
MAY MAY MAY
1st – 2nd
Poor planting. Fine for cultivating or spraying.
3rd – 4th
First day is a good day for transplanting. First day is also when planted root crops will yield well. Second day is favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes,
5th – 7th
Any seed planted now will tend to rot.
8th – 9th
Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other aboveground crops.
10th – 13th
A barren period. Favorable for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.
14th – 15th
Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers. Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other aboveground crops.
16th – 17th
Plant seedbeds. Excellent for planting aboveground crops, and planting leafy vegetables.
18th – 20th
Seeds planted now will do poorly and yield little.
21st – 22nd
Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.
23rd – 25th
Kill plant pests on these barren days.
26th – 27th
Fine for vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good days for transplanting. Favorable time for planting late root crops.
28th – 30th
Poor planting. Fine for cultivating or spraying.
31st
Good day for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.