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Every day of the second autumn month it becomes colder. This does not mean less work in the garden and in the garden. Before the onset of real cold weather in October, the lunar sowing calendar for 2016 recommends that summer residents carry out a number of activities aimed at collecting the remaining harvest, as well as preparing the garden and vegetable beds for wintering. A special issue in this period is the safety of the harvested crop and sowing of winter crops.

What can you do at your dacha in October?

The list of work performed at the dacha in mid-autumn is not so small. According to the lunar sowing calendar in October, pay attention to the following areas:

• I will harvest the last harvest from fruit trees late-ripening varieties;
• Landing at permanent place fruit bushes and trees;
• Sowing winter crops;
• Preparation of fruit and berry crops for wintering;
• Carrying out protective measures against insect pests and diseases.

In the first ten days of October, start collecting late cabbage and root vegetables. By sowing lunar calendar They need to be removed from the garden before the first frost. For root parsley and celery, the optimal harvest time is when temperature regime will be established within +4 o C...+5 o C. In this case, small root crops can not be removed, but left for the winter so that in early spring receive first greens.

The beginning of the month is also favorable for planting onion sets on turnips. At positive temperatures, start planting fruit trees, as well as ornamental trees and bushes. Bury seedlings that were not planted in a permanent place within the lunar calendar until spring. During the same period of October, you can start whitewashing fruit trees in order to protect them from burns in winter and early spring. For whitewash, use lime with the addition of a small amount of copper sulfate or special compositions.

Throughout October, the lunar sowing calendar does not prohibit cleaning the garden from plant residues and preparing it for the next season. It's time to start disinfecting the greenhouse in the fall. Insulate heat-loving plants (hydrangeas, clematis, roses, grapes) with spruce branches or other covering material. Carry out moisture-recharging irrigation and treat fruit bushes and trees with pest repellents (for example, 3% Bordeaux mixture).

In the second ten days of October according to the lunar sowing calendar, it is advisable to complete the harvest of late varieties of apples, pears, viburnum, hawthorn, barberry and sea buckthorn. During the same period, it is not too late to prepare planting holes for spring planting of seedlings. If you didn’t have time earlier, do it and gooseberries. Spray the trunks and branches of trees in the garden with iron sulfate to protect against lichen.

In mid-October, start preparing cuttings for winter vaccination. According to the lunar calendar, this time is optimal for planting popular stone fruit crops. To obtain early greenery before winter, you can sow the following crops:

• Lettuce and celery;
• Black onion for obtaining sets;
• Beijing cabbage;
• Beetroot and carrots;
• Parsley and dill;
• Salad mustard;
• Sorrel.

In the third ten days of October, before laying on long-term storage sort through the harvest of apples and pears. Pay attention to planted trees. Dig up the trunk circles, inspect the bark on the trunks for the presence of pests. To protect against rodents, wrap the trunks with spruce branches and install protective nets.

Favorable and unfavorable periods for work

In October, according to the lunar sowing calendar, there are both the most suitable days for certain dacha work, and unfavorable. The table below will help you determine exactly these days:

Folk signs of October

October is the month in which preparations for winter are almost completed. The weather at this time is already much closer to winter, it becomes colder, all the leaves fall from the trees.

The sultry summer is already far behind us - the second month of autumn has arrived. October is traditionally a cool month for the southern regions of our vast Motherland and the period of establishing negative values temperatures for the part that stretches from the Urals to the North of Russia. The Moon still has an influence on any processes occurring on Earth.

If you still have the opportunity to visit your site and are really interested in favorable days Lunar sowing calendar, then we invite you to get acquainted with the data for October. For all gardeners and gardeners, there is only one recommendation - if you are going to the country and even decide to spend the night, then take warm clothes with you for these occasions. A dacha is good, but your health must always be protected.

What does the lunar calendar advise gardeners to do at their dacha during this period?

Days of the lunar calendar favorable for gardening activities:

