In March, gardeners begin one of the most important procedures - pruning trees and bushes. This is necessary so that the buds on the plants bloom better. As indicated in the gardener's calendar for March, it is favorable to prune trees and bushes on the waning Moon in the sign of Scorpio. It is customary to re-vaccinate in March fruit trees. In the first half of March, the gardener recommends grafting cherries, apricots, cherries, cherry plums, and plums.
Gardener's lunar calendar for March 2017
The gardener's lunar calendar for March 2017 clearly indicates when and what work the gardener should do. March is the favorite time to plant seeds in greenhouses. During the waxing moon, tomatoes, celery, eggplants, peppers, cabbage, and pumpkin seedlings are sown. According to lunar calendar gardener for March, that in the second ten days of the month you can plant potatoes for vernalization.
According to the florist's lunar calendar, in March, flowers are sown in greenhouses for seedlings. Do not under any circumstances add humus to plants that suffer from the so-called black leg. The florist's lunar calendar for March 2017 contains comprehensive information about which days are best to sow plants.
Lunar landing calendar for March 2017 with moon phases
The gardener's calendar for March contains a detailed description of the work that needs to be done on each day of the month.
| Date | Lunar day | Recommended works |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2017 | fourth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Aries | Today you can sow tomatoes, spinach, hot peppers. In addition, the Moon in Aries favors pruning the branches of trees and shrubs in the garden. |
| March 2, 2017 | fifth lunar day, waxing Moon in Taurus | Dedicate this time to sowing amaranth for seedlings in the greenhouse, Chinese carnations, dahlias, and so on. |
| March 3, 2017 | sixth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Taurus | The lunar calendar advises to start forcing greens. |
| March 4, 2017 | seventh lunar day, waxing moon in the zodiac sign - Gemini | On this day, according to the lunar calendar, the gardener performs therapeutic pruning of bushes and trees. |
| March 5, 2017 | eighth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Gemini | Perform sanitary pruning of bushes and trees. In addition, you can start planting cabbage and tomatoes for seedlings and fertilizing the soil. |
| March 6, 2017 | ninth lunar day, waxing Moon in the zodiac sign – Cancer | Sow salad greens, as well as runner crops. Start sowing seedlings of sweet peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. |
| March 7, 2017 | tenth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Cancer | The lunar calendar favors planting any plants. Dedicate this day to cuttings of roses, pelargonium, and chrysanthemums. Care for vegetable seedlings, including cabbage. |
| March 8, 2017 | eleventh lunar day, waxing Moon in Leo | Dedicate this day to cuttings and feeding flowers. Grown in the garden ornamental plants It is not advisable to transplant and plant into these. Instead, spend time working with garden trees and bushes. Start creating beds and flower beds, as well as fertilizing the soil. In addition, such a day is conducive to mulching and spraying the garden and vegetable garden to combat pests. |
| March 9, 2017 | twelfth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Leo | On this day you can plan to plant and fertilize flowers. In addition, you can spray your garden and vegetable garden to combat pests and various diseases. It is better not to fertilize the soil today. |
| March 10, 2017 | thirteenth lunar day, waxing Moon in the zodiac sign – Leo | The lunar sowing calendar advises refreshing your plants in sunny weather. Sowing seeds from plants living in the garden is (still) undesirable. You can also spray to control pests. |
| March 11, 2017 | fourteenth lunar day, waxing Moon in the sign of Virgo | On this day, you can remove the covers from perennial, warm-loving crops, and free raspberries from winter binding. The lunar sowing calendar suggests sowing lettuce. |
| March 12, 2017 | fifteenth and sixteenth lunar day, Moon in the sign of Virgo, full moon | The gardener's lunar calendar advises covering the beds for early landing. At this time, you can work on beds and flower beds, as well as fertilizing already planted plants. In addition, such a day is favorable for surface covering of the soil and cleansing the garden of harmful insects. |
