April calendar. Calendar for April Planting dates in April


There is very little time left before the opening of the summer season. April, perhaps, is one of the most difficult and responsible months for gardeners, and it is precisely on this month that the preparation of the garden plot for the sowing season falls. In this spring month, the summer cottage is put in order and seedlings are planted. When exactly to carry out certain work, and what seedlings to plant in April, the table of favorable days and the lunar calendar for planting seeds will tell.

Behind the winter and the site requires a "general cleaning", so summer residents, armed with the necessary tools, carry out pruning, filing trees, shrubs, clean the garden from dried leaves and branches. In general, they get rid of everything unnecessary and last year. During this period, it is worth taking care of the destruction of pests by processing fruit trees. April is considered a good period for fertilizing the site.

Favorable days for planting seedlings in April 2017 according to the lunar calendar: seed planting table.

So, when to carry out all of the above work and when to start planting seedlings, transplanting them, and planting plants in the ground. All this will be told by tables for performing certain gardening works.

Auspicious days for planting seedlings in April 2017 are. These days you can safely plant, transplant your favorite crops.


Favorable days for planting seedlings in April 2017 according to the lunar calendar: seed planting table.

The best days for planting trees and shrubs in April 2017:

The best days, taking into account the lunar phases, for cultivation and application of organic fertilizers are: it is better to apply organic fertilizers on 12-13, 17-18, 21-23, and mineral fertilizers on 2-4, 27, 30. Plow, cultivate, hill and loosen the earth should be 14-16, 19-20, 24-25, cut branches and shoots - 15-24, fight pests - 24-25.

April is the month of active field work. During this period, special attention should be paid to your garden, fruit trees and shrubs. The lunar calendar of the gardener and gardener contains information about the days when your efforts are needed and the time of calm.

In April, after the snow melts, the first spring flowers bloom, delighting the eye with their beauty and delicate aroma. Also found a lot of work in the garden, in the country, flower beds near the house. During this period, proper planning of sowing and gardening will be the key to a good harvest. Use the recommendations suggested here so that your work pays off, and the site pleases not only with even beds, but also with a beautiful flower garden.

12th of April. The growing Moon in Gemini is successful for planting seedlings with climbing stems. Also on weekends, you can loosen the soil for future plantings and plan places for vegetable crops.

3 - 4 April. Fertile Cancer during this period endows the days with favorable energy for planting, sowing and fertilizing plants. Seeds during this period have good germination, and the fruits have excellent taste. Use fertilizer on established stems to speed up nutrient uptake before transplanting outdoors.

7 - 9 April. The Moon in Virgo has positive energy for sowing flower seeds. Annual and perennial crops produce good seedlings and have a strong root system. The rest of the cases should be postponed, limited to planning upcoming work and preparing inventory.

April 10th. The moon continues to grow and moves into the constellation of Libra. These conditions are favorable for sowing zucchini, squash, cucumbers and pumpkins. These days you can plant fruit trees and berry bushes.

April 12 - 14. The Moon is waning and in Scorpio. This union allows you to deal with plants that require transplantation. Also these days it will be successful to plant vegetables and soak the seeds of medicinal herbs. Watering and organic fertilizers used during this period will give an additional incentive for growth and active development of the root system.

April 15 - 16. The Moon is in the infertile Sign of Sagittarius. Pay attention to existing plants, as well as visually inspect seedlings to remove weak and damaged stems. Spraying with warm water will help the flowers cope with the lack of moisture and clean the leaves of accumulated dirt and dust.

April 17 - 19. The Moon in Capricorn allows you to get busy preparing potatoes for planting, as well as making room in the greenhouse for early vegetables and lettuce. If weather conditions allow, soak the radishes for further planting and mulch the soil in the beds.

20 - 21 April. The Moon in Aquarius does not provide sufficient energy supply to newly planted plants, so it is worth pruning trees and shrubs, as well as tilling the soil from harmful insects. April 21 is a good day for preparing warm beds, so prepare the necessary materials in advance and be sure to add fertilizer, peat or humus to the soil.

April 22 - 23. The Moon in Pisces favors planting early plants in open ground. At this time, radishes, onions and garlic take root well. Salads and parsley are also rapidly gaining strength. Planting seedlings in the ground is possible after watering with warm water in order to avoid injury to the young root system.

