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Gardener's and gardener's lunar calendar for January 8-14: what should be done
07.01.2024 22:20
Updated: 21.01.2024 22:54
Experienced gardeners begin preparing for the new summer cottage season as early as January.
What should be done at the dacha from January 8 to 14 according to the lunar calendar of the gardener and horticulturist, says the expert of the online publication "Belnovosti", scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
January 8
Active work is not recommended. You should not plant, trim, pinch or remove side shoots from plants, or harvest medicinal plants.
You can do loosening, hilling, weeding, fertilizing, and pest control.
January 9
A favorable day for active work. You can dig and loosen the soil, weed, hill, mulch, dive, pinch, treat plants from pests, apply fertilizers.
In the greenhouse and on the windowsill you can sow radishes, carrots, celery, beets. You can also plant bulbous and annual flowers, especially climbing and ampelous ones.
Pinching and pruning are not recommended. Watering should be moderate.
January 10
Passive day. You can plant crops with edible underground parts, dig up bulbs and tubers for long-term storage, sow greens for forcing.
In the garden, you can do replanting, pruning and grafting of trees. It is better to refrain from working with plant roots, loosening the soil and abundant watering.
January 11
A favorable day. It is recommended to plant annual flowers, vegetables, climbing and creeping plants, pick seedlings, loosen and weed the soil, hill and thin out seedlings, pinch the tops of shoots, treat plants from pests and diseases.
You can also graft and re-graft plants, trim strawberry runners, add organic fertilizers, and compost organic waste.
January 12
It is recommended to work with the above-ground part of plants. You can plant vegetables, annual flowers, root crops, apply fertilizers, remove weeds, graft, re-graft and pinch plants, and carry out pest control.
It is better to refrain from manipulating the roots and over-watering.
January 13
A favorable day. You can plant and transplant plants, thin out seedlings, remove weeds, carry out pest control, apply organic fertilizers under the root, prune and graft trees.
Pinching, picking and abundant watering are not recommended.
January 14
Active work is not recommended. You can plant root crops, bulbs, legumes, thin out shoots, remove weeds, carry out pest control, apply organic fertilizers under the root.
Pinching and picking are not recommended; watering should not be abundant.
Earlier, the expert told which flowers need to be sown for seedlings as early as January.
