TOP 9 plants in need of May works

May work in the garden and garden: soil preparation

If you dug up a site in the fall, then you will need half the work. It is necessary to carry out such May work as lightly digging the earth, while pulling out the roots and stems of weeds, especially such as wheatgrass or dandelions. If the site is overgrown, then it is better to dig up with a pitchfork so as not to break the roots, but to remove them completely, gently pulling them out. Then the soil should be drilled down to the smallest particles.

Where planting and sowing is not planned, the land can be left alone so as not to dry it out.

In early May, you can safely plant crops such as beets, carrots, onions, radishes, turnips, radishes, parsley, dill, lettuce, peas, beans, potatoes, cabbage.

When sowing seeds, there are some rules to follow.

May work and beet growing

Beet seeds should be soaked in warm, clean water for one day, changing the water a couple of times. After that, the seeds must be dried and can be sown immediately to a depth of about 3 cm, observing a distance between the furrows of about 20 cm.

May work and planting carrots

Seeds of carrots and parsley must be sown shallowly - by about 2 cm. The filled grooves must be patted and not watered, but only gently watered. It is better to cover the bed with seedlings with foil, leaving an air cushion of 2-3 cm.

Peas

Pea seeds are planted in trenches, observing the distance between the rows 25-30 cm, the distance between the seeds should be about 10 cm.

 

May work on growing cabbage

The beginning of May is a good time to plant cabbage seedlings. The seedlings themselves must be sprinkled with ash so that pests do not start, and tobacco dust can be poured into the hole and around the bush. When preparing a bed for seedlings, add compost, and add ash and water to the holes. Cabbage must be played out spaciously, with a distance of 70 by 30 cm between the bushes. Also ready for planting and cauliflower at this time.

In addition, broccoli and kohlrabi seedlings can be planted in May.

Now you should pay attention, when the cherry blossoms, the time has come when such pests as onion and cabbage flies can appear. Here it is necessary to carry out preventive plant protection by treating the soil under the plants with tobacco dust mixed with sand. Instead of tobacco dust, naphthalene will do. If larvae are found, it is better to move the soil away from the bush, then the larvae will die on their own. Plants can be sprayed with chlorophos solution.

Onion sets

The beginning of May is the start for sowing onion sets. For the best germination of the bulbs, it is necessary to use medium-sized heads, up to 3 cm in diameter. Before planting, they must be thoroughly warmed up. It can be laid out on a battery for two weeks, or in the sun.

In order for the onions to sprout at the same time, the heads must be soaked in water for half a day, and it is better to cut off the dry necks. When planting the bulbs, a distance of 1 cm between the heads and about 15 cm between the rows must be maintained. If this distance seems too large to you, you can put additional heads on the greens between the heads, and when the bulbs begin to grow, then pull out the extra ones.

Sevok is planted deeply, covered with a centimeter layer of earth. Seedlings should appear in a week. In case of drought, regular watering is necessary, loosening. If the seedlings are not encouraging, you can apply fertilizers: a solution of mullein or bird droppings.

Garlic

In addition, garlic planted for the winter will give the first shoots in early May. Now it must be thoroughly spilled with water and fed with nitrophos.However, spring garlic can also be planted. They plant it to a depth of about 5 cm, observing the distance to honey in rows of about 20 cm.

Potato

Potatoes are also planted in early May or in the first half of it. There are many ways of planting potatoes, but with the classical method, the distance between the rows is about 60 cm, and between the seeds about 25 cm.Before planting, the soil must be fertilized by adding compost, superphosphate and urea, as well as several buckets of ash. For an earlier harvest, the seeds are germinated and, a week before planting in the ground, they are sprinkled with peat, twice watered with a mineral complex of fertilizers.

Leek

May is also the beginning of the leek planting. It must be planted in deep pits, 15 by 5 cm in size, without falling asleep on the stalk. Further, as it grows, the plant must be huddled, as a result of which the soil will be leveled, and even will act as a mound. For better feather growth, leeks are planted in 2 rows. The distance between plantings should be left about 10 cm. When hilling, it is good to add a little ash to the ground.

Horseradish

If you are planting horseradish, then May is the time to plant its cuttings. The cuttings must first germinate a little in the sand, and when it gives side roots, the plant can be planted in separate spacious boxes at an angle, trying not to damage the main buds and skin.