May Eco Garden

May Eco Garden
April 30, 2019 Christina Mullin

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.