Moon gardening

[roitelet]

According to my French moon gardening diary the days for planting tatties are from the 1st to the 4th April. All root days and the moon is in Virgo. At least that is when I will be planting them.

[johnty greentoes]

According to my French moon gardening diary the days for planting tatties are from the 1st to the 4th April. All root days and the moon is in Virgo. At least that is when I will be planting them.

1st of April it is then. A good day for me to plant my first crop on a new site - April Fool's Day.

[denise]

This is such a great site. Thnk you for posting it Biscombe, I dont think it is posted anywhere else.
I have linked it to my home page, thanks again could be very helpful, I will definatly be giving it a go.

[johnty greentoes]

I always use this site, shows you stright away what you can and cannot sow

http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/

PS sorry If someone has posted this link already, not read all the posts.....

Fantastic link. Thankyou.

[denise]

Maybe a silly question but if I dont ask I wont get to know - I have began to plant by the moon, my question is does this appy to seeds set indoors or only when they are planted out?

[denise]

Excellent News Thank You LJ. This means I can carry on sowing seed, while watching the snow fall outside and then be all ready to plant up once soil is warm again etc. I'd better get busy.

[madderbat]

I agree it applies to the ground, but choose to interpret it differently, and set my indoor seeds in trays according to the moon too. I justify it by thinking that once the seed leaves the packet, snuggles down and gets water, the pull starts. Don't know if I'm right, but the leeks I set last leaf day all germinated within about 48 hours!

(However, the parsnips I started in watered paper on a root day haven't done squat yet!) Maybe i should have put them in some compost

[johnty greentoes]

The moon is full at exactly 6pm today - ideal time to plant/sow.

[jobi1canobi]

Hi all,

I've just joined the forum and noticed this thread on lunar planting / moon gardening. I'm in the process of signing up for an allotment and have every intention of gardening by the moon's phases.

I noticed there hasn't been a post on here since April and was wondering how you were all getting on - have you had much success based on a comparison before you started lunar planting?

[zazen999]

Hi Jobi
I hadn't read a moon post for ages, but have carried on regardless.
I find if i sow by the moon or not, seedlings show on their moon day.
The seedlings that i planted by the moon earlier in the year are significantly better than non-moon crops, however all crops are rubbish by comparison to last year's bumper harvest! This year i ended up planting anything out on days when it wasn't raining, regardless of which moon day it was in the pure hope of progress, but it hasn't worked.

I have also signed up for a lottie, and next year i am going to have moon beds and non-moon beds, just to really see the difference. i am going to choose 2 of each type of crop [roots, fruits, leaf and flower], with enough seeds planted to really see what the difference is. i can then document and weigh just the stuff from those beds and see what happens.

Incidentally, it is a coincidence that nobody seems to have posted on this since the weather went weird - first in April we had a drought and then the monsoons?

[nosferato]

being a newbe and all i just have one question do you have to be fully clothed when doing this

[Jaxom]

No clothes are essential. You must also paint blue spirals all over your body and wear radish leaves in your hair. All planting must be made to the chant of Woooga…booga…hepati…hoperty. While standing on one leg.

[jobi1canobi]

Hehe - I guess if you want to go 'skyclad' (naked) then feel free but please bear in mind that you might get arrested if you're in full view of the public!