The influence of the moon on the processes occurring on Earth was noticed by our distant ancestors, but the use of lunar calendars is considered a relatively new method of improving the fertility of ornamental and agricultural crops, to which a wide range of gardeners, gardeners and gardeners have access. We invite you to learn about the features of the planting process in July 2018, which will certainly help in obtaining a bountiful and high-quality harvest.
How do moon phases affect planting?
The growth and development of all life on our planet, to one degree or another, is subject to the so-called natural rhythm, which, in turn, is directly related to the lunar phases. If you understand and adapt to this biotactic, then there is no doubt about the success of gardening and gardening activities. 
As you know, there are 4 phases of the moon: the new moon, the rising, the full moon and decreasing. Planting and transplanting plants with above-ground fruits is desirable to perform precisely at the stage of growth of the heavenly body (better when it is in Virgo), while for the rapid growth of root crops, the time of the waning Moon is more suitable.
Perennial shrubs and trees are recommended to be planted exclusively on the growing Moon, if possible - just before the full moon, but not at the new moon. The success of many other works in the garden, flower garden and vegetable garden also depends on the position of the Moon in relation to the Earth.
Did you know? Despite the fact that life on the moon was never discovered, the people of Earth have already managed to "distinguish themselves" there, leaving behind just mountains of garbage. According to approximate calculations, on the surface of this satellite of the earth there are more than 180 thousand kg of artificial materials.
For example, watering is recommended to perform on a waning moon, especially when it is in the signs of Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio. At the same time, trees can be pruned, but preferably when the heavenly body is in Leo and Aries.
To help summer residents to understand all such nuances, a lunar sowing calendar was developed, identifying the most appropriate days for a particular activity.
Video: the influence of the moon on plants
Favorable days
Depending on the type of activity you are accustomed to engage in on your personal plot, you can paint for yourself the most favorable days for accomplishing the tasks set. Among the main ones: sowing, gardening, flower garden and activities related to the transplant of indoor plants.
Learn more about the rules of crop rotation of vegetable crops.
For sowing
The optimal time in July for sowing seeds and planting crops depends on the type of specific vegetation:
- for most root crops, bulbous and tuberous flowers, 3, 4, 7-10, 20, 25, 26, 30 and 31 numbers will be most suitable;
- for plants with elevated fruits - July 19-22;
- for squash, squash and pumpkin - 19-22;
- for turnips and turnips - 3, 4, 8, 9, 30, 31;
- for cabbage - 20-22, 30, 31;
- for legumes (peas, beans) - 10, 11, 20, 22;
- for strawberries and strawberries - 18, 19;
- for potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke and peanuts - 3, 4, 8, 9, 25, 26, 30, 31;
- for onions and feathers - 16, 17, 20-22;
- for onions on a turnip - 20-22;
- for carrots, parsnips, cucumbers, watermelons, melons, maize, beets - 7-11, 20, 25, 26, 30, 31;
- for hot and hot peppers - 23, 24;
- for radish, celery, radish, daikon - 3, 4, 20, 30, 31;
- for salad, chard spinach - any day;
- for tomatoes - 20-22.
Of course, if for some reason you cannot devote time to the garden on these days, nothing terrible will happen, you can rehabilitate yourself to other numbers, but by always adhering to the lunar phases.Important! The lists are examples of the most popular types of crops, but if the plant you are planting is not in the list, then you can focus on favorable days for planting other crops from this species (for example, root crops or greenery).
For garden robot
Garden work takes away from summer residents no less time than gardening, so in order to optimize this process and achieve the most positive results, it is advisable to pay attention to the following favorable days for:
- pruning branches and shoots (rejuvenating and sanitary) - 1-4, 10, 13 (cutting of wild shoots), July 20, 21, 24, 26;
- pest and disease control of trees and shrubs - 1, 5-7, 10, 13, 20-23, 25;
- grafting trees and shrubs - 3-6, 8, 9, 15, 19-24;
- seed material harvesting - 1, 2, 19-22;
- mineral and organic dressings - 7-9, 11, 15 (including in the garden), 16, 17 (mineral), 18-20, 23-25;
- harvesting for storage - 1, 2, 5-6 (root crops), 8-10 (root crops and vegetables), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17-19 (gathering and laying of tubers), 28 (grain and root crops);
- planting and transplantation of fruit and berry trees and shrubs - 3, 4, 14, 17, 19;
- irrigation, loosening and mulching of the soil, removal of weeds - 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 19-22, 25-27, 28 (except for irrigation).
