Favorable planting days in May 2020 for potatoes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 00:05

Planting days for potatoes are determined based on the lunar calendar and the long-term weather calendar in the regions of residence. To determine the timing, tables are drawn up, they are already available for May and April 2020.

When is it customary to plant potatoes

The main planting time for potatoes in temperate climates is mid-April. However, for huge Russia, with its varied climatic conditions, it is impossible to categorically assert certain landing days for this valuable culture.

And 2020 is a leap year, and according to the centuries-old experience of growing fruits and tubers, it can be said with confidence that considerable difficulties await agrarians. There are even recommendations not to grow anything, but this is impossible, because it is impossible to do without potatoes either on holidays or on weekdays.

Scientific sources and forums of gardeners recommend planting mainly in April, considering that this is the most optimal time. However, different climatic conditions can shift the landing days.

Regions with a harsh climate are characterized by recurrent spring frosts, late snow melt, floods due to heavy rainfall, and river development. In 2020, spring is expected to be changeable and harsh: forecasters predict a cold March and a rainy April.

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The same is said by folk signs - a relatively warm winter without surprises and cataclysms is always replaced by a strange spring. Therefore, it is likely that the dates in 2020 will move not only to the beginning of May, but also to its middle and even to the last decade.

Planting days for potatoes are determined by several significant components:

1. Climatic conditions by region are taken into account. For example, in Siberia, potatoes are usually planted in May, and this is true even for early ripening varieties, and in the south, in the last days of May, a young vegetable is already on the market.
2. A very important indicator is the condition of the soil, the degree of its warming up. For this, each year in any region may have different terms due to changeable weather or features of the year.
3. For the correct determination of planting days, the variety of potatoes and the maturation of the tubers are of great importance. For example, a vegetable with a ripening period of 2 months is planted in May only in Siberia and the Urals in order to get a harvest before the onset of early frosts.

Other conditions for calculating the correct dates in 2020 are the same as in previous years. An important role is played by intuition and agrarian experience, favorable days according to the lunar calendar, phases of the moon, fertile and barren signs of the zodiac, in which the night star dwells. All of this needs to be used together to keep the harvest good even in a leap year.

Planting days in May 2020 for potatoes by region

The correct definition of planting days for potatoes in May depends not only on the region, but also on the selected variety. They are:

• early (ripening of tubers from 50 days);
• medium early (from 65);
• mid-season (from 85);
• medium late (from 95 days);
• late, ripening for more than 119 days.

Some of them are not suitable for the Urals, Siberia, Leningrad and Moscow regions. Experienced vegetable growers manage to deceive nature a little by covering the plantings with plastic wrap, sprouting tubers in advance, using growth stimulants.

Crimea, North Caucasus region and Krasnodar Territory

Planting days in May for potatoes are practically not used. Excellent natural conditions make it easy to grow varieties with any ripening duration, from early to late ripening.

In 2020, as in other years, the optimal planting dates for early potatoes are at the very end of March, and the rest of the varieties are planted throughout April, taking into account the weather conditions and sufficient soil warming.

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Central regions

In these regions and in Kaliningrad, the optimal planting dates are usually called the beginning of May. However, a long-term weather forecast from forecasters will not allow landings to be carried out at normal times in all areas of central Russia. It is likely that they will have to be moved towards the end of the first ten-day period or even the beginning of the second ten-day period.

Volga and Central Black Earth regions

In these regions of Russia, crops can be planted until May 10, if one is guided by stable stereotypes. However, some areas promise early spring and it is likely that early varieties can be planted in late April or early May.

But before you rely on these dates, you need to make sure that the soil has warmed up sufficiently.

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Siberia and the Urals

In regions with a cold climate, it is recommended to plant potatoes by the end of May, or even at the beginning of June. Meteorological forecasts are mixed. Some forecasters are sure that in Siberia and the Urals in 2020 there will be a warm March, rainy April and early May with unpleasant weather surprises.

Others are confident that spring will be unambiguously warm and early. Therefore, you will have to focus not on traditional dates, but on the real state of the weather and on favorable days according to the lunar calendar.

Northwest region

May, starting in the second half, is always the optimal time for planting early and mid-early varieties in this climatic zone. If the gloomy predictions of weather forecasters come true, the inhabitants of the region will have to look for good weather and free days for gardening according to the lunar calendar and zodiac signs, not from mid-May, but towards the end of the last spring month.

Auspicious days according to the lunar calendar

For May, according to the lunar calendar, the efforts of astrologers and astronomers have already compiled a table of days favorable for various kinds of agricultural work. Planting potatoes in the phases of the moon is not the only, but a significant condition for successful activity.

For a good result, you need to take care of the emerging seedlings according to the lunar calendar. Below is a table with favorable days for working with potatoes according to the lunar calendar.

Types of jobs	Auspicious days	Unfavorable days
Planting tubers in the soil	2-3, 11-12, 15-17, 20-21	Full moon and new moon, barren zodiac signs in the growing phase of the moon
Treatment of plants from pests and diseases (for early varieties)	8-14, 18-19, 23-24	Full moon and new moon
Watering and feeding potatoes	2-6, 11-12, 15-17, 20-22, 31	Full moon and new moon
Weeding and hilling	8-10, 13-14, 18-19	Full moon and new moon

If you can't plant on favorable lunar days, you can use neutral ones. In May 2020, these are 1, 4, 9-10, 13, 17-24, 27-28 and the last days of May.

Tips from experienced gardeners

Irina K. Volgograd: “I am always guided by birch leaves. As soon as they get bigger than a penny in size, it's a sure sign that it's time for potatoes."

Igor B., Crimea: “We believe that the most productive varieties are not early, but mid-season and mid-late ones. They can not be planted in all regions, but they have an excellent harvest."

Ilya V. Saratov region: “It is not necessary to use chemical insecticides for the treatment of vegetative mass. Personally, I get by with folk remedies. There are enough of them if you see the disease in a timely manner."

Ariadna Petrovna, Leningrad Region: “Be sure to visit the forums for gardeners. You can find out a lot of valuable information."

Summarize

Potatoes are a widespread crop, the planting dates of which depend on:

1. The region of residence of the gardener, climatic features.
2. The selected plant variety and ripening period.
3. Auspicious days according to the lunar calendar and the phase in which the night star is located.
4. Weather in a particular season, the time of the onset of spring.