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oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
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Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 6:52 pm Post subject:

vanessa wrote:

The theory is, that ALL the earth's water is drawn by the moon the same way the tides are.

You are "meant to" sow roots with the waning moon (it's "going down", so good for root production) and all other crops with the rising moon.

The French are VERY hot on lunar planting; even most farmers follow lunar planting.

Thanks for that, it only goes to increase my scepticism, if you factor in a 14 day delay whilst the seed germinates, then you'll get the opposite effect won't you? If it rains hard?

Dekk

Joined: 21 Feb 2009
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Location: somewhere between raising hell and amazing grace

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 6:59 pm Post subject:
I regularly sow by the moon................................................................................................................. usually its the only time i have

gil
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Posted: Fri May 14, 10 8:49 pm Post subject:
Even more incentive for me to get my beets, carrots etc sown tomorrow. Not to mention everything else... Please could tomorrow last for 72 hours, and if the weather held that would be even better.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 9:09 pm Post subject:
I have an Italian friend in Cardiff, and her family near Rome have always planted by the moon phases-the one who told everyone when to plant stuff was the village priest When it is said that the Mon affects the water everywhere, that includes the water in plants too (and us for that matter )

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
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Location: Somerset

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 9:17 pm Post subject:
I've been aware for many years that the flowering of the apple trees in the orchard is affected by the moon, and that the earliest blossoms come out with the full moon - in the month before you see the flower buds swell and contract then expand and come into flower as the moon waxes and wanes and waxes again

Sally Too

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 2511
Location: N.Ireland

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 9:50 pm Post subject:

There are some things that I think the moon can effect. Timing of flowering is a possibility - afterall if flowers of different plants can co-ordinate their flowering time then there is a greater chance of pollination. This is an evolutionary advantage that favours plants that follow the pattern so the pattern is perpetuated.

However I don't see the logic with seeds. In nature seeds are not "saved" and "planted" rather they are scattered by whatever means and then lie in wait for ideal conditions. Once those conditions appear then they germinate. Perhaps they do germinate in scynrony with something to do with the moon, but IMO it is of no advantage to actually plant them on that day! They could just as well be planted the week before and then germinate when their ideal conditions appear.

So I plant by the "when I get around to it" method.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Fri May 14, 10 9:53 pm Post subject:
I like the idea but if it had an effect i can't help feeling the fluid in our eyeballs would be more dynamic.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 8:41 am Post subject:

vanessa wrote:

The French are VERY hot on lunar planting; even most farmers follow lunar planting.

Really?

I find that very hard to believe.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 9:30 am Post subject:

gil wrote:

Please could tomorrow last for 72 hours, and if the weather held that would be even better.

Ok, I'll sort it

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 9:33 am Post subject:

Sally wrote:

However I don't see the logic with seeds. In nature seeds are not "saved" and "planted" rather they are scattered by whatever means and then lie in wait for ideal conditions. Once those conditions appear then they germinate. Perhaps they do germinate in scynrony with something to do with the moon, but IMO it is of no advantage to actually plant them on that day! They could just as well be planted the week before and then germinate when their ideal conditions appear.

Very well said Sally. That's exactly how I see it. After all they won't flipping well grow in the seed packets.

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 8324

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 3:18 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

vanessa wrote:

The French are VERY hot on lunar planting; even most farmers follow lunar planting.

Really?

I find that very hard to believe.

I don't know about the mega-farmers, but the smaller ones definitely do.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 6:26 pm Post subject:

vanessa wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

vanessa wrote:

The French are VERY hot on lunar planting; even most farmers follow lunar planting.

Really?

I find that very hard to believe.

I don't know about the mega-farmers, but the smaller ones definitely do.

I'm just so surprised. I have French family so have been visiting there for years...and I would never have thought that the French would have been the slightest bit interested in moon twaddle stuff...

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Posted: Sat May 15, 10 6:28 pm Post subject:
I find it best to sow when there's a 'y' in the day. It seems to make all the difference.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 7:39 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

vanessa wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

vanessa wrote:

The French are VERY hot on lunar planting; even most farmers follow lunar planting.

Really?

I find that very hard to believe.

I don't know about the mega-farmers, but the smaller ones definitely do.

Our neighbouring farmer is very into the moon and it's effect on the weather.

Vanessa

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 8324

Posted: Sat May 15, 10 7:42 pm Post subject:
If you were to start planting something At The Wrong Time, you'd soon see their true colours as far as lunar planting is concerned, MJ In France, I mean. The number of times I was told "that'll never grow properly, it's the wrong time of the moon" I never got to grips with it

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