planting by the light of the moon

muntjac · « **Reply #60 on:** January 15, 2007, 22:00 »

welcome to the gang tali .your not alone in the garden or in your beliefs . blessed be

tali · « **Reply #61 on:** January 15, 2007, 22:20 »

Merry Meet to you muntjac
and blessed be x

Annie · « **Reply #62 on:** January 15, 2007, 22:47 »

Now I`m confused.Iread the link and there are THREE calanders,for today one states that it is abad time to plant anything,no.two states good day to plant and excellent day for germination,next that it is a good time for leafy things like lettuce but not onions!
My next area of confusion is that is this based in the UK because I never dreamed of planting lettuce or cauliflower in january or,weirdly harvesting or planting aubergines.
I will sow my onions on the 18th(bad day) and 19th(good day) and see what happens.
Interestingly the site also recommends F1 seeds for a prolific harvest.I was less sceptical before I started to read about this.

king cauli · « **Reply #63 on:** January 31, 2007, 06:58 »

every topic i go on,its the moon topic,can we start a new section

today a good day for planting flowing types

mixdiver · « **Reply #64 on:** January 31, 2007, 09:58 »

The moon planting calander is utter hogwash. We plant our seeds when the soil conditions are right. Next we will be having to utter incantations to mother nature to protect our veg.
If you plant a seed in animal poo give it water, heat and light it will grow! That is magic for me.

Mixdiver

king cauli · « **Reply #65 on:** January 31, 2007, 17:28 »

thank you,it has been proven scientificly to work,its not my thesis,try it and stop dismissing everythin u havent tried,ive been trialing same garlic for 3 years and evertime more vigourous plants and bigger bulbs,and yeah if you sat at close quarters to a pot plant and chanted non-stop at it,the co2 may have a beneficial effect,obviously aplant needs optimum conditions to thrive,but yields can be improved by various methods,planting times been only one blah blah blah.just give it a try

shaun · « **Reply #66 on:** January 31, 2007, 18:36 »

calm down cauli

Zak the Rabbit · « **Reply #67 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:22 »

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proven scientificly to work

in which case it will have been peer reviewed and published, any chance of the references to the literature?

im sorry, i have to agree with mixdiver. The moon holds no influence as far as growing cycles go, what does is ground temperature, seasonal precipitation and insolation (sunlight level)

The reason the ancients used a moon based system is that the moons cycles are regular and usable for determining time of year, in conjunction with other factors.

sorry for the above, but i spent a lot of time by necessity critically reviewing scientific research, and when something is stated as being scientifically proven, mostly its rubbish. (for a start, any scientist will tell you science 'proves' nothing, it validates hypotheses and promotes them to tested theories). Im also an astronomer. The only influence the moon can have is via its gravity, and im sorry to say, if you leave the spade out next to your plants, the spades gravity will have far more effect!

muntjac · « **Reply #68 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:25 »

i got told as a nipper when i first started to shave that if you leave ya blades edge showing the moon will blunt it :?

shaun · « **Reply #69 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:28 »

:roll:

Aidy · « **Reply #70 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:29 »

does that then mean if put an ad on freecycle for spades and manage to get loads and put them in next to me carrots I should get a woppoing crop??? now I am really confused :?

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #71 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:31 »

Quote from: "Aidy"

does that then mean if put an ad on freecycle for spades and manage to get loads and put them in next to me carrots I should get a woppoing crop??? now I am really confused :?

Or should you bury them underneath the carrots? You want the root to grow down, after all :shock:

shaun · « **Reply #72 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:32 »

so say some areas of the earth have more gravity than others does that meen carrots will grow better there because the gravity pulls the carrot deeper hence giving you you a 20ft carrot

Aidy · « **Reply #73 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:33 »

Yep I guess ur correct on that one Mel, but then if they grow to far down would they fork?

shaun · « **Reply #74 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:35 »

they wouldnt fork that deep because theres no muck down there :roll:

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