To help the novice gardener, we analyze the lunar calendar and determine the optimal planting days for different crops in May in order to get a bountiful harvest in 2024.
Influence of the Moon
To correctly determine favorable planting days for different plants in May 2024, it is necessary to understand how the Moon affects vegetation and how the change of lunar phases and processes occurring in the soil, as well as the root system and stems of horticultural crops are interconnected .
The full moon is a phase of complete rest.At this time, plants are most vulnerable and cannot recover quickly enough from any damage. Activity is at a minimum, so sowing and planting on a full moon is not recommended. But it is at this time that the lunar calendar recommends actively fighting weeds, because their survival rate after weeding is also significantly reduced.
The waning moon in May 2024 is the optimal planting days for different root crops. The seeds of carrots, beets, turnips, radishes, potatoes and other plants planted during this period, the fruits of which are formed underground, will give friendly seedlings, and increased activity of the root system will help the plant to tie a good and plentiful harvest.
New Moon is the 1st lunar day, with the advent of which the root system of plants is as active as possible, while the above-ground one practically freezes, making the period optimal for pruning branches. At the same time, weeding on the days of the new moon is absolutely useless.
The moon growth period is the most important for those who make a calendar of sowing and planting seedlings for May 2024. Every gardener and gardener knows that a seed planted on a growing moon will actively germinate, and young plants will take root well in open ground.
Phases of the moon in May
Given the rules described above, it is worth compiling a planting calendar for planning work on the site for May 2024, starting from the data provided by the moon phase change table:
| Phase | Dates |
| Descending | from 05/01/24 to 05/07/24 |
| New Moon | 08.05.24 |
| Height | from 09.05.24 to 22.05.24 |
| Full Moon | 23.05.24 |
| Descending | from 24.05.24 to 31.05.24 |
Influence of Zodiac signs
Experienced gardeners advise compiling a calendar for 2024 for planning planting seedlings, focusing not only on the phases of the moon, but also on the activity of one or another zodiac constellation.
General guidelines say there are three character sets:
| Auspicious | Less fertile | Unfavorable |
| Taurus
Scorpio Cancer | Gemini
Libra Virgo Sagittarius Capricorn Pisces | Aquarius
Lion Aries |
Analyzing the lunar landing calendar for 2024, we get the following table of favorable dates for certain types of work:
| Zodiac | May dates | What to plant |
| Aquarius | 1, 2, 28, 29 | Nothing! |
| Pisces | 3, 4, 30, 31 | Plants with juicy fruits but short shelf life |
| Aries | 5, 6 | Anything that grows quickly and is quickly eaten |
| Taurus | 7, 8 | Any crops! |
| Gemini | 9, 10 | Climbing crops, including strawberries and wild strawberries |
| Cancer | 11, 12, 13 | Low-growing varieties of tomato, various melons, radish, radish |
| Lion | 14, 15 | Trees and shrubs, vegetables, sunflowers |
| Virgo | 16, 17, 18 | Flowers and ornamental plants and in general everything that should serve as a decoration of the garden, and not bear fruit |
| Libra | 19, 20 | Root crops, cabbage, legumes, grapes, sunflowers, corn |
| Scorpio | 21, 22 | Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, and gourds |
| Sagittarius | 23, 24, 25 | Anything that should give long tall shoots |
| Capricorn | 26, 27 | Any long-term storage crops |
Works by region
In May, favorable weather conditions come for the start of work in the open ground in the middle lane. It is possible to sow vegetable crops under agrofibre, because sometimes in the last month of spring there may still be return frosts. It is best to plant plants in the form of seedlings, which will allow you to get a crop in the shortest possible time.
In southern latitudes, it is also possible to plant seedlings of vegetables and garden flowers. But it is already too late to sow radishes in the south, the air temperature is quite high, because of which the shoots will quickly begin to shoot and the root crop will form small, hard and almost inedible.
For Siberia, May is still a cold month, severe frosts are possible at night. Steady summer heat usually sets in here in early June.
Boarding calendar
Taking into account the recommendations of gardeners, we determine the planting days in May 2024 for tomatoes, peppers, root crops.
- Potatoes (for the table) are best planted a couple of days after the new moon - in May this is the period from 10 to 12.
- Potatoes (for the winter) are planted in the ground shortly before the full moon - auspicious time in May 19-21, 26, 27.
- Sowing tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers is most favorable when the moon's growth phase is observed - 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22.
- Cabbage should be planted on May 19 or 20.
- Garden flowers are best sown or planted as seedlings on May 9, 10, 16, 17, 18.
Important! The most unfavorable period for working with any cultures is May 1, 2, 28, 29 (Aquarius), as well as three days during the New Moon period 7-9 and three days during the Full Moon period May 22-24.
Other garden work
Also in May, it is worth planning such work in the garden and in the garden:
