planting by the light of the moon

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #75 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:35 »

Quote from: "shaun"

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

Nah, the green bit would get sucked under, and it wouldn't grow at all! Perhaps a 20 ton ACME weight hung over the bed would pull the greens one way, and the gravity of the earth would encourage to root to grow down more. Ooh, maybe that's what the moon does.....

Zak the Rabbit · « **Reply #76 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:36 »

yeah, give it a month and you'll have a cracking crop of rusty spades!

there is a fraction of truth in that munty, the edge on a modern blade (laser cut) is so fine (only a few atoms thick) that strong light can dislodge them and blunt the edge. But its more likely from sunlight, and anyway just the motion of air molecules will be much faster at blunting them :roll:

the moons phases have absolutely no influence on anything other than how much you can see in the dark. It doesnt matter if its a 1st quarter, full or new moon, the actual moon is still all there and is still the same mass so its gravity is the same.

admittedly it was proven that some organisms can tell the strength of the moons gravity (in the form of tidal pull) but these are all shellfish like clams

theres also a romour that if you leave your blunt razor blades under a pyramid the egyptian police will have you deported

shaun · « **Reply #77 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:39 »

thats what i was thinking zak

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #78 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:39 »

Quote from: "Zak the Rabbit"

theres also a rumour that if you leave your blunt razor blades under a pyramid the egyptian police will have you deported

They'll charge you twenty bleedin' quid to get into a pyramid first, harrumph, grumble... The plod at the pyramids are all on camels, amusingly - "would you mind stepping into the back of the camel, sir?" :shock:

shaun · « **Reply #79 on:** January 31, 2007, 20:41 »

why would anyone want to have a shave under a pyramid ?

Plot No 2 · « **Reply #80 on:** January 31, 2007, 23:29 »

Quote from: "king cauli"

today a good day for planting flowing types

Got some marigolds in by the eleventh hour. Tomorrow we will get some leafy things planted.

Zak the Rabbit · « **Reply #81 on:** February 01, 2007, 10:38 »

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The plod at the pyramids are all on camels

so its not the people or the job that makes em miserable, its the transport that gives em the hump

:shock: :? :oops:

ive been looking at me moon map and decided i will take plot 4 next to the big crater,

theres not much grows on the moon, but you can make a herb garden. Ive heard rocket does well...

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #82 on:** February 01, 2007, 14:06 »

But if the moon's gravity PULLS, don't the carrots pop out of hte ground??

Aidy · « **Reply #83 on:** February 01, 2007, 14:09 »

not if you have burried your spades first

Zak the Rabbit · « **Reply #84 on:** February 01, 2007, 15:45 »

no they dont pop out, the earths pull is stronger, that keeps em in, but the moons pull makes em thicker at the top, and is what makes the leaves stand up

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #85 on:** February 01, 2007, 22:19 »

So if we didn't have a moon, then we'd get a thicker growth all down the carrots and parsnips, and we wouldn't get the long thin bit that cooks so much quicker than the rest of it!!!!

king cauli · « **Reply #86 on:** February 01, 2007, 23:27 »

the moons gravitational pull isnt always the same.it does move and so does the earth

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #87 on:** February 01, 2007, 23:43 »

Don't get the hump with us cauli, we're only joshing around!

I think its a very interesting subject. Today I planted some cabbage seeds in the greenhouse (good day for them) and some onion seeds (not good day for them). then I'll plant some more on a good onion day and a bad cabbage day!

I'll try anything once, and won't knock anything until I've tried it! So there!!

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #88 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:13 »

Quote from: "king cauli"

the moons gravitational pull isnt always the same.it does move and so does the earth

Would that explain forked carrots then - being pulled in two directions at once???

I'm with grannieannie on this one - I'll definitely do some trials on my plot; I'll try most things once :shock: Can never resist the chance to take the piss though!!

mixdiver · « **Reply #89 on:** February 02, 2007, 09:42 »

I really seemed to have opened a hornet's nest!!! It is only my opinion but I believe it to be true as is my right.
If someone wants to plant their carrots by the phases of the moon I have nothing aganst it but I think they are utterly Bonkers and wasting their time for thinking they will be getting better carrots as a result.
How about playng music to your seedlings does that give them a better start in life? Discuss.... answers on a postcard please.

Mixdiver

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