| March 13, 2017 | sixteenth lunar day, waning Moon in the sign – Libra | According to the lunar sowing calendar, at this time the rapid appearance of roots occurs. We recommend taking a little break from the garden on this day. |
| March 14, 2017 | seventeenth lunar day, waning moon in Libra | The lunar calendar says: you can sow root crops. If the soil has warmed up to the desired temperature, begin planting root crops. |
| March 15, 2017 | eighteenth lunar day, waning moon in Scorpio | The gardener's calendar suggests that at this time it is favorable to sow and plant perennial flowers. Their root system will develop very well. |
| March 16, 2017 | nineteenth lunar day, waning moon in Scorpio | The lunar calendar advises planting medicinal plants, as well as cuttings ornamental shrubs. On this day you can plant turnips and radishes. The gardener's lunar calendar recommends not touching tree seedlings, but you can already start grafting and pruning adults. |
| March 17, 2017 | twentieth lunar day, waning moon in Scorpio | On this day, according to the gardener's lunar calendar, it is necessary to force fortified greens (plant bulbs, root vegetables, rhizomes). The day is favorable for planting turnips and radishes. Do not touch tree seedlings. Instead, focus on grafting and pruning mature trees. |
| March 18, 2017 | Sowing medicinal plants. The gardener's calendar states that on the waning Moon it is better to touch the soil. | |
| March 19, 2017 | twenty-first lunar day, waning Moon in Sagittarius | At this time, the gardener’s lunar calendar advises covering the ridges with film for the first plantings. |
| March 20, 2017 | At this time, the gardener’s lunar calendar advises covering the ridges for the first plantings with film if the snow has melted. | During this period, according to the gardener’s calendar, you can plunge into planting tuber crops and root crops. You cannot sow flower seeds. |
| March 21, 2017 | twenty-third lunar day, waning Moon in Capricorn | The waning moon favors working with raspberries and fighting insects. You can transplant seedlings from the greenhouse to the garden. |
| March 22, 2017 | twenty-fourth lunar day, waning Moon in Capricorn | On this day, according to the lunar calendar, it is better to cancel work with flowers. |
| March 23, 2017 | twenty-fifth lunar day, waning Moon in Aquarius | It is not advisable to plant or sow on this day. Instead, the gardener's lunar calendar recommends auditing your storage facilities. You can also prune dry and diseased branches from trees. |
| March 24, 2017 | twenty-fourth lunar day, waning Moon in Aquarius | The gardener's lunar calendar says that it is unfavorable to plant on this day. |
| March 25, 2017 | twenty-seventh lunar day, waning Moon in Pisces | From sun rays, according to the lunar calendar, evergreens and conifers. Start planting bulbous crops on the ground. |
| March 26, 2017 | twenty-eighth lunar day, waning Moon in Pisces | The gardener's calendar advises sowing celery and radishes. You can work on the soil in your garden. |
| March 27, 2017 | twenty-ninth lunar day, waning moon in Aries | On this day, pay attention to the beds for upcoming plantings. The gardener's lunar calendar says that this is a wonderful time for pest control. |
| March 28, 2017 | first, second lunar day, Moon in Aries, full moon | Take care of removing weakened and diseased plants. At this time, it is better not to loosen the soil so as not to harm the roots. You should not sow or plant any garden or ornamental crops. |
| March 29, 2017 | third lunar day, waxing Moon in Leo | Take this time to prepare the base for planting cabbage. |
| March 30, 2017 | fourth lunar day, waxing Moon in Taurus | Start planting flowers. |
| March 31, 2017 | fifth lunar day, waxing Moon in Gemini | At this time, according to the lunar calendar, it is necessary to mulch and loosen the finished rows in the garden. |
To get good harvest, the gardener must take greater care of all his plants in the garden, and also protect them from melted snow and flooding. The gardener's lunar calendar for March 2017 will help you figure out which days are the most favorable for gardening, and in addition, which days are better not to do certain things on a plot of land.
These days are not suitable for planting any vegetable crops, but you can prepare and hill up the beds, add fertilizer to the soil and water it.
