Landing day
According to popular beliefs, cucumbers must be planted before the Orthodox holiday of Trinity. When planting a plant at a later date, it will not have time to go through all stages of development and will not bear fruit. The date of the holiday changes every year, so it is important to keep an eye on the calendar.
The following days are considered favorable periods for working with green vegetables:
- on the feast of St. Job. Popular wisdom recommends sowing seeds or planting sprouted plants on this day. The reason for this is the warm night;
- On the day of St. Isidore or Sidor, you can not only plant cucumbers, but also predict the amount of harvest. According to beliefs, there will be a lot of cucumbers if the day is sunny;
- Martha the Cucumber Day or Pakhomov Day will be a good time for transferring seedlings to the ground;
- During the celebration of the name day of Falaley or Philip, the favorable time for planting seeds or plants in the ground ends.
Peculiarities
Cucumbers are one of the most common garden crops, and there are many signs and superstitions about them.
However, every gardener must remember that the lunar calendar and folk signs, for all their effectiveness, are not a 100% guide to action.
First of all, you need to focus on the weather conditions and climate characteristics of your region.
There are special zoned lunar calendars available for sale and freely available on the Internet, in which dates important for agricultural activities are given taking into account the characteristics of local conditions. Thus, the calendar of central Russia will have many differences from the similar calendar of the southern regions.
When growing cucumbers, it also makes sense to focus on the readings of an outdoor thermometer, because at each stage of growth, plants require a certain temperature regime.
It should be remembered that successful sowing of seeds and planting of seedlings depend, first of all, on air and soil temperature . As a rule, cucumbers are planted at the following times:
- The end of April and the beginning of May is the most suitable period for sowing seeds and planting seedlings in a greenhouse.
- Mid-May to late May - it is recommended to plant seeds in open ground.
- Late May-early June - seedlings are planted in the ground.
Hide from prying eyes
When all the lucky dates were met and the plants were planted, people tried to be on the alert. Even in ancient times, farmers noticed the following trick in relation to planted cucumbers. If you hide a bed with young seedlings, there will be more harvest.
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People covered the seedlings from prying eyes with straw. Thin tree branches also came to the rescue. The main task was to hide the fact of the presence of the bed in the first days, but to give the plants the opportunity to bask in the rays of the sun.
Good omens
For a long time we have been surrounded by folk signs and beliefs that came from pagan times. The signs of the Slavic peoples also came from time immemorial, and you can still find similarities in rituals and beliefs. The Slavs tell tales about Baba Yaga and Koshchei the Immortal, see off Maslenitsa-Morena, and jump over the fire to Kupala. In our lakes and rivers there are mermaids and mermen, in the forests there are goblins, and in houses brownies take pride of place. The Slavs - it doesn’t matter whether they are Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Belarusians, Russians or Czechs - spit over their shoulders when they encounter a black cat, and protect themselves from vampires with garlic, a silver bullet and an aspen stake. And we all still use folk signs. This is a whole world that has evolved over centuries.
Signs for luck:
– a winter or double rainbow portends happiness; – a child smiling in a dream – to family well-being; - sneeze before eating - good news awaits you; – meeting three nuns means great luck; - the dishes broke - fortunately; - cry in a dream - laughter in reality; – if there are many moles on a person’s body, he will be happy; – to protect a newborn from misfortunes, you need to wrap him in a shirt; - if a boy looks like his mother, and a daughter looks like his father, he should be happy; – your leg itches – expect good news; – to see a spider at sunset is good; – yawn together – drink vodka together; - ringing in the right ear - good news; – getting out of bed with your right foot is a good sign; – in order not to invite evil, spit three times on your left shoulder and knock on something wooden 3 times; – receiving a silver item as a gift is good; - accidentally breaking a cup on Saturday means quick happiness; – if a girl pricks her finger with a needle, she will hear praise; – at the beginning of lunch and after the meal, eating a little bread with salt is a good sign; - to see a man in a tuxedo in the evening - expect good news.
Signs for love:
– the right eyebrow itches – wait for a date; – if a girl kisses a guy on the cock, she will be his bride; – before a date with a guy, put on some round-shaped jewelry; – if you write a letter to your loved one, be sure to finish it before midnight; - if, while thinking about her beloved, a girl hears a rooster crow - it’s time for the wedding.
