What crops were planted before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day?

As the old saying goes, when you plant melons and beans before and after the Qingming Festival, it is the breath of Tomb-Sweeping Day after the vernal equinox, so you can plant many kinds of bean crops at this time, whether it is long beans, green beans, eyebrow beans and sword beans.

In agricultural proverbs, Qingming comes before February, and Qingming comes after March, which means that Tomb-Sweeping Day will be ushered in February in the lunar calendar, so it is not advisable to sow crops in advance. Pepper and eggplant can be planted in many places around the vernal equinox and solar terms.

Generally, peppers, eggplant and other vegetables are planted first, and then transplanted. If you plant a small amount in your own garden, there is no need to sow it yourself. You can go directly to the rural market to buy it.

Survival rate of transplantation

However, it should be noted that there is a difference between the cultivation of pepper and eggplant. Older people often say that eggplants grow pods and peppers grow flowers. That is, when planting eggplant, try to plant it when its seedlings are not big, so that the survival rate of transplanting is high. And pepper, even after flowering, is not too late to transplant.

The vernal equinox and solar terms are in February of the lunar calendar. If it is suitable for sowing, it will be ripe and harvested in more than two months. It is not difficult to plant cucumber, usually after it germinates, and then it can be sown directly. But when sowing, we should pay attention to the requirements of the planting environment.