To work in the flower garden
According to the lunar calendar for July 2018, work in the flower garden should have its own characteristics, of course, if you want it to bring positive results.
- Sowing flower seeds is to do 15, 16, 17, 18, 23-25 numbers.
- Planting climbing plants is better to postpone the 14-17, 27, 28 numbers.
- Planting of tuber and bulbous flowers can be carried out on July 3, 4, 8-10, and rooting of cuttings can be performed on the 18th, 19th and 25th of this month.
- Repotting plants in a flower garden is to be transferred to 9, 16, 17, 21, 25 numbers.
- Harvesting flowers and seeds of medicinal plants should be carried out on July 1, 2, 8, 15-17.
- It is worthwhile dealing with pest control in the first days of the month when planting new flowers is undesirable.
Check out the list of the most popular perennial and annual garden flowers.
For transplanting indoor flowers
Decorative and indoor creepers, as well as indoor flowers, can be repotted July 12-22, avoiding this process 1-9. 
On all other days, plant transplantation is possible, but undesirable, because their vital energy is weak, and the process can be disastrous for them. The most favorable days for working with the soil in pots are considered to be 5, 6, 18, 19 July.
Important! If you are not sure of the possibility of transplanting household plants on a particular day, pay attention to the recommended type of activity in the flower garden. If in the second case such an event is allowed, then with high probability we can talk about the success of this process with respect to indoor plants.
Lunar calendar for July 2018 by day
Above, we gave a list of the most appropriate days for gardening and gardening work, but this does not mean at all that you need to sit idle for the rest of the time. On every day of July 2018, there is a type of activity, as can be seen by looking at the following table.
| Number day of the week | Moon in the zodiac, phase | Recommended | Undesirable |
| July 1, Sunday | Aquarius decreasing | Work with the earth (plowing, loosening and hilling), thinning seedlings, pruning, pinching, pinching, collecting seeds and root crops, harvesting for long-term storage, cutting flowers, digging tubers, harvesting flowers and seeds of medicinal plants | Sowing and planting (regardless of the type of crop), watering and feeding |
| July 2, Monday | Aquarius decreasing | Work with the earth (plowing, loosening and hilling), thinning of seedlings, pruning, pinching, removing stepsons, collecting seeds and root crops, harvesting, cutting flowers, digging out tubers | Sowing and planting (regardless of the type of crop), watering and feeding |
| July 3, Tuesday | Fish diminishing | Collecting plants with underground fruits, pinching, grafting, planting and pruning trees, harvesting fallen leaves, planting celery, radish, bulbous, preparing jams and pickles, seeding (planting) rutabaga, turnips, potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke | Pest treatment, harvesting of earth mixtures, abundant watering |
| July 4, Wednesday | Fish diminishing | Collection of plants with underground fruits, pinching, grafting, planting and pruning of trees, planting celery, radish, bulbous, preparing jams and pickles, sowing (planting) rutabaga, turnips, potatoes and Jerusalem artichoke | Pest treatment, harvesting of earth mixtures, abundant watering |
| July 5th, Thursday | Aries decreasing | Preparing the soil for sowing, pest control, weeding and mulching, picking root crops, berries, fruits and medicinal plants, drying vegetables, haying and harvesting firewood, cleaning for long-term storage of all crops | Sowing and planting, pinching, diving, trimming, transplanting and rooting, feeding, watering |
| Friday July 6th | Aries, third quarter | Preparing the soil for sowing, pest control, weeding and mulching, picking root crops, berries, fruits and medicinal plants, drying vegetables, haying and harvesting firewood, cleaning for long-term storage of all crops | Sowing and planting, pinching, diving, trimming, transplanting and rooting, feeding, watering |
| July 7th, Saturday | Aries decreasing | Planting root crops, bulbous and tuberous plants, harvesting fruits and vegetables for the winter, plowing, loosening, mulching the soil, pest control, cutting flowers, planting cucumbers, parsnips, watermelons, melons, corn | Pruning and shaping trees and shrubs, picking, pinching and rooting |
