Weather Planting Guide April 2015

NC Susan

Deceased
April 2015

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1st-2nd
Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.

3rd-4th
A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. First day is when to plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and other aboveground crops. Second day is a favorable day for planting root crops.

5th-7th
Favorable days for planting aboveground crops, especially cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, kale, celery, and other leafy vegetables. Start seedbeds. Good days for planting beets, carrots, radishes, turnips, peanuts, and other root crops.

8th-9th
Neither plant nor sow on these barren days.

10th-11th
Favorable days for planting beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, onions, and other root crops.

12th-13th
Excellent time to kill weeds, briars, poison ivy, and other plant pests.

14th-15th
Set strawberry plants. Excellent for any vine crops, such as beans, peas, cucumbers. Favorable days for planting root crops.

16th-17th
Poor planting days. Break ground or cultivate.

18th-19th
Favorable for planting beans, corn, cotton, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops.

20th-22nd
Poor days for planting, seeds tend to rot in the ground.

23rd-24th
Plant seedbeds and start flower gardens. Plant tomatoes, beans, peppers, corn, cotton, and other aboveground crops on these most fruitful days.

25th-29th
Grub out weeds, briars, and other plant pests.

30th
A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and fodder crops. Plant flowers. Plant corn, melons, squash, tomatoes, and aboveground crops.


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May 2015

1st Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers. Excellent day for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other aboveground crops.
2nd-4th Plant seedbeds. First day is excellent for planting aboveground crops, and planting leafy vegetables. Last two days are good days for transplanting. Last two days are also when to plant carrots, beets, onions, turnips, and other root crops. Also good for leafy vegetables.
5th-6th Seeds planted now will do poorly and yield little.
7th-8th Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.
9th-10th Kill plant pests on these barren days.
11th-13th Fine for vine crops. Set strawberry plants. Good day for transplanting. Favorable time for planting late root crops.
14th-15th Poor planting. Fine for cultivating or spraying.
16th-17th Good days for transplanting. Root crops that can be planted now will yield well.
18th-19th Any seed planted now will tend to rot.
20th-21st Plant seedbeds and your flower gardens now. Most favorable for corn, cotton, okra, beans, peppers, eggplant, and other aboveground crops.
22nd-26th A barren period. Favorable for killing plant pests, cultivating, or taking a short vacation.
27th-29th Favorable time for sowing hay, fodder crops, and grains. Plant flowers. Excellent time for planting corn, beans, peppers, and other aboveground crops.
 
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