Lunar Planting - what have you grown today?

[marchogaeth]

Oh... does anyone have a link that shows what category different veggies fall into, or is it just common sense :s most are obvious, but... cauliflower? Leaves, right? It's not a root and it doesn't have seeds...

If you look up the plant on the GC site it will tell you what moon type it is. For example:-
Onion Information | Onion Varieties | Onion Prices | Onion Growing notes

[VirginVegGrower]

08:43 6th from Gemini into Cancer
15:38 8th from Cancer to Leo
18:00 10th from Leo to Virgo

March asked me to pop the moon passing through times...here they are!

x VVG

[marchogaeth]

08:43 6th from Gemini into Cancer

So would you not plant roots until 20:43 on Monday then? Could be an early start for me on Tuesday!

[VirginVegGrower]

Roots start with the full moon of the 6th, so I would start roots in 7th if it were me. Those times listed are for the bios.

[veggiechicken]

Has anyone invented a lunar alarm clock that would sound the changes in sowing regimes? I imagine a wristwatch that would vibrate at the right time and have us all rushing to our seed trays. Just a thought...

[marchogaeth]

Roots start with the full moon of the 6th, so I would start roots in 7th if it were me. Those times listed are for the bios.

That's what I sort of thought but thanks for confirming. I also realised that I'm panicking unnecessarily as it will still be roots next weekend.

[VirginVegGrower]

Yes March but I'm with you on this, if the weather halts you, then it's a months wait again. Tricky weighing it up isn't it?

[marchogaeth]

I'm just counting on using the tunnel to great effect as a mega cold frame! Potatoes are so tricky for us that anything is a bonus! So a few bags of earlies in the tunnel and then I'll chit the second earlies from March root day onwards and hold them in cold store if I can't get them in in April. I'll do carrots in loo rolls next week end and they can go inside or out. Leeks can go in a deep seed tray next weekend, too and just go out when they are ready.

I kept looking at all these jobs in the shed today like pot washing and it was so nice to think "I'll leave those to maintenance week" which meant I made the most of the day to do grass clearing (on my hopefully a garden) which I would have put of otherwise. I know it's maintenance but it is even less appealing than pot washing!

[VirginVegGrower]

Sowed broad bean Aquadulce claudia, meteor pea and douce Provence today. Then went for a lovely walk over the fields. Collected hazel poles and took photos...

[VirginVegGrower]

Sown carrot Early Nantes and Beetroot - eight varieties!

[zazen999]

I looked at the moon tonight and thought 'roots' and lo and behold - Biodynamic isn't roots - it's leaves.

Which is just wrong!

So I'm switching to Synodic.

[VirginVegGrower]

Love your attitude girl! So funny

[binley100]

Today I braved the cold and headed up to the gh and sowed .........broad beans , some chillies and .....a few more toms you can never have enough toms right ?

[zazen999]

Ok - so I sowed my roots. Some seeds from the Gardens team at Ryton [I made a donation to cover them]. Included Golden Bear F1s. Excellent.

[binley100]

ooh my posters came today for the exotic seed day .......it mentions free seeds