| July 8, Sunday | Taurus decreasing | Sprouting seeds, watering and loosening (not only in the root zone), organic dressing, grafting trees and shrubs, drying fruits and harvesting for long-term storage, planting rutabagas, turnips, carrots, cucumbers, parsnip, melons, potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke | Loosening in the root zone, transplanting, pinching and picking |
| July 9, Monday | Taurus decreasing | Sprouting seeds, watering and loosening (not only in the root zone), organic dressing, grafting trees and shrubs, drying fruits and harvesting for long-term storage, planting rutabagas, turnips, carrots, cucumbers, parsnip, melons, potatoes, Jerusalem artichoke | Abundant watering, transplanting, loosening in the root zone |
| July 10, Tuesday | Gemini, waning | Removal of excess shoots, weeding, mulching, cultivation, gathering of root crops, medicinal herbs, planting of root crops, pruning and grafting, treatment from pests, planting of climbers, melons, legumes, cabbage, grapes, houseplants | Planting and transplanting herbs, pinching and picking the roots, working with garden tools |
| July 11, Wednesday | Gemini, waning | Sowing and planting spicy-berry, shrub, vegetable and fruit crops, flowers, houseplants, fertilizing, fertilizing the soil | Planting and transplanting grasses, sawing and uprooting trees, cutting flowers, abundant watering, digging |
| July 12, Thursday | Cancer decreasing | Soaking seeds, planting and transplanting plants (especially annuals, bulbous and legumes), feeding, harvesting the leaves of medicinal plants, harvesting crops for the winter (fermentation, salting, drying), rooting and transplanting indoor plants, collecting everything that is not subject to long-term storage | The use of pesticides, collecting roots, loosening and digging the soil |
| Friday, July 13 | Cancer, New Moon | Transplantation of houseplants, soaking seeds, harvesting medicinal plants, cleaning for long storage of inches, pest control, pinching vegetables, cutting of wild shoots | Planting, sowing, grafting, hilling and loosening the soil, the use of pesticides, the collection of root crops, baking |
| July 14, Saturday | Lion growing | Planting shrubs and trees, picking and drying fruits and roots, mowing grass, mulching the soil, picking sunflower seeds, rooting cuttings, cleaning vegetables for long-term storage | Watering, feeding, planting and transplanting horticultural crops, shortening the shoots of trees and shrubs |
| July 15, Sunday | Lion growing | Pruning trees, cultivating the land, irrigating with mineral fertilizers, rooting cuttings, grafting, planting or transplanting of flower crops, cutting of cuttings and preparation for planting | Planting and sowing garden crops, budding |
| July 16, Monday | Virgo growing | Transplanting ornamental plants and shrubs, flowers, watering plants, fertilizing, pruning shoots, harvesting cuttings, collecting fruits, harvesting medicinal plants | Planting and transplanting fruit trees, planting seeds, budding, soaking seeds |
| July 17, Tuesday | Virgo growing | Planting trees and ornamental climbers, harvesting seeds and tubers for future harvest, planting seedlings, pasynkovanie, pinching, harvesting medicinal plants, mineral supplements | Soaking seeds, pruning, budding, pruning of fruit trees and shrubs |
| July 18, Wednesday | Scales growing | Planting flower crops, planting seeds and tubers for storage, planting stone fruits, watering, haying, cutting flowers, taking care of houseplants, rejuvenating pruning, pinching, harvesting seeds, harvesting medicinal plants, harvesting root crops | Grafting, pest spraying, pruning and picking |
| July 19th, Thursday | Scales, first quarter | Planting stone fruit trees, leafy, fruit and melon crops, flowers, harvesting tubers, cutting flowers, haying, watering, taking care of houseplants, watering and mineral supplements | Transplants, division of rhizomes, pruning without disinfection, picking potatoes, harvesting tops and leaves, picking plants, budding |
| July 20, Friday | Scorpio growing | Planting of many garden crops: cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc., grafting, dressing, pest control, soil loosening, seed soaking, harvesting cuttings, mowing the lawn | The division of rhizomes, the collection of herbs and planting trees, collecting potatoes, cleaning tops and leaves |
| July 21, Saturday | Scorpio growing | Planting garden crops: cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc., grafting, dressing, pest control, soil loosening, seed soaking, cutting of cuttings, mowing the lawn, transplanting indoor flowers, re-sowing radish and dill | Dividing the root system of plants, digging potatoes, watering and harvesting the tops, rooting, planting and transplanting, cuttings of vegetables |
