Lunar sowing calendar for April-2025: everything for the gardener and gardener

Depending on the phases, the moon can influence the growth and development of plants, so gardeners and summer residents use the sowing calendar to get a rich harvest. Each plant lives in its own rhythm, and if it is disrupted, for example, watered or transplanted at the wrong time, the greens can grow weak or get sick. The planting calendar for April 2025 is available in the Izvestia article.

Phases of the Moon in April 2025

In ancient times, landowners noticed that the Moon, depending on its phase, affects crop yields and plant growth in different ways. The creation of the Lunar calendar is attributed to the inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia, the Sumerians. They were the first to notice the pattern with which the waxing and waning Moon appears in the sky every month. This principle was the basis of the calendar, while the lunar month is shorter than the solar month, it has 29.5 days and corresponds to the period between two new moons.

Lunar phases in April 2025:

— Waxing Moon: March 31 — April 13
— Full Moon: April 13th
— Waning Moon: April 14th — 27th
— New Moon: April 27
— Waxing Moon: April 28 — May 2

The lunar calendar of sowing and planting is an accurate description of gardening activities for each day. It is believed that the period of the growing Moon allows gardeners to engage in transplanting and cuttings, since at this time plants tend not to strengthen in the ground, but to grow the root system upward along the branches and fruits. This time is favorable for working with plants, especially vegetables, the fruits of which ripen above the ground.

And the period of the waning Moon is considered the best time for sowing and transplanting any plants, but especially root crops, the tubers and bulbs of which ripen in the ground.

Lunar sowing calendar for 2025: how to grow a good harvest

The phases of the moon help you schedule your planting and plan for the year

Full moon

During the full moon, it is better not to transplant crops, but to focus on loosening and weeding. In April, the full moon is expected on the 13th at 03:22 Moscow time.

New Moon

The new moon is considered the most unsuitable period for planting crops. Experts advise to refrain from sowing, diving, loosening, hoeing and fertilizing herbs, flowers and vegetables the day before the astronomical event and the day after. This is a good time to control pests, as well as to remove damaged and diseased plants.

Astronomers and gardeners agree that the full moon has a negative effect on seedlings, herbs (dill, parsley) and root crops, they grow weak, painful and may eventually fail to yield. The day before and after the new moon

Favorable days for planting seedlings in April 2025

April is considered one of their busiest periods for gardeners. However, intensive planting begins in the middle zone of the country only from the second half of the month, from April 15th to April 30th. The most favorable days in the month fall on the 12th, 19th, and 21st-23rd. It is advisable to take up seedlings on April 2, 3, 6, 29, 30.

Favorable dates for planting vegetable crops:

Pumpkin, zucchini, watermelon, melon: 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23;
Cabbage, greens: 10, 11, 14, 15, 19, 23;
Onion and garlic: 1, 2, 5, 25, 29, 30.

Favorable dates for planting fruit trees:

It is best to plant fruit trees on April 2, 3, 29 and 30.

Unfavorable days for planting

It is worth giving up any work during the full moon and new moon on April 13 and 27, as well as on April 6-8 and 28.

Gardener's calendar for April-2025: favorable and unfavorable days

If May is the month when all flower crops are in active bloom and ready for pollination, then April is the time when gardeners only plant seeds, seedlings and prepare seedlings for planting in the ground.

Favorable days for planting seeds and seedlings:

— annual flowers: 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 15, 19-23, 25, 29, 30 April;

— biennial and perennial flowers: 1, 2, 6, 10-11, 15, 21-23, 25, 29, 30 April;

— tuberous and bulbous: 1, 2, 6, 10, 15, 21-23, 25-30 April;

Grower's lunar calendar for April 2025

Indoor plants also need regular transplanting. The soil mixture in which the flower is located eventually becomes depleted, caked and becomes unusable. Unnecessary microelements and salts accumulate in the soil, which have a negative effect on the root system and the plant. It is better to transplant in the spring, starting in March, when the plant wakes up after winter and enters an active growth phase.

There are three types of transplants in total:

— full: thorough root cleaning and replacement of old soil with new;

— partial: replacement of old soil without destroying the earthen clod and root system;

— replacement of the top layer: performed in cases where the surface of the soil has acquired a white color.

Growers do not recommend using outdoor soil for home flowers, as the soil composition may be unsuitable for home plants. The primer mixture must be calcined in an oven at high temperatures before use.

In April 2025, 1-3, 8-11, 21, 25, 29-30 days of the month will be suitable for transplanting any indoor plants.