Favorable planting days in May 2020 for tomatoes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Those who have just begun to comprehend the wisdom of the main points of gardening have no idea that there are the most successful planting days for the successful cultivation of tomatoes. Let's find out if there are any in May 2020.

When it is customary to sow tomatoes

To grow tomatoes in a greenhouse, you need to understand several features of the technology for the production of this vegetable crop.

1. If you want to continuously harvest, then you need to choose both early-ripening and late-ripening varieties at once. They land at the same time. It is in this case that you can ensure continuous harvesting for a month or more. For this purpose, it is enough to choose a small time interval among successful planting days in May 2020 in order to simultaneously plant tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and peppers.
2. Despite the fact that not everyone adheres to the lunar calendar, experts still recommend adhering to the dates indicated in it.
3. It is also necessary to provide suitable conditions in the greenhouse. It must be warm enough, and the transparent roof and walls must let in a lot of sunlight. Otherwise, the plantings will freeze in their growth and development.

Naturally, for growing tomatoes in a greenhouse, seed is placed in individual cups or cassettes around April.

It was then that the grown bushes of young tomatoes and cucumbers will be ready for planting in the greenhouse in May on time, and all that the gardener needs to do is to choose the most suitable planting days according to the lunar calendar in 2020.

The fact is that if you choose certain dates taking into account the lunar calendar, then you need to prepare for them in advance. This is due to the following features of tomato growing technology:

1. 7 days before laying seed or grown seedlings in the ground, it is necessary to prepare the soil for this process. For this, it is loosened. It is unacceptable to leave large clods of soil, as they can damage the thin shoots.
2. Also, the soil must first be fertilized. It is the additional amount of nutrients and essential trace elements that provides accelerated growth and enhanced plant immunity. Organic is great. In addition to organic fertilizers, you can add superphosphate, wood ash and potassium sulfate.
3. The next step is to properly prepare the holes. They need to be placed at a certain distance from each other. This is an important condition in order to avoid thickening of the planting. If you plant the bushes too close to each other, they will not be as strong. The fruits themselves will not receive the proper amount of sunlight, as a result of which they will lose some of their sugar. For this reason, there should be at least 35 cm between two adjacent holes on all sides for low-growing varieties of tomatoes. If tall varieties were chosen, then the distance between the two planting pits is increased to 80 cm.
4. It is advisable to place the planting of tomatoes in a checkerboard pattern, and not plant them in orderly rows, as this will save the area of the garden.
5. When a few days have passed after the seedlings are planted, they must be tied to a stick.
6. If the seeds were planted in open ground, then the garter is carried out when the plant reaches a height of 25 cm or more.

Planting days in May by region

Not everyone grows tomato seedlings. Some people choose to plant seeds directly in the open field. In this case, it is necessary to take into account all sorts of subtleties of growing technology:

1. Choose the optimal plant varieties, taking into account the region, as well as the specific climatic conditions in each specific season.
2. Rely on the dates indicated in the lunar calendar as the most suitable for the plant to gain green mass and root effectively.
3. Create all the necessary conditions suitable directly for a specific culture.

Northern regions - specifics of planting and selection of dates

For the northwestern regions, ultra-determinant or super-determinant varieties are suitable. These include:

• Aphrodite;
• Aksanta;
• Zest;
• Aurora.

When choosing the optimal planting days in May 2020 for tomatoes in the northwestern region, you can rely on the fact that they are able to withstand a small and short-term drop in temperature. Experts recommend focusing on the lunar calendar.

Middle lane

In central Russia, determinant varieties are suitable for open ground. For these types of tomatoes, the optimum temperature is above +12 ° C. If it becomes lower, then the plantings must be covered with film material or agrofiber.

Based on the temperature regime, the most suitable landing days are selected, when the weather in May 2020 is comfortable. It is important that there is a comfortable temperature for the growth of tomatoes in the Moscow region and other regions of the middle lane.

Experienced gardeners recommend paying attention to varieties such as:

• Flash;
• Amur tiger;
• Ground 6;
• Buyan;
• Pink souvenir;
• Gravity.