It is worth removing all weak and diseased plants that grow on the site; loosening is not recommended, as there is a high risk of touching root system. No decorative or garden plants You can’t plant, but it would be great to water the garden or sort out your equipment.
Planting is not carried out, it is allowed to ventilate heat-loving plants in warm weather, it is also worth cleaning the garden and trimming the branches of trees and shrubs.
It is worth starting sowing dahlias, fragrant tobacco, phlox or Chinese carnations. You can prepare cabbage and lettuce seeds for planting, and begin cleaning the garden and pruning trees.
On this day, the same work is carried out as on the previous day of March.
In a zone of sharply continental climate, planting ornamental shrubs is a troublesome task and is not as common among summer residents as growing bright summer trees. In addition, there is little adapted planting material. That is, everything written out, as a rule, is planted at your own peril and risk. Komsomolsk-on-Amur, for example, is almost 300 km north of Khabarovsk, with even colder winters and slightly less hot summers. In today's article I will tell you about the results of my experiments.
I advise you to cook fish for lunch with a marinade of carrots and onions with mashed potatoes. A marinade without vinegar; tomatoes canned in their own juice will add sourness to it; of course, it tastes best with homemade preparations. When choosing fish, it is better to give preference to inexpensive sea fish from the cod family - navaga, cod, pollock, hake. The meat of these fish is white, dense, ideal for frying. To make the mashed potatoes golden, add a pinch of turmeric to it.
Microgreens that surprise with their nutritional value and beneficial properties, has become a common addition to the diet for everyone who cares about healthy eating. Peculiar concentrates of all useful substances, miniature sprouts are healthy, tasty, and amazingly beautiful. Microgreens are becoming increasingly available on the market today. But the freshest and healthiest microgreens are easier to grow yourself. Moreover, when growing at home, the choice of plants is not limited to the assortment of stores.
“Rabbits are not only valuable fur” - catchphrase from the performances of famous comedians is completely true. Dietary meat, that same valuable fur, fluff and enviable ability to reproduce have made rabbits very popular animals for agricultural breeding. Rabbits are worth keeping for their beautiful fur, meat, or both. In this article I will tell you what breeds of rabbits there are, what you need to have to keep them, how and what to feed.
Currently, patio peonies are attracting more and more attention from amateur gardeners; they have modest dimensions, hence their increased popularity. They can be placed on the terrace and used to decorate apartment balconies and patios. These peonies are delightful not only during the flowering period, but also during the growing season. Thanks to their compact growth and friendly flowering, miniature peony bushes fit perfectly into small flower beds and are great for potted gardens
Bilbergia brings the vibrant flavor of Brazil to any interior. Despite the drooping flowers and thin leaves, it still looks exotic and enviably lush. Admiring the dense bushes of Billbergia is as pleasant as admiring its flowers. Moreover, caring for Billbergias is not at all difficult. This plant only needs regular care. It is governed by simple, understandable rules for beginners. The main thing is to choose the right conditions and monitor watering.
Sweet buns made from rich yeast dough with fudge turn out fluffy, tender, and are quite simple to prepare. Butter dough This recipe is somewhat similar to French brioche dough, you can leave it in the refrigerator overnight, and the next day form buns, let them rise and bake a warm pastry for breakfast. It is better to pre-soak the raisins for the filling in strong alcohol. To decorate baked goods, you will need a mixture for decorating gingerbread and cookies - dry fondant.
Modern petunia is strikingly different from the simpleton it was at the dawn breeding work. And, it would seem, what else can surprise breeders? Last spring I purchased at the market several unnamed cuttings of vegetative petunias with striking flower colors. When I later found out what kind of plants I was growing, I was stunned. After all, it turned out that these “petunias” are not petunias or even calibrachoa at all, but belong to a new independent genus Pethoa.
