and not only tomato) with picking allows you to save the useful area of ​​the protected soil in the first stages of seedling cultivation. The seeds are sown initially thickened, so that they can be sown after 3-4 weeks.

Technically, the process consists of pinching the central root, so that the branching of the root system is further enhanced. At the same time, plants are transplanted into more spacious containers.

Picking allows you to select the strongest and most promising seedlings, to provide favorable conditions for it. In addition, transplantation becomes an effective treatment when pathogens appear in the soil.

For many gardeners, diving tomatoes means simply transplanting them from a common tray into separate pots without shortening the root.

The thing is that at an early stage of growth (within a few weeks after germination ) The root system of tomatoes is still very tender. When transplanting, the root tip is damaged in any case and pinching occurs on its own. Targeted shortening in this situation can only harm the plant.

Overgrown seedlings are most often dived with pinching the root to slow down the growth of the upper part and strengthen the lower.

Description of technology

Usually, seedlings are dived at the stage of 2-3 real leaflets (approximately 15-20 days after germination). A few hours before transplanting, the plants are watered with warm water to soften the ground and avoid excessive damage to the roots.

Prepare separate containers: plastic cups, small flower pots, peat pots or tablets. If there is a shortage of individual containers, you can use more spacious trays, planting tomatoes in them at a greater distance. one and a half weeks after germination; 8-10 cm – for more adult seedlings).

  • Young plants with delicate roots are carefully removed from the tray with an earthen lump using a wooden stick or spatula.They are transplanted, trying not to destroy the earthen lump.
  • When diving more adult seedlings (or overgrown), they pinch off the root tip or shorten with nail scissors.

The soil mixture for transplantation is prepared from steamed turf land, peat and rotted compost, if desired, add complex mineral fertilizers. At the end, the seedlings are watered under the root with warm water or a solution of manganese.

Tatyana Orlova (candidate of agricultural sciences):

In the first 5-7 days after picking seedlings do not expose to bright sunshine, keep out in diffused light or even shade it.

Tomatoes love picking: after transplanting they grow well and become strong. Therefore, two to three weeks after the first procedure, you can conduct the second (using the same technology, but in large containers).

Tatyana Orlova (candidate of agricultural sciences):

It is most rational to use, for growing pickled seedlings, not glasses, but special cassettes with cells. There are different options for cassettes with different numbers and cell diameters. For ordinary amateur gardeners, cassettes with 6 cells with a diameter of 5-6 cm are suitable.Cassettes have a rectangular shape, which allows more efficient use of the area of ​​the window sill or mini-greenhouses. In addition, seedlings in cassettes are easier to carry.

Favorable days

Early varieties of tomatoes are often sown already in the second half of February: favorable days for sowing: February 25, 26 and 28.

And if the sowing was carried out in the first half of February, then the picking dates for tomatoes fall in the first half of March, favorable days in this period: 10, 1, 12. Number.

If the seeds were sown in early March – the first pick is carried out in the second or third decade. Favorable days for this will be the 16th and 19th.

Tomatoes intended for open ground are sown later – in late March or early April. In such cases, it is better to dive on April 15, 16 or 17.

If you need to perform the procedure at the end of the month by dates, it is better to do it on April 24 or 25.

The influence of the zodiac signs

Пикировку желательно проводить в плодородные дни

It is advisable to pick it on fertile days

If necessary, dive tomatoes can be carried out on the days of the fertile signs of the zodiac.

March 1 and 2, 2019 the Moon is in Capricorn, the fertile sign of the earth. Despite the waning phase, these days will be very successful for performing this manipulation.

On March 10-1 and April 7-8 the Moon is in Taurus – these are also favorable days for a dive.

According to the calendar, from April 24 to April 26 – the Moon is waning, but is in the sign of Capricorn, so the numbers are considered suitable.

April 29 and 30 – the planet is in the sign of Pisces, which is also fertile. If necessary, you can dive on these days.

Adverse days

It is not worth picking tomatoes at the new moon. In March it falls on the 6th, and in April – 4. These days it is better to plan garden work.

Also, you can’t do this during the full moon. According to the lunar calendar for 2019, the dates of the full moon fall on March 21 and April 19. These days are unfavorable for any gardening, except preparatory work.

If possible, do not dive in the first 2 days after the new moon and full moon: March 7-8, April 5-6, March 22-23, April 20-21.

An unfavorable time for diving and transplanting tomatoes is the entire waning phase of the moon.

  • In March, it lasts from 1 to 5 and from 22 to 31 number.
  • In April, the moon decreases from 1 to 4 and from 20 to 30.
  • In May, the waning moon – from 1 to 3 and from 20 to 31.

If you have to dive during this time, avoid e most unfavorable dates and give preference to the days of fertile zodiac signs.

The most unfavorable dates for diving:

  • in March: in the first half – 4th and 5th, in the second half – 25th and 31st.
  • in April: in the first half – on the 2nd and 3rd numbers, in the second – on the 27th.

Influence of the signs of the Zodiac

It is not necessary to carry out dive and transplant during the days of the sterile signs of the Zodiac (Aquarius, Aries, Gemini, Leo).

In March it is:

  • 3rd and 4th day – the Moon is in the sign of Aquarius;
  • 8 and 9 – in the sign of Aries;
  • 13 and 14 – in the sign of Gemini;
  • 17 and 18 – in the sign of Leo.

In April:

  • from 4 to 6, the Moon is in the sign of Aries;
  • 9 and 10 in Gemini;
  • from 13 to 15 in Leo;
  • 27 and 28 in the sign of Aquarius.
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