When To Plant Leek Seedlings In 2019: General Dates And Lunar Calendar

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Leeks: when to plant seedlings in 2019

Leeks, despite all their usefulness, are still rarely found in personal and summer cottages. There is a strong belief that growing this crop is dreary and difficult. However, if you follow all the rules of agricultural technology and plant on time, including seedlings, you can grow a good harvest of this vegetable without much hassle.

Planting dates for leek seedlings in 2019

Leeks are characterized by a very long growing season, in some late varieties it can reach 6–7 months. Therefore, most often this onion crop is grown through seedlings.

Leeks have a long ripening period

General terms

Each leek seedling before planting in the ground should have about 3-4 true leaves and a stem diameter of about 5-6 mm. They usually reach this size in 55-60 days after the appearance of the first shoots. Since the leek ceases to develop at a temperature of +2 ° C, and when it decreases further, it already dies, then it is necessary to move young plants into open ground only after the return cold has not returned.

Leek seedlings are planted when blowjob threat of recurrent frosts

The sowing time is determined by counting back from the expected day of planting the time spent on growing seedlings, adding to it another 10-12 days for germination of the seed. On average, the sowing period falls on the end of February and March.

When growing leeks in a seedling method, it is necessary to take into account its varietal affiliation, since the ripening times for different varieties can differ significantly:

• early maturing - 100–140 days;
• mid-season - 140-160 days;
• late maturing - 180-200 days.

Ultra-ripening and early-ripening varieties, which are only suitable for consumption immediately and are almost not stored, are sown very first so that the greens are ready for the table in the middle of summer. Varieties of late ripening periods must also be sown earlier, otherwise the vegetable will not have time to grow before the onset of frost. Mid-season leek species, which can already be stored for about 2–2.5 months, can be sown 2–3 weeks later.

The ripening period is always indicated on the seed package.

A couple of years ago, when growing leek seedlings, I could not plant it on time. She stood in a box on the windowsill for almost two weeks. Then the planted plants were sick for a long time and were poorly taken, as a result of the harvest there was practically no.

Moon calendar

All crops that form the harvest underground must be sown and planted with a waning (defective) moon, since the life juices during this period of time are directed downward and the plants are programmed for enhanced growth of the root system.

When carrying out gardening work, it is recommended to focus on the phases of the moon

In the current 2019, for sowing leeks in a seedling way, favorable days will be:

• in January - 1–4, 23–31;
• in February - 1-3, 21-28;
• in March - 1–4, 23–31;
• in April - 1-3, 21-30.

Days on which it is not recommended to engage in sowing work:

• in January - 5-7, 20-22;
• in February - 4–6, 17–19;
• in March - 5–6, 20–22;
• in April - 4–5; 18–20.

Features for regions

The main factor directly influencing the determination of the day of sowing leeks for seedlings is the local climatic conditions. The timing of sowing activities for different regions is different:

• in the northern regions, where steady heat comes only in mid-June, it is not worth sowing leeks before the beginning of April;
• central regions with a milder climate allow you to do this already from mid-February to early March;
• in the south, where there is almost no snow and spring comes early, sowing is carried out in late January or early February.

In the northern regions, leeks are covered with foil in the fall so that they have time to grow up.

Video: when is it time to sow leeks for seedlings

Having correctly calculated the timing of sowing leeks, while taking into account the phases of the natural satellite of the Earth and the peculiarities of the local climate, it is possible to grow healthy and viable seedlings, from which, in the future, subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, tasty and very healthy vegetables will grow.