Our life is an unchanging cyclical process that affects all areas, including plants. With the arrival of the first warm weather, gardeners and gardeners rush to get to work in order to collect the fruits of their efforts and get the desired benefit from it. However, it is not enough to select good seeds, prepare the land and plant the crop on time, you also need to choose the planting day wisely. The thing is that the phases of the moon have direct influence per plant. So, for example, if you plant gifts of nature on a full moon, you risk being left without a harvest, but if you plant on a waxing moon, the result will meet your expectations.
New Moon and Full Moon
Please note that on the fifth of 2018 the Moon will be in the first quarter. This is the ideal time to start work. It is believed that all plants planted on this day will delight you with a generous harvest. As for the full moon, this month it awaits us on the twelfth; fears, worries and depression will intensify. The Moon will enter its last quarter on the twentieth, but on March 28 there will be a new moon.
Choosing favorable days
If you don't know when to start working, use our tips. So:
- 3rd number. Great time to plant plants. The Moon will be in Taurus.
- 4th number. The moon is waxing, in Gemini. Feel free to plan any job.
- 5th number. This is the ideal time to plant plants, regardless of their type. By devoting this day to working in the garden, you will undoubtedly reap a rich harvest.
- 19th. A good day for earthworks. Pay attention not only to vegetable gardens, but also to indoor plants.
The best day to plant a crop
When choosing a planting day, you also need to take into account the type of crop you want to plant. So, for example, planting squash, eggplant and zucchini is best done from March 13 to 15, and for rutabaga and turnips, the 20-23rd, 25-26th are excellent. It is not recommended to plant beans, beans and peas in March. For planting strawberries and wild strawberries, March 13-15 is suitable, but for cabbage - 3-10.
Many gardeners are interested in the question of when to plant potatoes, because everyone wants to harvest bountiful harvest, which is enough for the whole winter. However, here we need to take into account climatic conditions your region. As for auspicious days- this is March 20-25. But keep in mind that when planting it, you must be sure that it will not freeze, otherwise your efforts will be in vain. We also stock up on onions for the winter. It is best to plant this crop on the 6th-9th or 21st-26th. For carrots, select the day from the 20th to the 23rd. It is not recommended to plant cucumbers, melon, watermelon and corn in March. Planting must begin in April. You can also plant in a greenhouse in March sweet pepper. However, it is best to do this from the 13th to the 15th. But for radishes and parsley, choose a date from the 20th to the 25th. Sow tomatoes for seedlings in special containers from March 13 to 15.
Have a generous harvest!
Every experienced gardener throughout the year he listens to folk signs, and pigweed is no exception.
- March thunder foreshadows prolonged cold weather.
- If the snow does not melt in March, then there will be no grass in April.
- Dense March fogs are a sign of a wet summer.
- If the melted snow around the trees creates gentle circles, a protracted spring is expected, and if the edges of the circles are steep, then a stormy spring is expected.
- If the rooks appeared before mid-March, then the summer is likely to be cold.
Watch the weather in March and take into account folk signs when planning gardening work.
Lunar calendar for March 2017: moon phases and zodiac signs
The passage of the moon through the signs of the zodiac according to the lunar calendar for March 2017:
| Zodiac signs 2017 | March |
| Aries | 1,2, 27 (17.12), 28, 29 |
| Taurus | 2 (10.44), 29 (18.49), 30, 31 |
| Twins | 4 (13.07), 5, 6, 31 (19.41) |
| Cancer | 6 (15.55), 7,8 |
| Lion | 8 (19.47), 9, 10, 11 |
| Virgo | 11 (1.08), 12, 13 |
| Scales | 13 (8.29), 14, 15 |
| Scorpion | 15 (18.12), 16,17, 18 |
| Sagittarius | 18 (6.01), 19, 20 |
| Capricorn | 20 (18.32), 21, 22, 23 |
| Aquarius | 23 (5.29), 24, 25 |
| Fish | 25 (13.08), 26, 27 |
Moon phases according to the lunar calendar for March 2017:
| Character of the Moon in period | Growing | Descending | ||
| Period start date and time | 5 (14.34) | 12 (17.55) | 20 (19.59) | 28 (5.58) |
| Moon phase | II | III | IV | |
| Recommendations | sowing, weeding, spraying in phases II and IV planting, watering, fertilizing in phases I and III |
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Work in the garden and vegetable garden in March
With the onset of spring, be sure to visit your site. Garden work in March they begin with trampling the snow under the trees, sanitary pruning and preparing grooves to drain excess water when the snow melts. Feed the birds and country house Place mouse bait. For these purposes, you can use the chemicals “Storm”, “Klerat”, “Zernotsin”, “Geldan” or simply make a mixture of cement, sugar and flour in a 1:1:2 ratio. Place it on saucers, add a couple of drops of unrefined sunflower oil and place the “treats” along the baseboards.