• The 3rd and 4th days of the month are the days of the waxing Moon in Scorpio - the day is suitable for planting plants and sowing work in general. Considering the time of year, it’s time to sow bald spots in the lawn.
• From the 4th to the 7th are favorable days for replanting shrubs and fruit trees. If the street thermometer still turns red at 15 degrees above zero, then gardeners can do this. The lunar time favors this.
• The 8th and 9th of October are celebrated as favorable for planting bulbous flowers. Considering that the 9th is Sunday, we would recommend that everyone have time to do the seeding on the 8th.
• In the period from October 17 to October 20, the Lunar days of the calendar, oddly enough, recommend that gardeners start sowing root vegetables on 17 and 18, and on the remaining days planting different cultures, shelter for roses and young cuttings.
• From 25 to 27 months, according to the same calendar, are favorable for winter crops annual plants, lawn and root vegetables. If any gardener decides to sow these crops, assume that they will most likely have to be covered for ripening. Also, this lunar period is good for removing and uprooting weeds, and is completely unsuitable for collecting and preserving berries and fruits. The moon at this moment is in an earthly sign, which increases the risk of rotting and spoilage of stocks.
• From October 28 to October 31 are favorable days for sowing. Considering that the nights are already quite cool, we recommend limiting seeding to bald spots in your lawn. And it is better to use a covering material to preserve the seedlings - this way the result will be better.

Unfavorable in October lunar days It makes sense to designate the sowing calendar as “days of preparations for the winter and preparation for the next season,” because the time for active sowing and watering and fertilizing has already ended.

So, the Moon favors preparations for the winter and preparing plants for the next season on these days:

• The 1st and 2nd of the month are considered unfavorable for sowing. One of them falls on the New Moon, and the other also falls on Sunday. My aunt always said that on Sunday “... no planting, and especially no sowing! The earth and man must rest on this day.” Frankly, I didn’t always follow this advice, but I concluded that it was in vain. You should listen not only to lunar advice, but also to the words of people experienced in gardening. On this day it is useful to do weeding, thinning and control of pests and pathogens. The best thing to do is rest and plan.
• The period from the 5th to the 7th is favorable for harvesting fruits for storage. The lunar calendar, together with the waxing moon located in Sagittarius, promises to preserve the fruits all winter.
• From the 12th to the 16th of the month, the Lunar Sowing Calendar recommends that gardeners and gardeners take serious care in protecting fruits and plantings from rodents (they have already felt the approaching cold weather and are looking for places convenient for wintering - be careful that your cellar does not turn out to be one of them).
• October 16 according to the Lunar calendar - Full Moon. The day is favorable for collecting, preserving and freezing fruits. So if you're not quite yet experienced gardener- gardener, seek help from friends or mothers who are ready to make an effort lunar influence favors.

We remind you that the Full Moon period is the most favorable for fertilizing in the garden plot.

In October 2016, autumn comes into its full rights. If at the beginning of the month the weather pleases us with warm days, then already in the middle we feel the first breath of winter. Full preparation of the site for the cold begins.

• In the first ten days of October, harvest winter pome varieties, finish harvesting, processing and storing them.
• They spend in the garden general cleaning. Leaves and plant debris are composted. The trunks and bases of skeletal branches of trees are cleaned of dead bark, hollows and large cracks are sealed, and whitened with lime mortar. Hang hunting belts on the trunks of fruit trees.
• The autumn planting of trees and shrubs is completed. Preparing holes for winter planting of large trees. Saplings of cherries, plums and other stone fruits, as well as cuttings, are placed in a trench until spring.
• From the second decade, hyacinths are planted. Mulch the perennial plantings and prepare covering material for them.

Sowing calendar for the gardener for October 2016

From October 1 to October 2 22:43 - Moon in Libra. New Moon October 1 at 3:11.

• Recommended
• Undesirable disturb plants on the day of the new moon.

• Recommended planting tulips and winter garlic; moisture-recharging watering and adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to tree trunk circles garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; laying a new lawn and final mowing - for better grass growth.
• Undesirable trimming, planting and replanting plants with bare roots means there is a high probability of infection of open wounds.

• Recommended collecting seeds and crops in the garden (pears and late apples, cabbage, root vegetables, leeks) for long-term storage; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases; autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) under garden plants.

Undesirable sowing and planting something - the plants will not give a good harvest.

• Recommended planting trees and shrubs, as well as tulips, hyacinths, garden lilies of the valley and winter garlic; Preparation of cuttings of fruit trees for spring grafting; moisture-recharging irrigation and the introduction of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials.
• Not recommended

• Recommended moisture-recharging irrigation and application of organic matter to the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; pruning and hilling roses, clematis and other garden plants for the winter; laying a new lawn; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing.
• Not recommended

• Recommended moisture-recharging irrigation and extra-organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
• Undesirable plant bulbous plants(garlic, tulips, hyacinths) - there is a high probability of their roots rotting.

From October 14 18:08 to October 16 18:04 - waning moon in Aries. Full moon on October 16 at 7:23.

• Recommended autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
• Undesirable sow or plant anything - the plants will have a weak root system.

