farmers almanac

[TightenUp]

does anyone follow the plant out dates recommended by the almanac? how much of a difference can this make? i was planning on putting out my tomatoes the 14th or 15th. i am still going to just wondering what everyones thoughts are

April 2012
10th-12th Barren Period. Do No Planting.
13th-14th Favorable Days For Planting Beets, Carrots, Turnips, Radishes, Onions, And Root Crops.
15th-17th Excellent Time To Kill Weeds, Briars, Poison Ivy, And Plant Pests.
18th-19th Favorable Days For Planting Root Crops, Extra Good For Vine Crops. Set Strawberry Plants. Good Days For Transplanting.
20th-21st Poor Planting Day. Break Ground Or Cultivate.
22nd-23rd Favorable Days For Planting Beans, Corn, Cotton, Tomatoes, Peppers, And Aboveground Crops.
24th-25th Poor Days For Planting, Seeds Will Rot In The Ground.
26th-27th Plant Tomatoes, Beans, Peppers, Corn, Cotton, And Other Aboveground Crops. Plant Seedbeds. Start Flower Gardens.
28th-30th Grub Out Weeds, Briars, And Other Plant Pests.

[TightenUp]

Gardening by the Moon Calendar from the Farmers' Almanac

The Farmers Almanac Gardening by the Moon Calendar is determined by our age-old formula and applies generally to regions where the climate is favorable.




thought i shoudl add this in as well. this is referring to the dates above

[janezee]

Remember Miss Cleo?

I put the Farmer's Almanac in the "For entertainment purposes only" category.

j

[feldon30]

Originally Posted by janezee

Remember Miss Cleo?

I put the Farmer's Almanac in the "For entertainment purposes only" category.

j

This.
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[brokenbar]

Apparently. THE OLD FARMER never lived in Wyoming...

[Rockporter]

We have a gal here in town that uses the Almanac but she is defintely of the "old school" for farming. She says if she follows it she does good but if she plants when it say not too she has a failure.

Me, I transplanted even though she told me not to and everything is doing fine.

[Wi-sunflower]

I put the Farmer's Almanac in the "For entertainment purposes only" category.

Frankly, that's where I put many of the TV weather people's stuff. Especially the long range stuff. More often than not, if you plan for the opposite of they say, you will be better prepared.

As far as planting goes, sometimes you have to plant when you can and make the best of it. Hard to plant on their "recommended day" if it's raining or the ground is so wet you can't or shouldn't work it.

Speaking of weather, I was out on the cultivator tractor yesterday. In April !!!

We seeded radishes, beets, chard, and peas on 3/18. That was during that warm spell. Since it turned cooler and has been quite dry here, they grew rather slowly. But of course the weeds are growing fine. So I wanted to knock down the little weeds before we got the rain they say we are getting. I know after that rain the weeds will be outrageous.

Well I did get the stuff cultivated as well as possible for such small stuff. But so far no rain. The sun actually just came out here. It was SUPPOSED to be rainy from Thurs evening thru Monday. Well 1/2 way thru and not a drop so far. We really do need some rain about now.

Carol

[BigBrownDogHouse]

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

But so far no rain. The sun actually just came out here. It was SUPPOSED to be rainy from Thurs evening thru Monday. Well 1/2 way thru and not a drop so far. We really do need some rain about now.

Same here. They made it sound like we needed to build an ark. Yesterday was a dud with no rain. We had sun too.
The deck and driveway is wet this morning but certainly not soaked. I didn't see or hear anything overnight.
Forecast still looks like a lot of rain this weekend, hope we get it.

[tam91]

I didn't get any rain at all. We sure do need some.

[BigBrownDogHouse]

Originally Posted by tam91

I didn't get any rain at all. We sure do need some.

You know, the deck and driveway looked wet this morning but when I went out it was already pretty much dried up. Also, I was wandering through the dirt in the garden and everything was still bone dry. I pulled out some crab grass and it was as dry as could be.
Looks like it might have been sprinkles if anything.

Hope it just dumps on us later!

[feldon30]

Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

I put the Farmer's Almanac in the "For entertainment purposes only" category.

Frankly, that's where I put many of the TV weather people's stuff. Especially the long range stuff. More often than not, if you plan for the opposite of they say, you will be better prepared.

After getting bad advice a few times from the TV weather people, I stick with Weather Underground or NOAA.

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by brokenbar

Apparently. THE OLD FARMER never lived in Wyoming...

Or, in Arizona!

[Wi-sunflower]

Well after 3 days of the rain no show, we finally got about 3/4 inch over nite / early this morning.

Right now it's still quite cloudy so it's not warming up very fast. IF we get the dry wedge with a bit of sun, we are supposed to be in a moderate risk for severe weather this evening. But looking at the cloud cover maps, it doesn't seem likely we are going to be getting much if any sun today.

That's fine by me. While we could use some more nice easy rain, we sure don't need any severe weather. Especially the 40 MPH winds they were talking about on the TV. The stuff we planted out got beat up enough by the cold winds last weekend.

Carol

[travis]

My daughter was married on March 26, 2011. While planning the day, my wife consulted all sorts of weather forecasting, which is rather sketchy when you're planning six months out.

She even looked at the Farmer's Almanac forecast for that day, which for our area predicted rain and snow. Well, as it turned out, the rain was only a light drizzle early in the day, but as we traveled to the reception, it began blowing snow which accumulated to more than a trace and less than an inch by nightfall.

Personally, I've planted tomato seeds for several years in a row both randomly and by the moon cycle, and have had consistently better results from what I planted in the four to six days preceeding a full moon. So, I don't care whether I'm branded as superstitious or unscientific in this single regard, I intend to plant the seeds for my late tomato crop sometime between April 29 and May 1, 2012. The vines grown from seeds I planted on February 29, 2012, leapt out of the starting mix, and already are in the patch and looking happy.

[rockhound]

I think I'll just stick with wearing my lucky underwear.