An important job in the garden and vegetable garden in March is spraying trees and shrubs against pests wintering on them and under them. To do this, take 700 g of urea, dissolve in cold water(100 g per 10 liters of water), strain and thoroughly spray the entire garden and the soil under the plantings. So highly concentrated mineral fertilizer will disrupt the salt metabolism of pests, penetrating through their chitinous cover, and destroy them. For the garden during the dormant period, such spraying is harmless.
One more necessary work in the garden in March - removal of lichens. If tree trunks are heavily overgrown with mycobiont, then it can be easily destroyed before sap flow begins with a 7-10% solution of ferrous sulfate (1 tsp per 100 ml of water). The trunks can be sprayed or brushed. After 3 days, the lichens themselves will fall off the trunks. During sap flow, such treatment is not recommended - it will burn the buds and cause great damage to the tree or bush, including death.
When starting work in the garden in March, carefully examine the blackcurrant bushes. On the branches at this time, thick swollen buds are clearly visible, populated kidney mite. They must be picked and burned, otherwise, as the buds swell, the pests will come out of them and spread to new buds. If there are a lot of such buds on a branch, then cut and burn the entire branch.
What else to do in March in the garden? Prepare cuttings for grafting. They must be preserved until April - early May. Make holes in a washed but not peeled potato tuber and insert the cuttings into them with the bottom cut. Store the tubers in the refrigerator.
At the beginning of March, you should sow seeds of peppers, eggplants and tall tomatoes for seedlings, if you did not have time to do this at the end of February. We will have to speed up the emergence of seedlings, for which we need to increase the soil temperature. Peppers will sprout on the 8-10th day if the soil temperature is 28-32°C, and eggplants and tomatoes at the same temperature will sprout on the 6-7th and 4-5th days, respectively. With more low temperatures shoots are delayed for several days. When sowing seeds in March, the temperature cannot be increased above 40-42 °C, since planting material may die. If the soil temperature is below 20 °C, peppers and eggplants may not sprout at all, and tomatoes will appear only after 15-17 days.
Immediately after the first loop of seedlings appears, the container with seedlings should be placed on the window and the temperature should be checked: during the day it should not be higher than 16-18 °C, and at night - about 12-14 °C. After a week, both day and night temperatures should be increased by 4-6 °C. Such a temporary early decrease in temperature stops the growth of the subcotyledon and prevents strong elongation of seedlings at the initial stage of development. But do not forget that when planting seeds in March, a decrease in temperature below 8 ° C leads to an early disease of tomatoes with late blight, as well as to the appearance of faceted (double) flowers, which must be picked off at the bud stage (it is abnormally large). From such flowers grows an ugly fruit, consisting of several fused together. You cannot take seeds from such tomatoes, since they also produce plants with faceted flowers.
If you already have sprouts of peppers, tomatoes and eggplants, then do not forget that you should start feeding them as soon as the cotyledon leaves unfold and the plants switch to their own root nutrition, you should not wait for real leaves to appear. Fertilizing should be combined with watering, that is, water the plants not with water, but with a weak fertilizer solution. Uniflor-rost for eggplant and tomato seedlings and Uniflor-bud for peppers are best suited for this. 1 tsp is enough. drug per 5 liters of water. Note that these solutions can be stored indefinitely. Water the seedlings sparingly, keeping the soil only slightly moist.