April 24 - 25. The waning Moon passes into the constellation Aries, and this Sign is unfavorable for active work with plants. You can pay attention to weeding, loosening, watering and fertilizing, thinning seedlings planted earlier.

April 26 - 27. The Moon in Taurus is an auspicious time to work in the garden. Taurus is good at developing strong shoots, but their seeds usually have low germination. Wednesday and Thursday are good for planting annual flowering plants and transplanting bulbous perennials.

April 28 - 29. The Moon in Gemini is suitable for planting leguminous plants, fertilizing, weeding and loosening the soil. Pay attention to shrubs and roses - timely pruning and the formation of the correct bush will ensure a good harvest on berry plants, as well as long flowering and many buds on rose bushes.

April 30. The moon in the fertile sign of Cancer makes it possible to do any gardening business. This includes planting tomatoes and grafting tree cuttings. Watering with a weak disinfectant will be useful for plants. These days, the planted plants take root well and the previously sown seeds of annual crops give good shoots.

The moon significantly affects the life of our planet, this fact is confirmed by thousands of years of observations. But the most interesting thing for us is that gardeners and gardeners can use this influence to their advantage.

People have long noticed that there is a connection between dates and the subsequent development of plants. This connection has long been identified and actively used.
To make it easier for summer residents to determine "good" and "bad" planting days, it was compiled " Lunar sowing calendar for gardeners and gardeners for April 2018." Look into it more often, put it into practice and get an additional harvest.

Moon phase in April 2018

  • The moon is growing - from April 1 to 10
  • The full moon will be April 11
  • The moon is waning - from April 12 to 25
  • New Moon - April 26
  • The moon is growing again - from April 27 to 30

Auspicious landing days in April 2018

The table shows the most favorable days for sowing seeds for seedlings.

culture culture favorable days for sowing seeds
cucumbers 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 30 tomatoes 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 29, 30
eggplant 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22 radish, radish 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Sweet pepper 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22 hot pepper 3, 4, 14, 15, 29, 30
onion 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, potato 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24
garlic 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 carrot 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24
White cabbage 13, 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 annual flowers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 21, 22, 23, 24
cauliflower 2, 3, 4, 15, 16, 17, 28, 29 flowers bulbous, tuberous 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20
different greens 2, 3, 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 curly flowers 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22

Unfavorable days for sowing seeds.

Auspicious days in April 2018 for planting seedlings, cuttings and grafting

culture favorable days for planting seedlings rooting cuttings, dropping shoots graft
fruit trees 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18
grape 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 22, 23, 28, 30 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25
gooseberry, currant 3, 4, 7, 8, 9,12, 22, 23, 29, 30
raspberry, blackberry 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9,12, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30
Strawberry wild-strawberry 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30

April is a real spring. Small-bulbous, anemones, primroses, lumbago bloom. The buds swell, the birds chirp, and the sowing smoothly moves from the house to the street. This is a time of special care for seedlings, because by mid-May, most of the sown plants should be ready for planting in open ground. The most favorable days of April for working with plants according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener of 2017: 1, 2, 7-10, 17, 18, 27-29.

Work in the garden according to the lunar sowing calendar of the gardener in April 2017

In April, before the start of bud break, you need to finish trimming the garden, treat frost holes, cracks and other winter damage on trees, and remove dry branches. As soon as the snow melts, put things in order in the garden: remove the old packed foliage and branches broken in winter, traces of animals on the lawn and in flower beds, rake off the mulch.

To prevent fungal diseases, treat with copper-containing preparations ("Horus", a 3% solution of Bordeaux mixture). During the extension of the peduncles, it is necessary to treat the blackcurrant from the kidney mite with acaricides: Fufanon, Neoron, Kinmiks.

After the establishment of warm sunny weather, it is necessary to tie raspberry shoots to the trellis, remove all shelters from heat-loving crops: grapes, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, clematis, tree peonies, and carry out sanitary pruning. Apply nitrogen-containing fertilizers to lawns, feed fruit and ornamental plants, perennials.

If the vine has broken or you had to prune, cover the cut with red lead paint on natural drying oil, adding chalk and boric acid to it to stop the "weeping" of the vine. Varieties in the north exude juice from cuts less intensively than in the southern regions, but this measure will in any case save your harvest and the grapes strength.

At the end of April, you can plant trees and shrubs with an open root system from local nurseries. This is the best time to plant hydrangeas, action, rhododendrons.