• Recommended planting fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, daffodils and tulips; Preparation of cuttings of fruit trees for spring grafting; moisture-recharging irrigation and the introduction of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials.
• Undesirable save water when watering - soil moisture should be higher than normal.

• Recommended autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunks, adding organic matter to garden plants; cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases; collecting seeds and crops from the garden (pears and apples, cabbage, root vegetables) for long-term storage.
• Undesirable water the plants - their roots need more air these days.

• Recommended autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants; preparation of cuttings for spring grafting; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
• Undesirable plant trees and shrubs - they will be winter-hardy.

• Recommended autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunks, extra organic matter (compost, humus, peat) for garden plants, collecting seeds and harvests in the garden and vegetable garden (pears and late apples, cabbage, root vegetables) for long-term storage.
• Undesirable greatly disturb the soil and plants - they need rest these days.

• Recommended
• Undesirable

• Recommended planting trees and shrubs, as well as tulips and winter garlic; moisture-recharging irrigation and application of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants.
• Undesirable save water when watering plants after planting - soil moisture should be higher than normal.

• Recommended only easy care looking after soil and plants, as well as harvesting in the garden and vegetable garden.
• Undesirable disturb plants on the day of the new moon even by leaving them.

Attention! The lunar sowing calendar for October 2016 is designed for a temperate climate.

October ends the gardening season. Even the most diligent gardeners and summer residents begin to get ready for the city by the end of October, having completed their work. What work needs to be done in October?

October work in the garden

In the first half of October, if weather conditions do not force you to do this earlier, cut heads of white and red cabbage and send them for processing or storage. Place all leaves from the beds in compost, dig up with roots and remove cabbage stalks from the area. This will not allow pests of this crop to persist in the garden.

Before the middle of the month, dig up the root celery.

At the same time, the leeks are removed. If you don’t have a lot of it, you can store the harvested onions in the refrigerator or freeze some of the bleached legs by chopping them. If you have large plantings of leeks and have a cool cellar or basement, then this onion can be installed there vertically in a bridge manner in boxes with wet sand. As you know, leeks have important feature: As it is stored, its vitamin C content increases.

In October, before the onset of cold weather, horseradish roots are harvested.

Towards the end of the month it is time to harvest Jerusalem artichoke tubers. They are dug up and stored in the refrigerator in the vegetable compartment. If you have a lot of Jerusalem artichoke, the dug up tubers can be stored, layered with damp moss, in a cool room, such as a cellar.

If you did not do this at the end of September, then in the first half of October you need to plant winter garlic on previously prepared beds. It must have time to form before the onset of frost. root system. Garlic cloves are planted in the soil to a depth equal to three of their diameters. After the onset of cold weather, it is advisable to mulch the beds with garlic with peat or humus.

If you practice winter sowing of green and vegetable crops: dill, lettuce, spinach, radishes, carrots, onion sets and others, then in early October you need to prepare beds for them: dig up soil filled with fertilizers, cut grooves in advance. The seeds of these crops are usually sown when the temperature drops to +2…+3°C. If winter starts early, you will have to sow at the end of the month, and if the cold weather lingers, you will sow the seeds in November.

In October, beds are prepared for sowing cold-resistant crops in the spring: radishes, daikon, carrots. Dig up the soil and add fertilizer.

In greenhouses, after harvesting cucumbers, tomatoes, and herbs, remove plant debris and lay the foundation of hot beds to warm the soil in the spring and sow early crops.

Check in the cellars how potatoes, carrots, beets, and other root vegetables harvested in September are stored.

Stock up and store nutritious soil for growing seedlings in the spring.

October work in the garden

If the entire harvest of apples and pears has not yet been harvested in September winter varieties, finish eating the fruits and send them for storage.

At the beginning of October, you can plant currant, gooseberry, and raspberry seedlings purchased from nurseries. If you also bought apple tree seedlings, then it is better to bury them in the garden in a specially prepared inclined trench.

If your trees and shrubs are affected by lichens, you can get rid of them by treating the trunks and branches of plants with a 7-10% solution of iron sulfate. The harvest has already been harvested, and such treatment will not harm vegetables and fruits.

If you did not whiten the trunks of fruit trees in September, do it in the first half of October.

In the second half of the month, you can start tying the trunks of apple, pear, and other trees fruit plants spruce spruce branches or others protective materials, for example, synthetic fabric of sugar bags from rodents.

