Planting Crops By Moon Phases

 


Does anyone think that planting crops by the phase of the moon really
makes any difference at all?  Myself,  I'm kind of a sceptic about this
whole moon phase thing.

Rich

 

EVP MAN wrote:

It is a branch of astrology and like astrology there is no reliable evidence
that it works.  If it worked you might expect there to be statistical
evidence that planting at some phases of the moon gives better results than
others even if no mechanism was known.  You might also expect a reasonable
mechanism to be proposed that is consistent with known physics, chemistry
and biology, and that could be tested to see how strong its effect was.
Neither statistics nor testable mechanism exist.

There is the argument that farmers have been practicing moon planting for
millennia and they wouldn't do it if it didn't work.  This is rubbish,
people have been doing all sorts of  things for a long time but that doesn't
mean there is any real benefit in it *unless* you can show the evidence.
Superstition persists in the face of lack of knowledge, just because you get
your superstition via the internet instead of at the parish pump makes no
difference.

A much better method of fructifying your gardens is if on the night of the
full moon nearest the summer solstice male and female perform their
favourite sky-clad ritual in contact with the earth.  This will energise the
microflora of your soil better than compost and the karmic vibrations will
drive your earthworms into a mating frenzy.

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W dniu 3/7/2010 1:40 AM, David Hare-Scott wrote:

Well, actually the explanations I've heard had more to with the moon's
impact on sea tides (moon's effect on plants' fluids circulation in this
case) than with astrology, but no hard evidence either.

Best regards,
Arkadesh

 


White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN) wrote:


    Someone may but I don't.

 

from White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN) contains these words:



   I know  a professional gardener, who was requested to do that in his
employers veg garden. He was sceptical but had no choice. I also know
the garden very well indeed
and it has always been  a very hard place to grow good veg crops; right
on a beach at sea level, very poor sandy stony soil.
Previously, it had been gardened for over a decade using organic
permaculture methods but progress was very slow.
   In the very first season of moon-growing, the improvement in yield
and crop vitality  was so  vast and dramatic I asked the gardener what
else he must have done that was different. Nothing;
just the moon timetable (not just sowing, but transplanting ). However,
he said he was very conscious of the change it made to his working day;
he had to be very disciplined and organised to fit with the cycle of
moon phases and very often, had to handle plants at times when his own
instinct and experience would not have.
As a result, he had  more frequent contact with each crop and plant,
spotted any problems  immediately and was able to deal with them (still
using organic methods) .
 IOW he's convinced the  result is highly effective, but  not sure
whether  it's the moon phases that make the difference, or the  detailed
close attention and routine  it demands of the gardener.

    Janet