Auspicious days for working in the garden according to the gardener's lunar sowing calendarin April2017:

  • planting trees and shrubs: 29-30;
  • pruning trees and shrubs: 14-15, 22-25;
  • can't be cut - 3 and 4;
  • watering the garden in April- on any day except 1, 9, 11;
  • top dressing for fruit and ornamental crops: 12, 13, 22, 23;
  • April 1, 9-10 can be fed with dry fertilizer;
  • garden treatments against pests and diseases: 24, 25.

Work in the garden in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

The main April work is seedling care. When the plants of the March and February crops have a pair of true leaves, they need to be planted in order to increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200broot nutrition. After picking, the roots branch better and the plants become stronger. Young seedlings require careful care: watering with warm water, top dressing. With the onset of warm sunny days, seedlings begin to harden off, about 10-14 days before planting. To start with for a few hours, then increasing the time outdoors, it can be put on the balcony, protected from direct sunlight.

Sow cold-resistant green crops and radishes in greenhouses and under film throughout the month. First of all, start planting in polycarbonate greenhouses. They are warmer than film and glazed, in addition, they are often not taken apart for the winter, and they remain covered throughout the winter. In late March - early April, greenhouses can be filled with snow and covered with foil or black non-woven material.

At the beginning of the month, sow early white cabbage for seedlings, pick out tomatoes and other seedlings of March sowing. In the middle - end of the month, cucumbers and zucchini can be sown for planting in a greenhouse for early consumption.

In late April - early May, remove old and diseased leaves from garden strawberry beds, loosen the soil. If the strawberry root system is bare, transplant the bush to a new place or add soil.

Favorable days for sowing seedlingsin aprilabout the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener in 2017:

  • legumes: 9-10, 27-28;
  • zucchini and squash: 7-8;
  • cabbage: 1-2, 27-28;
  • cucumbers: 7-10;
  • parsley, dill and other herbs: 1-2, 7-8, 17-18, 27;
  • seedlings cannot be sown: 11, 26.

Favorable days for caring for seedlings according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017:

  • pinching, pinching bushes of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers: 29-30;
  • watering seedlings tomatoes, eggplant. peppers on any day except 1, 9-11;
  • introduction of complex top dressing for seedlings: 12-13, 22-23;
  • seedlings can be fed with dry fertilizer: 9-10;
  • treatments against pests and diseases of seedlings: 24-25.

Work in the flower garden in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

As soon as the snow melts, the shelters are completely removed from the flower beds, and after the soil thaws, the plants are unraveled. Leaves and plant debris not harvested since autumn are collected and burned. In perennials, dry stems are cut and last year's leaves are removed, geyhers are deepened and mulched, primroses are divided and planted. When the soil dries well, it is loosened, fertilizers with a high nitrogen content are applied.

From late April to mid-May, grafted roses can be planted in the flower garden. If the spring is warm, at the end of April, rhizomatous perennials can be divided: phloxes, astilbes, daylilies, chrysanthemums, delphiniums, hosts and others.

In greenhouses, heat-loving annuals can be sown for seedlings: zinnias, annual asters, tagetes (marigolds), purslane, ageratum, cleoma, coleus and others.

Cannes, gladioli, dahlias, and begonias are taken out of the storage facilities, inspected and put on germination. Damaged bulbs and tubers are processed.

Auspicious days to work in the flower garden in April2017according to the lunar sowing calendar of the grower:

  • sowing flowers for seedlings: 1-2, 7-8, 17-18, 27;
  • sowing flower climbing crops: decorative beans, sweet peas, nasturtium: 9-10, 27-28;
  • planting bulbous and bulbous crops(begonias, cannes, gladioli): 22-23;
  • cuttings, pinching, pinching the tops: 29, 30;
  • watering- on any day except 1, 9-11;
  • top dressing: 12-13, 22-23;
  • can be fed with dry fertilizer: 9-10;
  • treatments against pests and diseases: 24-25.

Lawn care in April2016according to the lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener

In the spring, after the snow melts and before the topsoil dries out, it is worth limiting the load on the lawn. At this time, you should not play on the lawn, especially if the soil in your area is clayey, this can significantly damage the grass cover. But cleaning leaves and other debris from the lawn should be done as soon as the snow melts.