If autumn is dry, carry out water-recharging watering in the garden. Its main purpose is to wet the root layer of soil, because soil that is well moistened in the fall retains heat longer. When water-recharging irrigation, the soil should be soaked to a depth of at least 50 cm under bushes, and even deeper under trees. Plants will withstand winter and frost more easily.

October work in the flower garden

Prepare and place shelters over roses and clematis.

Lightly mound peonies, lilies, chrysanthemums, and irises with light soil or compost, without filling the center of the plant.

At the end of the month, cut off flowering perennial asters and feed them with compost and ash.

On lawns, after the leaves have fallen from the trees, remove all debris and feed the grass with potassium fertilizers for better overwintering.

Lunar sowing calendar for October 2016:

It is recommended to plant tulips and winter garlic; moisture-recharging irrigation and the introduction of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; laying a new lawn and final mowing - for better grass growth.
It is undesirable to trim, plant and replant plants with bare roots - there is a high probability of infection of open wounds.

It is recommended to collect seeds and crops from the garden (pears and late apples, cabbage, root vegetables, leeks) for long-term storage; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases; autumn digging in the garden and loosening the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants.

It is not advisable to sow or plant anything - the plants will not give a good harvest.

Only 07.10 - planting winter garlic!

It is recommended to plant trees and shrubs, as well as tulips, hyacinths, and garden lilies of the valley; Preparation of cuttings of fruit trees for spring grafting; moisture-recharging irrigation and the introduction of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials.
It is not recommended to save water when watering - soil moisture should be higher than normal.

It is recommended to replenish water and add organic matter to the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; pruning and hilling roses, clematis and other garden plants for the winter; laying a new lawn; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing.
It is not recommended to water the plants - their roots require more air these days.

It is recommended to apply moisture-recharging watering and extra-organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
It is undesirable to plant bulbous plants (garlic, tulips, hyacinths) - there is a high probability of their roots rotting.

It is recommended to dig up the garden in autumn and loosen the soil in the tree trunks, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
It is not advisable to sow or plant anything - the plants will have a weak root system.

It is recommended to plant fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, daffodils and tulips; Preparation of cuttings of fruit trees for spring grafting; moisture-recharging irrigation and the introduction of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) into the tree trunks of garden trees, as well as under shrubs and herbaceous perennials.
It is not advisable to save water when watering - soil moisture should be higher than normal.

It is recommended to do autumn digging in the garden and loosen the soil in tree trunk circles, adding organic matter to garden plants; cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases; collecting seeds and crops from the garden (pears and apples, cabbage, root vegetables) for long-term storage.
It is not advisable to water the plants - their roots require more air these days.

It is recommended to dig up the garden in autumn and loosen the soil in the tree trunks, adding organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants; preparation of cuttings for spring grafting; sanitary pruning, cleaning the trunks of fruit and ornamental trees and, if necessary, whitewashing; treatment of plants against pests and diseases.
It is not advisable to plant trees and shrubs - they will not be winter-hardy.

It is recommended to do autumn digging in the garden and loosen the soil in tree trunk circles, add organic matter (compost, humus, peat) for garden plants, collect seeds and harvests in the garden and vegetable garden (pears and late apples, cabbage, root vegetables) for long-term storage.
It is undesirable to disturb the soil and plants too much - they need rest these days.

It is recommended to plant trees and shrubs, as well as tulips and winter garlic; moisture-recharging irrigation and application of organic matter (compost, humus, peat) to garden plants.
It is not advisable to save water when watering plants after planting - soil moisture should be higher than normal.

October - golden autumn, leaves and wedding.

Frosts intensify in October. Berry bushes should be pruned, trees and shrubs should be well fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers. Many pests may remain on trees and shrubs from the summer, so they need to be destroyed.
If organic fertilizers are not applied to the garden in September, then this must be done in October. Time to prepare the beds for pre-winter sowing of cold-resistant crops: dill, spinach, onions and radishes, as well as carrots, celery, etc. Strawberries can be sprinkled with wood ash - this will be a good feed for them.
In October, the soil is prepared for forcing greenery into room conditions and planting seedlings in early spring.

Folk signs about the weather in October:
October will cover the earth with leaves and snow here and there.
Thunder in October foreshadows a snowless, short and mild winter.
If the leaves of birch and oak do not fall cleanly in October, expect a harsh winter.

Based on one interesting folk sign, together with you we will try to compose one, one of the main tasks of which is to help plan the work of the 2016 gardening season

Thematic tables - selections from the main, universal gardener calendar:

ATTENTION! Our gardener's lunar calendar is kept by Moscow time. (The calendar can be used throughout Russia, taking into account the difference with local time *)