Lunar Planting - what have you sown today

[VirginVegGrower]

I am going to sow my beetroot (two types Choggia and Boltardy),Spring Onion (White lisbon), Mixed Radish and first earlies (Charlotte and Rocket) in bags. If time allows my onion sets on the lottie.

[Pumpkin Becki]

Ooooh, what a good idea for a thread VVG! This is my first year trying Lunar planting. Mods, could we have this thread as a 'sticky' do you think?

[VirginVegGrower]

Ooooh, what a good idea for a thread VVG! This is my first year trying Lunar planting. Mods, could we have this thread as a 'sticky' do you think?

Thank you, I don't know how to make a sticky - do the mods do it?

[Pumpkin Becki]

Thank you, I don't know how to make a sticky - do the mods do it?

Yep, I'll prod Zazen, she's a Lunar planter too

[zazen999]

I am [when I can] - but I won't have time to update this thread every day/week with what people should be planting on which day....so if someone wants to do that and explains the differences between the different systems - then we'll stick it!

[Pumpkin Becki]

That's cool Zaz, I'm sure we can sort something out Watch this space!

[Aberdeenplotter]

I'm keen to have a go at this to see if it works so I'll be watching the posts on this thread very keenly. I may be old but I'm still keen tolearn new tricks.

[Newton]

What is lunar planting? It sounds like mumbo jumbo to me.........am I right? I appreciate the scientific effect of the moon on the tides etc but planting?? I am not sure but would like to hear the scientific argument proving the benefits........I will go surfing to find out more but if there is no science supporting this there should not be a sticky thread. The vine would lose credibility.......

Doubtful of Wirral

[zazen999]

What is lunar planting? It sounds like mumbo jumbo to me.........am I right? I appreciate the scientific effect of the moon on the tides etc but planting?? I am not sure but would like to hear the scientific argument proving the benefits........I will go surfing to find out more but if there is no science supporting this there should not be a sticky thread. The vine would lose credibility.......

Doubtful of Wirral

You do know that water is in the soil, yeah?

[Newton]

The Gardening by the Moon Calendar is based on the geocentric and astrological calculations.

I found the above quote which proves that it is mumbo jumbo! Astrology is proven to be mumbo jumbo......Brian Cox says so and no doubt Two Sheds will confirm it!

So it follows that planting based upon astrological influence is complete codswallop........

[zazen999]

It's nothing to do with Astrology!

[Newton]

You do know that water is in the soil, yeah?

Indeed I do but that does not prove anything....but a one line sarcastic response only compounds my current opinion.....

[Newton]

How does lunar planting work?

I found the quote linking it to astrology here......

[Florence Fennel]

I remember seeing an elderly allotmenteer on "The Big Dig" moon plant potatoes alongside a normally planted row of potatoes and he was amazed when the moon planted were the best. There must be something in it - I think you have to try before you dismiss it altogether.

[Jeanied]

Que???
What is Brian Cox's allotment like then?