When the soil warms up a little, at the end of April - in May, the lawn needs to be fed. In the southern regions, already in April it is possible to carry out the restoration of damaged areas, in the middle lane it will be possible to sow grass in May.

Caring for indoor plants in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

Houses continue to care for indoor flowers. Most of the collection can already be taken out to a glazed terrace or balcony, protecting from direct sunlight in the first days. At this time, many indoor plants begin to pick up buds, so it is advisable to transplant and cut them in advance, somewhere in February-March. But it is not too late to cut the elongated shoots (oleander, pelargonium, dracaena).

Auspicious days in April2017for the care of indoor plants according to the lunar sowing calendar:

  • transplanting indoor plants: 29-30;
  • planting corms, tubers and bulbs at home(achimenes, tuberous begonia, gloxinia, caladium, hippeastrum and amaryllis): 22-23;
  • planting, transplanting, dividing climbing crops: cissus, epipremnum, scindapsus: 9-10, 27-28;
  • planting and transplanting succulents and cacti: 12-13;
  • top dressing complex fertilizer - on any day except 12-13, 22-23;
  • top dressing with dry fertilizer: 17-18, 24-25;
  • spraying against diseases and pests: 24-25;
  • pruning large ficuses, oleander, hibiscus and other flowers: 14-15, 22-25;
  • cannot be cut: 3 and 4;
  • cuttings: 29-30;
  • cuttings can not be - 27-28.
  • From here

April is a real spring. Small-bulbous, anemones, primroses, lumbago bloom. The buds swell, the birds chirp, and the sowing smoothly moves from the house to the street. This is a time of special care for seedlings, because by mid-May, most of the sown plants should be ready for planting in open ground.

Work in the garden according to the lunar sowing calendar of the gardener in April 2017

In April, before the start of bud break, you need to finish trimming the garden, treat frost holes, cracks and other winter damage on trees, and remove dry branches. As soon as the snow melts, put things in order in the garden: remove the old packed foliage and branches broken in winter, traces of animals on the lawn and in flower beds, rake off the mulch.

To prevent fungal diseases, treat with copper-containing preparations ("Horus", a 3% solution of Bordeaux mixture). During the extension of the peduncles, it is necessary to treat the blackcurrant from the kidney mite with acaricides: Fufanon, Neoron, Kinmiks.

After the establishment of warm sunny weather, it is necessary to tie raspberry shoots to the trellis, remove all shelters from heat-loving crops: grapes, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, clematis, tree peonies, and carry out sanitary pruning. Apply nitrogen-containing fertilizers to lawns, feed fruit and ornamental plants, perennials.

If the vine has broken or you had to prune, cover the cut with red lead paint on natural drying oil, adding chalk and boric acid to it to stop the "weeping" of the vine. Varieties in the north exude juice from cuts less intensively than in the southern regions, but this measure will in any case save your harvest and the grapes strength.

At the end of April, you can plant trees and shrubs with an open root system from local nurseries. This is the best time to plant hydrangeas, action, rhododendrons.

Auspicious days for working in the garden according to the gardener's lunar sowing calendarin April2017:

  • planting trees and shrubs: 29-30;
  • pruning trees and shrubs: 14-15, 22-25;
  • can't be cut - 3 and 4;
  • watering the garden in April- on any day except 1, 9, 11;
  • top dressing for fruit and ornamental crops: 12, 13, 22, 23;
  • April 1, 9-10 can be fed with dry fertilizer;
  • garden treatments against pests and diseases: 24, 25.

Work in the garden in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

The main April work is seedling care. When the plants of the March and February crops have a pair of true leaves, they need to be planted in order to increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200broot nutrition. After picking, the roots branch better and the plants become stronger. Young seedlings require careful care: watering with warm water, top dressing. With the onset of warm sunny days, seedlings begin to harden off, about 10-14 days before planting. To start with for a few hours, then increasing the time outdoors, it can be put on the balcony, protected from direct sunlight.

Sow cold-resistant green crops and radishes in greenhouses and under film throughout the month. First of all, start planting in polycarbonate greenhouses. They are warmer than film and glazed, in addition, they are often not taken apart for the winter, and they remain covered throughout the winter. In late March - early April, greenhouses can be filled with snow and covered with foil or black non-woven material.

At the beginning of the month, sow early white cabbage for seedlings, pick out tomatoes and other seedlings of March sowing. In the middle - end of the month, cucumbers and zucchini can be sown for planting in a greenhouse for early consumption.

