When To Plant Asters For Seedlings In 2019: General Dates And The Lunar Calendar

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Growing asters in 2019: when to plant seedlings

Beautiful and relatively unpretentious asters are often found in gardens and backyards. The agricultural technology of this culture is not particularly complicated. To get abundant flowering throughout the fall, you need to sow seeds in time for growing seedlings.

When to plant asters for seedlings in 2019

Most often, asters are grown in seedlings, as they have a rather long growing season. The beginning of flowering will directly depend on the correctly chosen sowing dates.

Asters have a long growing season and they bloom until late autumn.

General terms

It is generally accepted that it will take about 45-60 days from the moment of sowing to grow a full-fledged and viable aster seedlings. It is possible to plant young plants in open ground on the site only after the blowjob is the threat of unexpected return frosts. From the estimated time of planting seedlings, the duration of cultivation is counted back (1.5-2 months), another 5-7 days are added (for seed germination) and the sowing date is obtained. Usually this time falls on the last decade of March (22-31.03) or the first days of April.

When determining the sowing date, it is necessary to take into account the variety belonging of the seed. According to various sources, there are 200 to 500 varieties of asters, and they all have different flowering periods. A conscientious manufacturer always indicates such information on the seed package.

In order for a flowering plant to grow from a small seed, you will need:

• 85–95 days - for early flowering varieties;
• 100–110 days for medium late varieties;
• 120-130 days (sometimes more) - for the latest asters.

The planting and flowering dates are indicated on the bag with aster seeds.

Guided by these data, you can independently calculate the sowing time of this flower culture and select several varieties that bloom at different times.

Moon calendar

It has been scientifically proven that the natural satellite of the earth strongly affects the development and growth of all living organisms. Flower crops are planted only on the growing moon. According to the lunar calendar for the current 2019, the following numbers will be the most favorable for sowing asters:

• 6-8, 11-17 - in February;
• 9-15, 17-19 - in March;
• 7-13, 16-18 - in April;
• 6-12, 15-18 - in May.

Many gardeners and truck farmers are used to focusing on the lunar calendar.

Unfavorable days for sowing asters in 2019:

• 3-5, 19 - in February;
• 4-6, 21 - in March;
• 3-5, 19 - in April;
• 3-5, 19 - in May.

Features for regions

On the territory of our large country, climatic conditions vary greatly, so the timing of the sowing work is also different:

• in warm southern regions with a mild climate, asters have been sown from the end of February;
• in the middle lane, where the spring heat comes a little later, sowing work begins in early or mid-March;
• in regions with harsh climatic conditions (Siberia, the Urals), where recurrent frosts are frequent even at the beginning of summer, it makes no sense to sow asters before the first decade of April.

Depending on the local climate, aster seedlings are planted in the ground at different times.

In Siberia, asters can be safely planted in open ground only closer to mid-June. I never even plant late varieties, because they do not have time to bloom normally and go under the snow with unopened buds.

Video: when to sow aster seeds for seedlings

Having correctly calculated the day for sowing asters and not forgetting to focus on the phases of the moon, you can expect flowering at exactly the appointed time.