When is Grain in Ear this year? How to arrange farming activities during Grain in Ear?

When is Grain in Ear this year? How to arrange farming activities during Grain in Ear?
I believe many of my friends are familiar with the 24 solar terms. So, let’s take a look at when is Grain in Ear this year? When is Grain in Ear in 2020? While looking through the old almanac, I discovered something special about the leap month of April. In the leap April of 2020, Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully prepared all the details for you. Let’s explore it carefully together!

When is Grain in Ear this year?

The "mang" in "Mangzhong" has the same pronunciation as "mang", which indicates that the Mangzhong solar term is the busiest season for the ripening and cultivation of summer crops with awns such as wheat. Mangzhong is the ninth solar term in the 24 solar terms and the beginning of the Wu month in the Ganzhi calendar.
The almanac records: "When the Big Dipper points to Si, it is Grain in Ear. At this time, you can plant awned cereals, but it will be ineffective after this time, hence the name Grain in Ear." This means that the Grain in Ear solar term is the most suitable time for sowing awned cereals, such as late rice, millet, and sorghum. Grain in Ear is also the dividing point for the time to plant crops. Due to the hot weather, we have entered the typical summer, and farming activities and planting are based on this season. After this solar term, the survival rate of crops will become lower and lower.
The Grain in Ear solar term is the dividing point for the timing of planting crops. Agricultural sowing is limited to this period. After this solar term, the survival rate of crops will become lower and lower. The arrival of Grain in Ear also heralds the beginning of farmers’ busy life of farming and sowing in the fields. Wu Cheng's "Collected Explanations of the 72 Months of the Lunar Calendar" says: "The May Festival means that grains with awns can be planted." The literal meaning of Mangzhong is "rice crops with awns can be planted." Some people interpret this as "the wheat with awns is about to be harvested, and the rice with awns can be planted." Added wheat harvest; involves both sowing and harvesting.

When is Grain in Ear in 2020?

The time of Grain in Ear solar term in 2020 is:
Gregorian calendar: Friday, June 5, 2020 Lunar calendar: April 14, 2020 (small month) "Collection of Explanations of the 72 Solar Terms in the Lunar Calendar" says: "The fifth month festival refers to the time when the grain with awn can be planted." Grain in Ear is divided into three phases: "The first phase is the birth of mantises; the second phase is the beginning of singing of the Peng; the third phase is the silence of the mockingbird." During this solar term, the eggs laid by mantises in late autumn hatch and give birth to baby mantises because they sense the emergence of yin energy; the shade-loving shrike begins to appear on the branches and sings because of the shade; on the contrary, the mockingbird, which can learn the songs of other birds, stops singing because it senses the emergence of yin energy.

How to arrange farming work during Grain in Ear?

1. Harvest summer crops such as wheat, broad beans, and peas in the fields in a timely manner to ensure a bumper harvest.
2. In the first and middle ten days, apply fertilizer heavily to corn to make it grow and fruit, and do a good job of covering the roots to prevent it from falling over and controlling corn borers.
3. Spray the mid-season rice nursery fields with growth-promoting drugs and transplant the rice in the middle and late ten-day period. Control rice weevils for direct-seeded rice and broadcast rice, and control diseases and insect pests such as the striped stem borer and leaf blight in early-planted fields.
4. Cultivate and loosen the soil of cotton fields, remove weeds and manage the buds well. Prevent and control pests such as blind bugs, cotton aphids, and red spiders. Apply organic fertilizer to ensure more cotton fruits. Repair the drainage system of cotton fields to prevent rain and waterlogging. What should we do during the Grain in Ear solar term? The most important thing is to prevent cotton from being infected by insects.
5. In the first and middle ten days of the month, plant summer soybeans, peanuts and spring soybeans and apply flower and pod fertilizer. In spring, apply fertilizer to sweet potatoes, till the soil, weed, build up the soil and supplement the seedlings; and transplant summer sweet potatoes. Apply mint brake fertilizer.
6. Sow vegetables such as cowpea, amaranth, and Chinese cabbage; strengthen field management of eggplant, melon, and bean vegetables, prevent and control diseases and insect pests, and carry out harvesting, marketing, and seed preservation.
7. Strengthen summer epidemic prevention for poultry and livestock, management of adult fish breeding, summer felling and fertilization of mulberry fields, inspection and repair of river and sea embankment projects and irrigation and drainage machinery, and pay attention to flood and drought prevention work.

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