When is the Minor Snow? Can I plant mulberry trees after the Minor Snow?

When is the Minor Snow? Can I plant mulberry trees after the Minor Snow?
Introduction: The start time of each solar term is not fixed, so [When is Xiaoxue every year? Can you plant mulberry trees after Xiaoxue]? Follow the editor to find out! The lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese calendar, and each month has a different elegant nickname. The tenth month of the lunar calendar is usually called: Yangyue, Yinyue, Xiaoyangchun, Mengdong, Chudong, Shangdong, Liangyue, Luyue, Feiyinyue, etc. More information about the tenth month of the lunar calendar in 2020 can be found on Shuimoxiansheng.com.

When does Xiaoxue fall every year?

Brief introduction of Xiaoxue solar term:
Chinese name: Xiaoxue
Foreign nameLight Snow
It means that the frequency of cold waves and strong cold air activities is high.
Climate characteristics: Cold air moves southward, and the temperature drops
Season: Winter
Date: November 21, 22 or 23 of the Gregorian calendar every year
Sun position The sun reaches 240° ecliptic longitude
Previous solar term : Beginning of Winter
Heavy snow in the next solar term
Customs activities pickled bacon
Folk food glutinous rice cake
Agricultural activities: storing vegetables, sideline business during off-season
Healthy diet, warming and nourishing the kidneys
Three phases: The first phase is that the rainbow disappears; the second phase is that the air temperature rises and the ground temperature drops; the third phase is that the sky is closed and winter comes.
Attribute: October mid-term of the 24 solar terms
——Based on the labels of the Xiaoxue solar term, we can know that Xiaoxue changes between November 21, 22 or 23 in the Gregorian calendar, and the time of Xiaoxue in 2020 is November 22.

Can I plant mulberry trees after the first snow?

How to Plant Mulberry Trees
1. Seedling cultivation : Mulberry seedling cultivation is divided into two types: seed seedling cultivation and cutting seedling cultivation. Seeds are generally used for seedling cultivation.
2. Seed treatment : Soak the seeds in 50℃ warm water before sowing mulberry trees. After natural cooling, soak them for another 12 hours. Store them in wet sand for germination. Keep them moist at all times. When the seed coat breaks and turns white, you can sow them.
3. Grafting seedlings : Generally, seedlings propagated from seeds of local varieties of mulberry trees are used as rootstocks, and high-quality mulberry varieties with high yield and good leaf quality are used as scion. Check whether the graft is alive 10-15 days after grafting. If it does not survive, re-graft it.
4. It is best to choose fertile land with drainage and irrigation, deep soil or close to water sources for mulberry orchards. It is not suitable to plant mulberry trees on land near brick and tile factories, chemical plants, etc. that are affected by exhaust gas and waste residue. The best time to plant mulberry trees is after heavy snow and before the beginning of spring. Before planting, the land should be fully cultivated, and then furrows should be dug to apply base fertilizer and return the soil.
Planting mulberry trees is not difficult. The main thing is to select and raise seedlings, and subsequent diseases and pests must be eradicated in time.
——By checking the planting methods and time of mulberry trees, we can know that mulberry trees are usually planted after the Big Snow solar term, and it is not suitable to plant mulberry trees after the Minor Snow!

Xiaoxue solar term customs

Pickled bacon <br /> There is a folk custom of "pickled meat in winter to keep it for the winter". After a light snowfall, the temperature drops sharply and the weather becomes dry, which is a good time to process bacon.
After the Lesser Snow solar term, some farmers begin making sausages and bacon, and store the excess meat using traditional methods so that they can enjoy the delicious food during the Spring Festival.
Eating glutinous rice cake <br /> In some places in the south, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice cake in the tenth month of the lunar calendar. Ciba is a food made from steamed and mashed glutinous rice. It is a popular delicacy in some southern China.
In ancient times, glutinous rice cake was a traditional festival offering in the southern region. It was originally used by farmers as an offering to the cow god. There is a saying "On the tenth day of the tenth month, glutinous rice cakes are burned", which refers to the sacrificial event.
Drying fish <br /> During the Minor Snow, fishermen along the coast of central and southern Taiwan will start drying fish and storing dry food. Schools of mullet will come to the Taiwan Strait around the time of Xiaoxue, along with swordfish, sandfish, etc.
A Taiwanese proverb goes: The beans in October are so fat that you can’t see their ends. It refers to the fact that in the Budai area of ​​Chiayi County, you can catch "bean fish" in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.
Eating Pao Tang <br /> Around the time of Xiaoxue, the Tujia people started the annual folk activity of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year", adding a warm atmosphere to the cold winter. Eating "Piao Tang" is a custom of the Tujia people. In the folk activity of "killing the New Year pig and welcoming the New Year", the delicacy made by carefully cooking the high-quality fresh pork that is still hot is called "Piao Tang".
During the Minor Snow Festival of the Lunar Calendar this year, Tujia farmers in Shipai Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, used fresh pork from the New Year pigs they had just slaughtered to cook the traditional Tujia delicacy "Piao Tang" at home, preparing to entertain relatives and friends.

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