lunar planting

[ChrisH54]

I'm sure some lovely person on here can help me on this. If I sow my seed in the greenhouse on the relevant day, do I have to plant out on the relevant day also? Going to have a bash with it to see what if anything occurs.
Thanks
Chris

[Matt.]

I don't think its as important as sowing seeds but I think it still has value. For instance I waited until yesterday (a fruit/seed/fire) day before potting on tomatoes. I don't know if it has benefit or not because I'm doing doing a control crop.

Don't forget you've got to use lunar guides in harmony with the current conditions. If its cold or wet these should alo influnce your decision.

[silver birch]

My other half an I are very interested in lunar planting after seeing one of the members on Big Dig in Cardiff give it a go. The results were incredible from his test.

As I understand it from the Maria Thun books, if you can do ANYTHING that you need to do to a plant on the relevant days - sow, prick out, plant on, hoe around!, harvest - then this is meant to be the most beneficial to the plant.

It's difficult to do - as Matt says - it's often unlikely that your fruit day will be suitable for planting out due to the weather.

[Birdie Wife]

I try to stick to the flower/fruit/root/leaf days but I don't feel bound by it - I use it more as a guide to memory really. If the weather is okay for planting, I look at the guide and see what is best to plant, then look at my seedbox (the packets are organised by flower/fruit/root/leaf) and plant something suitable for the time of year. at the very least, if you can avoid the worst times for planting something then that's something. I downloaded a handy Google tool from this website.

[zazen999]

Hi ChrisH54

I am in the middle of a moon planting trial. See my blog spot on the sig.

3 more sets of sowings to go. Not much info yet, but I will be doing everything on the right day for the moon, and on the opposite day for the non-moon.

If you are looking to do the same, it would be good to have comparisons.

I'll be posting photos of each crop as soon as there is foliage to see; and will be weighting the crops from the strongest of each of the sets of sowings.

I love the idea but if it is a load of piffle, I'd like to know rather than not. If it isn't, then I'll stick to it more rigidly [allowing for weather as well, of course].

[ChrisH54]

Thanks for all the tips. Put in some broad beans today so I shall have to see how they go. Yes I saw this on Big Dig but also on Digging for Victory.

Will be interested to hear how your experiment works zazen. I wish you every success, as you say you will have to wait for the results - may they be good ones.