In late April - early May, remove old and diseased leaves from garden strawberry beds, loosen the soil. If the strawberry root system is bare, transplant the bush to a new place or add soil.

Favorable days for sowing seedlingsin aprilabout the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener in 2017:

  • legumes: 9-10, 27-28;
  • zucchini and squash: 7-8;
  • cabbage: 1-2, 27-28;
  • cucumbers: 7-10;
  • parsley, dill and other herbs: 1-2, 7-8, 17-18, 27;
  • seedlings cannot be sown: 11, 26.

Favorable days for caring for seedlings according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017:

  • pinching, pinching bushes of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers: 29-30;
  • watering seedlings tomatoes, eggplant. peppers on any day except 1, 9-11;
  • introduction of complex top dressing for seedlings: 12-13, 22-23;
  • seedlings can be fed with dry fertilizer: 9-10;
  • treatments against pests and diseases of seedlings: 24-25.

Work in the flower garden in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

As soon as the snow melts, the shelters are completely removed from the flower beds, and after the soil thaws, the plants are unraveled. Leaves and plant debris not harvested since autumn are collected and burned. In perennials, dry stems are cut and last year's leaves are removed, geyhers are deepened and mulched, primroses are divided and planted. When the soil dries well, it is loosened, fertilizers with a high nitrogen content are applied.

From late April to mid-May, grafted roses can be planted in the flower garden. If the spring is warm, at the end of April, rhizomatous perennials can be divided: phloxes, astilbes, daylilies, chrysanthemums, delphiniums, hosts and others.

In greenhouses, heat-loving annuals can be sown for seedlings: zinnias, annual asters, tagetes (marigolds), purslane, ageratum, cleoma, coleus and others.

Cannes, gladioli, dahlias, and begonias are taken out of the storage facilities, inspected and put on germination. Damaged bulbs and tubers are processed.


Auspicious days to work in the flower garden in April2017according to the lunar sowing calendar of the grower:

  • sowing flowers for seedlings: 1-2, 7-8, 17-18, 27;
  • sowing flower climbing crops: decorative beans, sweet peas, nasturtium: 9-10, 27-28;
  • and bulbous crops(begonias, cannes, gladioli): 22-23;
  • cuttings, pinching, pinching the tops: 29, 30;
  • watering- on any day except 1, 9-11;
  • top dressing: 12-13, 22-23;
  • can be fed with dry fertilizer: 9-10;
  • treatments against pests and diseases: 24-25.

Lawn care in April2016according to the lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener

In the spring, after the snow melts and before the topsoil dries out, it is worth limiting the load on the lawn. At this time, you should not play on the lawn, especially if the soil in your area is clayey, this can significantly damage the grass cover. But cleaning leaves and other debris from the lawn should be done as soon as the snow melts.

When the soil warms up a little, at the end of April - in May, the lawn needs to be fed. In the southern regions, already in April it is possible to carry out the restoration of damaged areas, in the middle lane it will be possible to sow grass in May.

Caring for indoor plants in April according to the Lunar sowing calendar of the gardener and gardener 2017

Houses continue to care for indoor flowers. Most of the collection can already be taken out to a glazed terrace or balcony, protecting from direct sunlight in the first days. At this time, many indoor plants begin to pick up buds, so it is advisable to transplant and cut them in advance, somewhere in February-March. But it is not too late to cut the elongated shoots (oleander, pelargonium, dracaena).

Auspicious days in April2017for the care of indoor plants according to the lunar sowing calendar:

  • transplanting indoor plants: 29-30;
  • planting corms, tubers and bulbs at home(achimenes, tuberous begonia, gloxinia, caladium, hippeastrum and amaryllis): 22-23;
  • planting, transplanting, dividing climbing crops: cissus, epipremnum, scindapsus: 9-10, 27-28;
  • planting and transplanting succulents and cacti: 12-13;
  • top dressing complex fertilizer - on any day except 12-13, 22-23;
  • top dressing with dry fertilizer: 17-18, 24-25;
  • spraying against diseases and pests: 24-25;
  • pruning large ficuses, oleander, hibiscus and other flowers: 14-15, 22-25;
  • cannot be cut: 3 and 4;
  • cuttings: 29-30;
  • cuttings can not be - 27-28.
  • Photo in the article: Shutterstock/TASS

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