Help August 2014 Planting Guide

[NC Susan]

http://farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/


August 2014

1st-2nd Good days for planting aboveground crops. Excellent for sowing grains, winter wheat, oats, and rye. Plant flowers.

3rd-4th Plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables. Plant seedbeds.

5th-7th Cut winter wood, do clearing and plowing, but no planting.

8th-9th Good time to plant aboveground crops.

10th-11th Barren days.

12th-13th Favorable days for planting root crops, fine for vine crops. Good days for transplanting.

14th-15th Barren days. Do no planting.

16th-17th Root crops that can be planted now will yield well. Good days for transplanting.

18th-19th Any seeds planted now will tend to rot. Best days for killing plant pests and weeds.

20th-22nd Most favorable day for planting beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops. Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good day for transplanting.

23rd-27th A barren time. First two days best for killing weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests. Clear woodlots and fencerows.

28th-29th Good days for planting aboveground crops. Excellent for sowing grains, winter wheat, oats, and rye. Plant flowers.

30th-31st Plant peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, California, and Texas. Extra good for leafy vegetables. Plant seedbeds now.


September 2014

1st An excellent time for planting aboveground crops including leafy vegetables, which will do well. Start seedbeds.
2nd-3rd Good days to clear fencerows, woodlots, and fields, but do no planting.
4th-5th Any aboveground crops that can be planted now will do very well.
6th-7th These are poor planting days.
8th-9th These are good days for planting root crops. Fine for vine crops. Good days for transplanting.
10th-11th Seeds planted now will tend to grow poorly and yield little.
12th-13th Good for planting root crops. Good days for transplanting.
14th-16th Seeds planted now tend to rot in the ground. Last two days good for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation. Also plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting.
19th-23rd A most barren period, best for killing plant pests, or doing other chores.
24th-26th Good days for planting peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, Texas, and California. Excellent for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers.
27th-28th Excellent time for planting aboveground crops that can be planted now, including leafy vegetables, which will do well. Start seedbeds.
29th-30th Clear fencerows, woodlots and fields, but do no planting.

Vegetables cooked in less water and for a shorter period of time will lose fewer of their nutrients.

 

[Hermantribe]

Thanks for posting this

 

[kyrsyan]

Thank you. I've been trying to get back into planting using the moon but honestly just haven't had the time to do all the charts and cross references for my area. I think sometime this winter I'm just going to do the full year at once.

 

[NC Susan]

Thank you. I've been trying to get back into planting using the moon ......

i know if this farmers link says an excellent day to plant, then it IS and nothing fails, everything thrives and the harvest or flower, or hedge blooms are fantastic.

good days are good and barren days are barren....... It breaks down to 2 weeks you can and 2 weeks you cant and they are days that spread out all over the month, so you cant guess, but just follow the recommendations from the calendar !!

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[kyrsyan]

Thank you. I used to do a chart specific to my area. And then cross reference. There were some differences but I think they were mainly because Farmers' Almanac is trying to provide info for large chunks of area. Generally the core of the times were the same though. I just liked the brain exercise.

 

[NC Susan]

.......... There were some differences but I think they were mainly because Farmers' Almanac is trying to provide info for large chunks of area. Generally the core of the times were the same though. I just liked the brain exercise.

I have a small yard, lots of trees, and lots of micro climates depending on the shade. I was fortunate when young to have a wise old Vermonter 'adopt' me, and teach me all the planting harvesting and canning that I needed adapted to these sandy 'Pine Barrens'. Hopefully some of my 'learnings' will pass to my granddaughters.

I agree that You know then about that micro climate stuff, and how sands and clays and hours of sunlight will change in every acre of land and effect and affect the harvests. That broad base moon calendar always seems to work tho, but i have made some other observations over time. One is that for 2 weeks of each month, it matters not how deep the hole is you shoveled, you either can not fill it up or it will overfill.

Another is that the roses have to have morning sunshine which is more important to them than any other kind of sun or amount of sun. And the fastest way to kill roses is to prune them. They are 'bushes' after all, and if left to thicken they do wonderful. Yes, cut the tops a little, but never the bottoms. I spent 20 years dealing with mold, black spot and dead stems before i gave up on all the science recommendations and now did just the opposite and am now getting the most beautiful healthy roses, by NOT doing what is recommended, but by planting to the first morning sunlight.

Another is that the trees, figs, and azaleas grow best inside the septic tank drain fields...... And now that i dont have lots of teens, laundry, lots of showers, and wasted water, the trees are still pulling water, but the ferns and flowers and azaleas dont get the water they need without a hose or rainfall. So I dispute that recommendations that all drain fields should be clear and unplanted.

and am very happy that our city decided to quit spraying for mosquitoes. Since that happened, we now are seeing dragon flies, found one bat, and saw one dragonfly this year. And we seem to have LESS mosquitoes now that the natural predators are returning. ( but Have not seen a bee tho since last year. )

 

[kyrsyan]

My roses were doing okay until this past winter. Now I have to start over. 3 completely died and one had to have over half of it cut off because it was dead.

We're not on septic here and I haven't had to plant around it for a long time. My thoughts would be that the edges of the field should be safe. But I wouldn't want roots clogging the field so that would probably be as far as I'd go with any perennials.

Unfortunately we have a lot of mosquitoes. Last year you could only find the small black/white tiger mosquitoes but this year there is also a larger solid brown one. That one is slower and easier to kill but the bites sting more. We don't have enough natural predators to handle the overflow of them. Probably because there are quite a few large drainage areas within 2 blocks of my house that haven't been dredged out in years. It provides perfect mosquito breeding grounds.

 

[NC Susan]

Long time ago i found and posted articles on marigolds and geraniums. Bugs cant stand the smell of them so wont fly over them. That is why every house in Germany has rich balcony window boxes filled with masses of geraniums and marigolds but no screens and always open windows