| July 22, Sunday | Scorpio growing | Planting fast-growing plants: onions, garlic, herbs, dogrose, honeysuckle, plum, picking fruits, berries, vegetables and seeds, planting indoor plants | Dividing the root system, harvesting potatoes, pruning fruit trees, planting and transplanting fruit and berry bushes and strawberries, budding |
| July 23, Monday | Sagittarius growing | Planting fast-growing plants: onions, hot and hot peppers, garlic, medicinal herbs, wild rose, honeysuckle, plum, picking vegetables, fruits and berries, planting and cutting flowers, pest control, feeding | Watering, pruning, mulching, loosening the soil, budding |
| July 24, Tuesday | Sagittarius growing | Harvesting, planting of fast-growing crops (garlic, pepper, onion), medicinal herbs, strawberries, flower crops, inoculation, application of top dressings | Watering, loosening and mulching the soil, cleaning the foliage and tops, budding |
| July 25, Wednesday | Capricorn Growing | Planting and transplanting trees and shrubs, loosening, feeding, watering, vaccination, mowing, rooting cuttings, planting of tuberous plants (especially potatoes and Jerusalem artichoke), carrots, watermelon, parsnip, melons | Division of plant rhizome or other manipulations with it, pruning of fruit trees, budding |
| July 26th, Thursday | Capricorn Growing | Planting and transplanting shrubs and trees, loosening, fertilizing, grass mowing and grafting trees, planting root crops (potatoes, carrots, parsnip, Jerusalem artichoke), as well as cucumbers, pruning, watering, loosening | Division of plant rhizomes or other manipulations with it, pinching, cleaning tops and leaves |
| Friday July 27th | Capricorn, Full Moon | All work related to soil: watering, loosening, weeding, pasturing tomatoes, pest control | Any crops and plantings |
| July 28, Saturday | Aquarius decreasing | Harvesting grain and root crops, watering, loosening and mulching the soil, planting climbing plants, spraying and fumigating, pinching, weeding | Watering, planting and transplanting vegetables and fruit crops, feeding, pruning and pasynkovanie |
| July 29, Sunday | Aquarius decreasing | Harvesting grain and root crops, grass mowing, spraying and fumigating plants, pruning trees and shrubs, pinching, weeding | Sowing and planting, feeding, collection of medicinal plants |
| July 30, Monday | Fish diminishing | Посадка сельдерея, пастернака, капустных, моркови, редиса, картофеля, репы и брюквы, огурцов, прививка деревьев и ягодных кустов, культивация, полив и внесение удобрений | Борьба с вредителями, обрезка, прищипывание, пасынкование |
| 31 июля, вторник | Fish diminishing | Planting celery, parsnip, cabbage, carrots, radish, potatoes, turnips and rutabaga, cucumbers, grafting trees and berry bushes, cultivation, watering and fertilization | Work with rhizome, loosening the soil, treatment from pests, pruning plants |
Folk signs and useful tips
In the people there are many beliefs and signs associated with plants and weather in a given month. As for July, the most famous include the following:
- a lot of sorrel in the garden - to a warm winter;
- frequent thunderstorms with prolonged thunder - to prolonged bad weather;
- a reddish rainbow appears from north to south - to bad weather;
- strong heat in July - to the cold winter;
- lice on the flowers in the morning - rain in the afternoon;
- there is no dew at night - the day will be cold;
- puddles turned green - drought is coming.
- Before the full moon it is necessary to finish all the important things so that with the onset of the next lunar cycle, the organism will receive a new surge of vital energy.
- The beginning of the month is a great time to go on a trip or to start implementing long-standing plans.
- The middle of the year is a good time to analyze the previous half of the year and the corresponding conclusions, which will help to set priorities in the future (especially for people born under the sign of Libra).
- If the existing state of affairs does not suit you, you will have to change the vector of application of forces: you cannot get what you want “directly” - you should look for workarounds.
Did you know? The moon affects not only the world of plants, but also the dreams of man. According to the assurances of many people, it is during the full moon they most often have nightmares.These recommendations concern not only gardening activities, but also life in general. That is why, in order to achieve success in all your endeavors, you cannot ignore the prompts of nature.
