Lunar Planting - what have you grown today?

[binley100]

I thought it was a root day

[veggiechicken]

I think my shallot seed is a bit old ....onions have germinated (from the last root day sowing ) but no sign of the shallots

Was that root sowing just after Ch....mad? Asking because some of the onion seed that I've just sown is very old so wondered how long to give it before writing it off as a failed experiment.
Exciting, n'est ce pas?

[binley100]

yup ......sown on the 26th Dec ..don't know how long to give it

[veggiechicken]

Thanks! I'll give mine 2 weeks, and if nothing comes up, they're out in the garden and left to their own devices. The Banana shallots were new seeds so I'm hopeful for their future!

[zazen999]

Was that root sowing just after Ch....mad? Asking because some of the onion seed that I've just sown is very old so wondered how long to give it before writing it off as a failed experiment.
Exciting, n'est ce pas?

Longer than a couple of weeks, if you reuse the compost though - they usually pop up later when it gets a bit warmer, in all your other seedlings.

I have banana shallots up as well now.

[binley100]

I have banana shallots up as well now.

*blows a big raspberry

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Zaz. If I do abandon them, I'll put the compost in the greenhouse bed and they can do what they like there. Maybe some beetroot sowing for me tomorrow. I am enjoying this!!!

[veggiechicken]

*blows a big raspberry

Save it for a fruit day!

[binley100]

tomorrow will be more onions , maybe beetroot ......I have to wait in for a delivery of hedging anyway

[binley100]

today I have sown onions and celeriac...... onions are in modules in an unheated prop , in the little plastic blowaway , in the gh (cos they didn't fit on kitchen window sill) so hoping they'll germinate .......celeriac is on the window sill and a second sowing of shallots just in case the first lot don't show their faces.......

[VirginVegGrower]

Woo ladies (and any gents)...I forget to pop up 6th Jan onwards reminder, so here it is - along with my apologies

Date: 06 January 2012
Root Taurus
Waxing gibbous

Synodic:
This is a good time to sow vegetables that produce internal seed bearing fruits. Tomatoes, beans, peas, peppers, chillis, etc.

Biodynamic:
Moon in Taurus: This is an Earth sign. It is a good time to sow Root plants like Garlic, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichokes, Onions, Shallots, Spring Onions, etc.

Sidereal:
Moon in Taurus: This is a good time to sow Root vegetable crops especially when hardiness in drought conditions is needed.

[VirginVegGrower]

Date: 07 January 2012
Root Taurus
FULL

Synodic:
Now is a good time to sow root vegetables, berries, bulbs, onions, biennials, and perennials.

Biodynamic:
Moon in Taurus: This is an Earth sign. It is a good time to sow Root plants like Garlic, Horseradish, Jerusalem Artichokes, Onions, Shallots, Spring Onions, etc.

Sidereal:
Moon in Gemini: Barren and dry, and yet good for promoting flower growth.

[VirginVegGrower]

OK - sown some roots - onion and three varieties of leek. Only a few because I want my main sowing to be done to the tune of synodic this year. More roots for me in three days.

[Sylvan]

I know I said I was going to try biodynamic but I came over all synodic and sowed 8 more tommytoes today

[binley100]

What's with the hairdressing malarkey on that calender link...? Can understand compost and transplanting but hairdressing or do they mean pruning?