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Specificity of the choice of dates and varieties for the southern regions

It is the southern regions that are distinguished by the fact that the climatic conditions here are most suitable for planting seeds directly into open ground. The summer months in the south are quite long, the weather is stable, which contributes to the full ripening of tomatoes.

In this area, the Indets are planted quite often. In this case, tomatoes grow like a liana, which makes it possible to harvest several waves of harvest. But in addition, indeterminate tomatoes and large-fruited varieties are grown here.

Auspicious days according to the lunar calendar

When it is decided which varieties of tomatoes should be chosen to obtain the highest yield possible, taking into account the region, they choose the appropriate date based on the lunar calendar.

The optimal planting days according to the lunar calendar in May 2020 in order to grow a high yield of tomatoes in the Urals, in the middle lane or in the southern region, in a greenhouse or open field, are tabulated.

For planting in southern regions, May is suitable to plant seed directly into open ground. Earlier periods are chosen for planting in the greenhouse. But this does not in any way affect the fact that these days will affect the strength of the plant itself in the most favorable way.

In the presented table, you can choose a suitable date according to the lunar calendar for planting both seeds and already formed tomato seedlings.

The most suitable planting days in the month of May 2020, in which you can lay seeds or grown tomato seedlings in the soil in the Urals, the middle lane and in the southern regions	2, 3, 8, 9, 15-18, 30 and 31 numbers
Unsuitable days to carry out planting work in May 2020, independently for tomatoes or other fruit and vegetable crops in Siberia and other regions of Russia	1, 8, 11-13, 27 numbers

If you carry out all the work in accordance with the numbers that are indicated as the most suitable, then you can see the following advantages:

1. The seeds will germinate quickly enough and the plants will take root.
2. They will be more resistant to various diseases and attacks of harmful insects.
3. Due to the fact that the plants will gain green mass more quickly, they will be best prepared for the flowering and fruiting period.
4. As a result, the gardener will receive an abundant high-quality harvest with maximum taste.

All this suggests that landing with a favorable lunar calendar day has a number of advantages.

Tips from experienced gardeners

Eugene, 45 years old. Kostroma:

"I am engaged in growing tomatoes in large quantities and regularly. Therefore, I drew attention to the fact that if the plants are provided with the proper amount of light when growing seedlings, the tomatoes become healthier and stronger. Young plants do not stretch too intensively. At the same time, the root system will always be strong, which greatly facilitates and speeds up the rooting process."

Olga Nikolaevna, 54 years old:

"Leningrad region. I constantly grow tomatoes, I use one piece of advice given by my great-grandmother. 7 days before planting plants in holes in open ground, you need to cover the soil with a film cover. It forms a greenhouse effect on the surface of the earth. Soil temperature rises. by a few degrees, which has a very beneficial effect on tomatoes. They take root faster."

Ekaterina, 38 years old. Zelenokumsk:

"If there is a need to reduce the risk of developing fungal infections, then it is necessary to remove the lower leaves when planting seedlings from plants. This will heal the garden."

Nikolai Ivanovich, 67 years old. Nevinnomyssk:

"Do you want the plants to be powerful and grow intensively? Choose the right day on which planting will be most favorable. At the same time, when planting tomatoes in the soil, they should be buried more intensively than in the planting cup. This is due to the fact that as a result the plant will give lateral roots and form a powerful bush."

Summarize

Despite the fact that there are the most optimal days for planting tomatoes, it is necessary to take into account some climatic features and the specifics of the plant itself:

1. It is necessary to plant seedlings in May, taking into account the data of the lunar calendar.
2. Landing in June is not possible. In this case, the tomatoes will not have time to ripen. This is especially true for the middle belt and northern regions.
3. The optimal planting time for a crop is May. It is not recommended to plant seedlings earlier. This is due to the returning night frosts.
4. If you need to plant tomatoes earlier, you will have to create greenhouse conditions for them. Only in this case will they be able to grow effectively.