Important! Common mistake Many gardeners and vegetable gardeners, when sowing seedlings in March, end up with excessive watering, which leads to the death of roots due to lack of oxygen, acidification of the soil and the appearance of small fruit flies, Drosophila, which feed on plant rot.
At the same time, the seedlings need good lighting, otherwise leaves will be laid at the growth point and the buds will be postponed to a later date, which, naturally, will lead to a delay in fruiting. Fluorescent lamps located 5-7 cm above the plants are ideal. As the seedlings grow, the lamps are raised so that this distance is maintained. It should be noted here that a long day is harmful to pepper, since it is a crop short day. Therefore, the backlight should be turned on for 7-8 hours. But eggplants and tomatoes are long-day plants, and they require backlighting for 11-12 hours a day. If they are all placed together, then you will have to cover the pepper with a black cloth after 8 hours of illumination.
After planting the seedlings in March, when the tomatoes have their first true leaf, even before picking (the first transplant), the soil should be carefully watered with a weak copper solution. The easiest way is to use HOM (copper chloride), since it can be diluted in cold water and in any container, including metal. Dilute 1 tsp. without top of powder in 10 liters of water (0.05% solution). The solution can stand indefinitely. Systematically water tomato seedlings with it instead of water once every 2 weeks. This will significantly increase your plant resistance to late blight. This feeding is also useful for eggplants, since they also suffer from late blight, although to a lesser extent than tomatoes. Pepper is not susceptible to this disease, but feeding it with copper will not harm it, since seedlings are usually grown on peat soils, and there is no copper in peat.
Also in March you need to sow root and petiole celery seeds for seedlings. To do this, take yogurt cups, fill them 3/4 with soil, add snow, compact it and sow 3 celery seeds directly on the snow. The celery seeds are clearly visible on it. They, like all other very small seeds, are not covered with soil from above. When the snow melts, they will be slightly drawn into the ground. After sowing, cover the cups with film or glass and place them on the windowsill right next to the glass. Celery is a cold-resistant crop; the seeds will hatch at 2-4 °C and sprout at 6-7 °C. When the shoots appear, the film can be removed. As soon as the sprouts form 1-2 true leaves, leave one of the strongest plants in each glass, cut the rest at the soil level with nail scissors. In the future, lightly cover the plants with soil, otherwise they will fall.
Check the onions and discard any diseased ones. And place those bulbs that have begun to grow, close to each other, in a shallow container with a small amount of slightly moistened soil or sand and place in a bright place. In a couple of weeks you will have young greens. You can do the same with sprouting garlic.
At the end of March, winter sowing can be done. In our region, it is better to do this in March rather than in the fall. Of course, the beds are prepared for such sowing in the fall. And they even make furrows on them. At the same time, prepare a bag of dry soil and leave it on the veranda. Sweep the snow from the garden bed and water it well hot water from the kettle along the furrows. Sprinkle the furrows with ash and sow seeds in them, then cover them with 2 cm of soil and cover them with snow.
Sowing flower seeds in March
Check gladioli bulbs, dahlia tubers. Cut off all diseased parts to a clean cloth, smear the sections with green paint and store them again.
Aster seeds must be planted at the end of March, otherwise the seedlings will become very long.
In mid-March, sow petunia, snapdragon, nemesia, crystal chamomile and other long-growing flowers with small seeds, but place the containers with them in a warm place.
Also in March, seeds of flowers such as marigolds and asters are sown; they need to be sprinkled with 1.5 cm of soil. Compact the soil with a spoon. Cover with film and place in a warm place. Pre-steam the soil for asters or water them thoroughly with a solution of “Fitosporin” to destroy the spores of the fungus that causes blackleg. In the future, when picking seedlings, the new soil should also be spilled with Fitosporin or HOM.