Signs for money:
– your right hand itches – expect money to arrive; - if you spit on yourself - go for a new thing; – a fly that falls into food or drink promises an unexpected gift; - if in the morning, leaving the house, you see a baby, you will soon receive a silver item.
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Sacrifice
The first cucumber you pick always seems to be the most delicious. But popular wisdom says: the fruit must be buried in the ground. This can be done right next to the garden bed.
This tradition is considered a sacrifice to the patron saint of cucumbers, Saint Falaley. His holiday is June 2. Having buried the fruit in the ground, people expect mercy from this saint and expect a big harvest next year.
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Focus on nature and moon phases
There are several hints from nature when it is worth starting cucumber seedlings:
- When flowering clusters appear on rowan and viburnum, it’s time to plant a green vegetable.
- If the yellow dandelion flowers have bloomed, you can start working with cucumbers in the garden.
- The abundance of gadflies on a plot of land promises a rich harvest.
- A lot of cones on fir trees also promises people good cucumber fruits.
Recently, climate and weather conditions have changed frequently. But nature cannot be fooled. Plants subtly sense favorable periods, so gardeners can easily and reliably navigate by them.
A good orientation will be the lunar calendar. It is known that lunar cycles affect all life on the planet. Experienced gardeners compare the lucky days of the moon and the weather forecast, which allows them to achieve a high-quality harvest of cucumbers.
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People know that the full moon, as well as several days before and after it, is considered a negative period for planting a green vegetable.
Moon calendar
The lunar calendar displays favorable days for various works in the garden.
In addition to folk signs, many gardeners use the lunar calendar when planting plants.
It has long been proven that the Moon has a great influence on the life and development of all living things on our planet.
This was well known to our distant ancestors, who were able to systematize observations of the reaction of plants to various phases of the celestial body.
In order to choose the most suitable day for planting cucumbers, you need to observe the Moon and know what phase it is in. For these purposes, you can use a special calendar table for the current year , which reflects all the phases of the Moon in the current year.
By and large, you need to remember the main rule - under no circumstances should you plant plants on the full moon or on those days when 12 hours have not elapsed before or immediately after it . This is the most unfavorable time for sowing cucumbers.
Phases
In gardening, the phases of the moon play a big role.
In addition to favorable and unfavorable days for planting cucumbers, the lunar calendar helps to understand the dependence of the plant's vegetative development on lunar activity . Thus, a direct connection between the growth and development of cucumbers and the phases of the moon was revealed.
- The 1st lunar phase is characterized by active growth of the plant’s root system.
- In the 2nd phase, the above-ground part of young cucumbers develops most.
- In the 3rd phase, the root system again enters into active growth.
- The 4th phase directly affects the development of the above-ground parts of plants.
It should be remembered that the new moon and full moon occur in the first and second phases.
It has been noticed that during these time periods all processes in the plant’s body occur much more intensely than in the third and fourth phases.
Thus, it is not difficult to calculate that the most productive planting of cucumbers in open ground will be at the moment when the Moon begins to move from the first to the second phase , as well as when it leaves the third phase to the fourth .
Harvest time
Farmers try to harvest on the day of the holy martyr Evdokia or Avdotya the robin. In the calendar, this period was assigned to August 17th.
Usually the day is not hot. Lack of rain and sun contribute to a quick and enjoyable harvest. By collecting cucumbers on this holiday, Avdotya helped people get a high-quality harvest for the next gardening season.
Farmers consider planting cucumbers a responsible undertaking. The quantity and quality of green vegetables depends on it. Therefore, people follow both the laws of agronomy and many folk signs when working with cucumbers.
Caring for cucumbers according to the lunar calendar
Whether or not to listen to folk signs is a personal matter for each gardener. However, observing beliefs and the lunar calendar has never hurt anyone.
It is also recommended to care for growing cucumbers according to the lunar calendar.
- For example, the first and third phases are the most suitable time not only for planting plants, but also for watering them and feeding them with appropriate mineral complexes.
- But in the second and fourth lunar phases, it is best to spray the grown cucumbers, weed the ground around them and remove weeds.
