Gardener and gardener calendar for August

We presented to you the schedule of spring work in the garden and vegetable garden, in August it is high time to complete other tasks that are much related to harvesting.

So, first – at the end of summer all vegetables begin to actively ripen, so every day go around your cucumber beds to prevent them from overgrowing. Cucumbers are “tricky” vegetables, a cucumber hiding from you today under the leaves may not fit into a canning jar tomorrow. You can not leave ripe zucchini, tomatoes, eggplants on the beds. The pepper can wait for a while, but still – the timely harvest in August is the priority task.

Important: pinching and pinching will help speed up the ripening of tomatoes and peppers.

The second important work of the last month of summer is the preservation and conservation of the harvested crop. The period of active clogging of vegetables begins. Each housewife has her own recipe for crispy pickles and delicious tomatoes, so we will not dwell on this moment. The main thing is to carry out the canning work on time, as soon as a sufficient amount of vegetables has gathered. Yes, do you have horseradish and dill growing in your garden, which you allowed to ripen? It’s time to use them for conservation.

In the garden in August, you can help apple trees, pears, plums, whose branches bent from a rich harvest. Take care of secure support under the fruit trees. During the ripening of the fruit, trees, shrubs and vegetables can be fed with potash and phosphorus fertilizers. You cannot use nitrogen fertilizers during this period! This will lead to the appearance of new shoots, and they are simply not needed at the end of summer, because it’s time for the plants to start preparing for winter..

Important: do not forget to collect fallen apples and pears to avoid the spread of the volunteer!

Before harvesting potatoes, in about a week, you can mow the tops so that the tubers ripen better. In general, the tops in August could just dry up by themselves, signaling that the potatoes are ripe, it’s time to harvest! In the first ten days of August, onions are also harvested, whose leaves have already died and died. Before you put onions and potatoes into the cellar, do not forget to disinfect there, or at least just put things in order, and dry the vegetables themselves..

The beds freed from potatoes and onions can be planted with green manure in August, which will improve the quality of the soil and help to get a large harvest next year. You can plant, for example, legumes that will not have time to ripen, but will fulfill their task as a “green” fertilizer.

In addition, in August, you can still get the last green harvest this year, if you sow lettuce, spinach, and dill again. Early ripening radish will have time to ripen.

The collection of berries, including raspberries, currants, cherries, gooseberries, ends in August. After that, it is advisable to prune the bushes to remove damaged or dried branches. You should also remove dry raspberry shoots and pinch its lateral shoots to stop the growth of annual branches. Shrubs and cherry trees can be fed with mineral fertilizers. Currants in August can be cut.

At the end of summer, it’s time to tackle strawberries and wild strawberries that have long since given their harvest. Plant rooted tendrils, remove excess ones, pull out weeds, and water if August is dry to help the plants gain strength before winter. You can plant new bushes if you plan to expand the garden, they will have time to take root well and strengthen until autumn.

Of course, in August, no one cancels such daily work as weeding, loosening the soil, watering. Watering should be stopped about two weeks before harvesting carrots. As the harvest progresses and the plants dry up, you will have to deal with the harvesting of the tops of cucumbers, zucchini and other vegetable crops.

In the flower garden in August, you can collect seeds of annual plants, plant and transplant perennials, including peonies. However, some gardeners are postponing these classes until September, so be guided by the climate of your region..

Folk omens for August:

• Frequent thunderstorms in the last month of summer promise a warm autumn.
• By the weather on August 7, you can predict the weather in December before lunchtime, and in January and February after lunch..
• Rain on August 1 promises a rainy fall.
• A large number of acorns promises a good harvest.
• If the nests are tall, the insects prepare for the cold and early winter. The same is predicted by bees, if already in August they begin to wax the honeycomb.
• Quiet water, no waves, 23 August promises calm, calm autumn and winter.
• If the leaves on the trees below began to turn yellow, then in the spring there will be good sowing.