Traditionally, this is a month when there is practically no agricultural work. Even the most winter-hardy plants rest. It is good if they are covered with a snow coat, which in recent years is not always and not everywhere. A caring owner will always find something to do on the site. At the beginning of the month, there is still enough trouble about wintering plants, there stocks and seed material must be checked, here they must be protected from rodents. It is useful to coordinate your actions with the lunar calendar of the gardener and gardener for December 2018 so that the work is not in vain.
Lunar calendar of the gardener and gardener for December 2018
- Date: December 1st
Lunar days: 23-24
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Virgo
We take care of the garden, closing the cracks in warming roses, grapes, and other thermophilic plants that were left for ventilation. We sow greens on the windowsill. Do not water indoor flowers.
- Dates: December 2-3
Lunar days: 24–26
Phase: Waning Moon
Libra
We supplement the “vegetable garden on the window” with onions for forcing greens. We plant indoor flowers and cuttings for rooting.
- Date: December 4-5
Lunar days: 26-28
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
We water and feed all the plants at home. We do not preserve. Soak the wheat for germination.
- Date: December 6
Lunar days: 28-29
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
We take care of the vegetable garden on the windowsill. We plant and transplant ornamental plants.
- Date: December 7
Lunar days: 1–2
Phase: New Moon
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
There are a lot of tools and garden equipment for snow removal.
In the garden, you can remove snow from the paths by replenishing it under trees and in flower beds. We tie the trees from rodents.
- Date: December 8
Lunar days: 1–2
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
We ferment the cabbage, which can be stored for a long time. We plant, transplant and feed home ornamental plants. We sow green crops in a heated greenhouse and in a vegetable garden on a windowsill.
- Date: December 9-10
Lunar days: 2–4
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
We are engaged in planting, transplanting, feeding and treating indoor plants from diseases. We sow sorrel, basil, parsley, seeds of home flowers on the windowsill. Salt the cabbage.
- Date: December 11-13
Lunar days: 4-7
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
We do not sow anything, do not transplant or water. On the site we are fighting rodents, shoveling snow into the beds. We check the safety of the crop. In indoor plants, we loosen the soil and add top dressing, transplant bulbous flowers.
- Date: December 14-15
Lunar days: 7-9
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Pisces
For abundant flowering of the Decembrist, water it as often as necessary
Watering indoor flowers. We do not sow or plant anything. On the site we harvest cuttings for spring grafting.
- Date: December 16-18
Lunar days: 9-12
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Aries
We are engaged in houseplants and a vegetable garden on the window: we loosen, sow, feed. We do home preservation.
- Date: December 19-20
Lunar days: 12-14
Phase: waxing moon
Zodiac sign: Taurus
We sow green crops on the windowsill and plant cuttings for rooting. We check the storage facilities of the collected products, remove rotten vegetables and fruits.
- Date: December 21
Lunar days: 14-15
Phase: waxing moon
Gemini
We take care of indoor flowers.We sow climbing plants. We carry out pest control.
- Date: December 22
Lunar days: 15-16
Phase: full moon
Gemini
We do not sow or plant anything. We go through the stocks in the storage. We shovel snow into the beds, flower beds, under trees. We feed the vegetable garden on the windowsill.
- Date: December 23-24
Lunar days: 16-18
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Cancer
If you notice that your plants turn yellow or are prone to frequent diseases, then the transplant can be carried out in winter.
For a day after the full moon, we do not plant or sow anything. Then you can plant indoor ornamental plants, sow green crops, loosen the soil. Watering indoor flowers.
- Date: December 25-26
Lunar days: 18–20
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Leo
In the garden, we prepare annual cuttings for spring grafting. Preparing potting mixes. We go through the stocks in the storage. We shovel the snow, covering the roots of wintering plants with it. We examine the protection of trees from rodents.
- Date: December 27-28
Lunar days: 20–22
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Virgo
We are preparing the ground for the upcoming growing of seedlings and transplanting plants at home. We sow greens on the windowsill, water, feed. We do not preserve and salt the cabbage.
- Date: December 29-30
Lunar days: 22-23
Phase: Waning Moon
Libra
We plant onions on a feather, plant indoor flowers, cuttings for rooting.
- Date: December 31
Lunar days: 23-24
Phase: Waning Moon
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
We sow parsley and plant onions on greens. We feed indoor plants.
