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The florist's lunar calendar for December 2024 will help you grow a luxurious home garden, focusing on favorable dates for working with plants. It is convenient to carry out watering, fertilizing and planting, following the natural phases of crop development.
In December, the seeds of some crops already begin to stratify
Lunar calendar for December 2024 for flower growers
The beginning of winter for enthusiastic lovers is also filled with worries. Main activities:
- care of indoor crops;
- sowing perennials;
- picking and transplanting sprouted shoots;
- laying seeds for stratification.
If actions are performed according to the lunar calendar, the possibility of obtaining harmonious, powerful plants with many buds increases.
Moon phases in December
Table of favorable and unfavorable days
The periods are calculated by astrologers taking into account the movement of the planet’s satellite according to phases and zodiac signs.
Calendar for December: indoor flowers and plants
In winter, additional worries arise:
- additional lighting;
- air humidification.
Watering and fertilizing carried out according to the calendar will give a new incentive to the development of decorative deciduous and flowering crops.
Calendar for planting indoor plants and flowers for December
Based on the lunar calendar table, sowing is carried out:
- pelargonium;
- begonias;
- primrose;
- calceolaria.
By summer, flower growers have a real garden on their windowsills.
Flower growers sow lobelia with a long development cycle - 80 days
Tips for growing and caring
In case of a forced transplant, a new pot, 2 cm wider than the previous one, is disinfected, drainage and substrate are placed and the plant is installed:
- First, the root ball is shaken off the soil and rotten shoots are removed;
- the roots are straightened in the container and covered with substrate;
- leave 2 cm to the top of the container;
- water the soil or moisten it through a tray.
During the first week, the plants are sprayed with warm water, sometimes a transparent bag is placed on top.
Winter-blooming zygocacti, primroses, azaleas, kalanchoes, cyclamens, spathiphyllum, anthurium are fertilized after 12-14 days. It is best to fertilize closer to the full moon, and pest control after.
If the plant has not been watered for a long time, the container is immersed in a large container of water so that the soil is saturated with moisture. Excess water is poured out of the pan. Violets are placed on pallets with wet pebbles.
Florist calendar for December 2024: perennials
Slow-growing verbena, calceolaria, pelargonium, lobelia, echinacea, begonia, petunia, Chabot carnation, primroses begin to be sown in December on dates appropriate to the calendar. Small seeds are laid out on the surface and pressed lightly, and a film is pulled on top. The substrate is moistened with a spray bottle.
In December, on dates that are favorable for sowing, stratification of seeds of evening primrose, helenium, aquilegia, ornamental onions, strawberries, bellflower, delphinium, saxifrage, eustoma, and gentian begins. The seeds are scattered on the substrate, lightly sprinkled with sand and moistened. Place in the refrigerator for 3 months or take it out into the snow with a protection on top. Sometimes the container is taken out of the refrigerator and ventilated; shoots may appear.
Conclusion
The gardener's lunar calendar for December 2024 is a valuable hint for those who want to grow healthy and beautiful plants. Perennials begin to propagate at the beginning of winter, using specific sowing and care methods.
