Horticulturist sowing calendar for September 2018

The first autumn month is the time to collect fruits and root crops, which throughout the entire garden season were erectly erected by the gardener. However, harvesting is not the only task of the owner of the garden, at this time a lot of work is being done to prepare the land and everything that is growing for the coming winter.

To ensure that the work brought maximum benefit, you should trust the lunar calendar, which prompts the most favorable days of gardening. The lunar sowing calendar for September 2018 contains recommendations on the dates and dates for harvesting, planting, pruning trees, shrubs, caring for flowers and other gardening matters.

What works are carried out in September

The first month of autumn is one of the most laborious in the season, as the gardener needs not only to harvest, but also to carry out a large amount of work to maintain the site in a fertile condition.

Depending on climatic conditions, throughout the entire period they continue to collect root crops - potatoes, beets and carrots, continue to collect cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, pumpkin, cabbage and other vegetables.

Landing

September is a favorable month for planting seedlings in the winter. Crops such as radishes, parsley, dill in a relatively warm land will take root, but will not have time to shoot. It is recommended to plant garlic in the first half of the month, before winter the seedlings will develop the root system, without giving shoots. The strawberries planted in September will take root well, until the first frosts the bushes will grow stronger and acquire flower buds, which will ensure the harvest of the next season.

Still worth paying attention to flowers, they need to be transplanted to a place of constant growth. At the end of the month, bulbs of dahlias, gladioli must be dug up, thoroughly dried and sent for winter storage.

Shrubs also take root well if planted in the first autumn month. Properly planted raspberries, gooseberries and currants will harden before the cold, develop the root system, because of this, by the beginning of the next season, the bushes will wake up early and also begin to bear fruit already in the first season after transplanting.

Pruning

September is the time to care for bushes with trees. It is necessary to prune dried branches and trunks, but they do this only after the final harvest, after there are no leaves on the plants. The places of cuts must be treated with special compounds such as garden var or other means. Properly trimmed, high-quality treated trees tolerate frosts, early release leaves in the spring and bear fruit abundantly in season.

Favorable days for work in September

• For planting crops, the first, third, tenth, eleventh, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth are most suitable.
• Harvest for long-term storage should be removed the third, sixth, seventh, twenty-sixth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth.
• Harvest for quick consumption must be harvested on the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth.
• Land for planting is better prepared on the eighteenth, nineteenth.
• Fertilizer should be sixth, seventh, twenty-third, twenty-fourth.
• To cultivate the land and everything growing on the plot from pests is better than the fourth, fifth, from the twenty-seventh to the thirtieth.
• Trees and shrubs should be pruned on the first, fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth of September.
• Fruit crops must be treated from pests of the third, eighth, fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-sixth.
• The best days for feeding trees with bushes are the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty third, twenty fourth, twenty sixth.
• Gather greens and dry it better than the third, eleventh, twenty-seventh.
• It will be better to chop trees, to harvest firewood the second, third, twenty-sixth, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth.
• For blanks fit the second, fifth, seventh, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-ninth.

Unsuitable days for work

In September there are days when any work in the garden, according to the lunar calendar, should not be carried out.

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How do moon phases and zodiac signs affect work?

From the first to the eighth of September this year, the moon will be in a waning phase. On the ninth, a new moon will come, and from the tenth to twenty-fourth the moon will grow. The new moon falls on the twenty-fifth, until the end of the month the moon again wanes.

1. The first day Taurus acts, it is an auspicious day for planting onions, garlic, fruitful and ornamental plants. On this day, you can also harvest root crops, produce water-charging irrigation.
2. The second and third numbers are subordinate to the Gemini, when you can collect potatoes, prepare seeds, prepare garlic, clean the area from obsolete and obsolete plants, process plantings from malware.
3. The fourth to fifth under the constellation Cancer is recommended to irrigate, harvest winter garlic and onions, to continue collecting root crops.
4. Under Leo, the sixth-seventh, it is recommended to devote time to cleaning the site, this time of the new moon and other work should not be carried out.
5. Eighth-ninth is ruled by Virgo, this time is suitable for cleaning the site, processing from pests, other work is not recommended.
6. Libra affects the tenth, eleventh and twelfth, these days, in addition to the tenth, you can plant shrubs, onion crops, ornamental plantings.
7. From the twelfth to the fifteenth, Scorpio acts, these days you should water the plants abundantly, feed them with fertilizers, transplant perennials, and besides, flowers.
8. The action of Sagittarius falls on the fifteenth to sixteenth, when the moon goes into the second quarter, these days it is not recommended to work with growing crops on the site.
9. From the seventeenth to the twentieth influence, Capricorn exerts, almost any autumn work can be carried out.
10. From the twentieth to the twenty second moon in Aquarius, days are suitable for trimming trees and shrubs, for abundant watering, for fertilizing, mulching. Favored will be the collection of pears, apples, quinces, and the cleaning of greenhouses.
11. From the twenty-second to the twenty-fifth moon will be under Pisces, when it is best to prepare the beds for winter planting, water the trees with shrubs.
12. Twenty-fifth to twenty-sixth, part of the twenty-seventh falls on the power of Aries, these days are suitable for planting bulb flowers and crops.
13. Twenty-seventh to twenty-eighth will be under the rule of Taurus - time for any gardening work.
14. In the last days of the month, the moon will be influenced by Gemini, when it is possible to harvest root crops, process crops from pests.

How to protect plants from diseases and harmful insects?

Autumn is the time when insects seek to find a convenient place for wintering. Such a place can be a fruitful shrub or tree. To eradicate insect families in the garden, trees with shrubs must be treated with special chemical compounds.

After treatment, tree trunks need to be cleaned of sore spots, covered with whitewash or wrapped with insulation for the winter.

In addition to insects, fungal infections can cause diseases. For prevention, it is recommended to treat the site with chemical compounds designed to destroy fungi.

Work with indoor plants

Most houseplants are taken to the country during the season, September is the time when they should be returned home. For those brought in and those who are stationary at home, at this time it is possible to prepare the soil, transplant plants in need, transplant, prepare some flowers for distillation.

Suitable days for transplanting, replacing the topsoil will be September 1, 13, 21.

You can feed indoor plants 4, 17.

To treat against diseases, insects is better than 1 or 10.

You can remove dry, damaged branches and leaves on September 6, 28.

Transplanting bindweed is best on the 13th.

Conclusion

The moon has a significant effect on plants and crops, whether they are fruitful or decorative. So that the harvest of the next season breaks all records, pleased the gardener, it is better to listen to the advice of specialists and take advantage of the recommendations of the lunar calendar. Site cleaning, plant pruning, and their processing, performed according to the lunar calendar, will be most effective, which will allow the plants to maintain health and also a long lifespan.