Correct pruning calendar 2021
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Auspicious days
Lunar cycles affect all biological processes taking place on Earth. Fruit trees are also influenced by the moon and stars: sap flow is more active during the waning moon, as well as under all signs of the zodiac, except Pisces, Aquarius and Cancer.
Nevertheless, the pruning of trees according to the lunar calendar in 2021 should also take place taking into account the climatic characteristics of the period of the year and the region of residence. For example, in some latitudes with a southern climate, pruning can begin even in February, while in others, the procedure often has to be postponed until the last decade of April.
In the spring
In the spring, a thorough preparation of fruit trees for flowering and fruiting begins.According to the weather calendar, spring pruning should begin after the last snow melts, when all the shelters have already been removed, and the air temperature has risen to above-zero temperature, and sap flow has not begun.
A procedure is carried out to remove excess stems with three main purposes:
- sanitization involves pruning all dry, spoiled or damaged branches;
- shaping treatment is aimed at shaping by cutting the correct shape of the tree;
- restorative treatment is carried out with the intention of rejuvenating the tree by removing all old branches from it.
Lunar tree pruning calendar 2021 recommends starting the procedure for removing branches from apple trees. It is this tree that begins to form them first of all - in January. In addition to forming and sanitizing, apple trees are additionally hilled.
Restoration work with plums resembles apple trees, but plum wood is more fragile and requires extremely careful shortening by one bud.
When the work with the apple and plum tree is over, you can start processing stone fruit trees (cherries, sweet cherries, etc.). They usually start pruning in March when the temperature rises to -5 ° C. Around the same time, gardeners are busy with pear trees, cutting off their main branches by ¼ part.
After the trees, it is customary to deal with berry bushes, such as gooseberries, rose hips, raspberries, etc. For berry bushes in the spring, only sanitization is carried out, the purpose of which is to get as many branches with buds as possible.
This treatment is carried out in two stages: before the appearance of the buds and after the buds have produced leaves. During the first stage, all broken, frozen, damaged or weak branches are removed from the bushes. During the second, they do the same, but now they walk more carefully through the bush, cutting out all the spoiled stems.
Gooseberries and raspberries are processed according to similar principles. First of all, all frozen branches are removed, after which they proceed to shortening the lower branches and the weakest shoots.
The lunar tree pruning calendar in 2021 singles out as auspicious days:
- March: 3, 4, 11, 18, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29;
- April: 1, 4, 5, 14, 15.
In autumn
Pruning fruit trees in the fall is a rather rare procedure, since the trees run the risk of freezing, and worse, they die in the event of a sharp early frost. For example, this applies to a pear, which has rather weak protective properties and the places of cuts on its branches freeze very quickly.
However, pruning in the fall can be very beneficial for trees that need to be removed from the "old" branches.It is better to have time to finish pruning by the end of the sowing season (end of October) - the moment when a period of prolonged precipitation begins.
Since you will have to walk around the tree while processing it, you run the risk of trampling the wet soil at the base of the trunk, which greatly restricts the access of oxygen to the root system. To avoid this problem, it is recommended to use a stepladder or lay the ground around the tree with a board.
As for fruit trees, in autumn they are formed only if strongly shading branches have grown over the summer, which interfere with the growth of fruits. It is really better to cut off such branches immediately, after which you can start processing the grapes.
It is for grapes that autumn pruning is considered the most effective, allowing you to concentrate all plant components inside healthy branches. After removing broken, heavily shading and diseased shoots, the grapes are closed for the winter with dense polyethylene.
As for berry bushes, they remove all non-fruiting shoots from them, and also try to remove weak or old branches. This must be done after the end of fruiting - in rare varieties, this period can drag on until November.
Favorable autumn days according to the lunar calendar-2021 will be:
- September: 1, 6, 7, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28;
- October: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 25, 29, 30, 31;
- November: 4, 5, 9, 10, 25, 26, 27, 28.
Unfavorable days
Unfavorable days for any gardening work (including pruning) are the days when the Earth's satellite changes its cycle - full moon and new moon. Also, the days of the rising moon are not recommended, since it is during this period that the sap flow is directed upward, making the cut points too sensitive.
In the spring
The climate calendar recommends postponing spring pruning until the snow cover melts and the air temperature rises to at least -5 ° C. Weaker crops (for example, grapes) are recommended not to be touched at all until the moment when it will be possible to finally remove the shelter. However, the lunar calendar supplements these recommendations by highlighting unfavorable days:
- March: 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25;
- April: 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 29, 30.
In autumn
Unfavorable days for autumn pruning will be the dates preceding the imminent onset of frost. As for the limitations of astrologers, they are as follows:
- September: 2, 9, 25;
- October: 1, 9, 24;
- November: 1, 7, 23.
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