Lunar Planting - what have you grown today?

[binley100]

I tried to follow it last year AP , just sowed whatever when I was told the day was right. Lost the plot totally in the end and it all went t!ts up and ended up sowing willy nilly ........

[veggiechicken]

So did I Bins - did your willy nilly grow?

[VirginVegGrower]

Whooosh, clean over my head. I've tried googling to see if I can make sense of it but I must just be thick

I tried to follow it last year AP , just sowed whatever when I was told the day was right. Lost the plot totally in the end and it all went t!ts up and ended up sowing willy nilly ........

Synodic works on the four week phases of the moon and biodynamic works on movement of the moon through the various houses/signs of the zodiac. Simples really or follow the daily calendar that I'll put up.
Was it my allium experiment that drew you in AP?

[Aberdeenplotter]

I tried to follow it last year AP , just sowed whatever when I was told the day was right. Lost the plot totally in the end and it all went t!ts up and ended up sowing willy nilly ........

Bins, I've had such a chuckle at your post.

[binley100]

Happy to make you happy ........

anyway wot they ^^^^^say about a good germination day is right ......I 'as tomatoes

[VirginVegGrower]

Date: 01 January 2013
Leaf Cancer Waning gibbous

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

Biodynamic:
Moon in Cancer: This is a Water sign. It is a good time to sow leaf plants. Switches to Leo and Fruit at 12:00 noon (my location).

Sidereal:
Moon in Leo: Dry and barren. Good time for garden maintenance.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Synodic works on the four week phases of the moon and biodynamic works on movement of the moon through the various houses/signs of the zodiac. Simples really or follow the daily calendar that I'll put up.
Was it my allium experiment that drew you in AP?

Allium experiment? wot allium experiment .

be delighted if you are to put up a daily calendar though

[veggiechicken]

Have a look at these Calendars Ap. The first one is the one VVG uses on here. I tried the 2nd one cos I liked the pretty pictures
Guide to planting by the moon - The Gardeners Calendar
Moon calendar astrology - free chart online

[Aberdeenplotter]

well I won't be using the first one, my ISP flagged it up as being suspected of containing a virus

[VirginVegGrower]

AP I will put a daily on, so need to look elsewhere. It's why we do it. I use Starwalk app to calculate precise movement of moon through its phasing and I then cross reference that with two other sources.

[marchogaeth]

I like this web site for a brief description of each type of lunar planting Guide to planting by the moon - The Gardeners Calendar as well as the current and immediate future phases if you need to know how long you have left in a phase.

Also here, you can get the info on any plants you aren't sure about for their phase.

I explained somewhere earlier on this thread why I went synodic.

These web sites will all give you a lot more background info and explain how the phases of the calandar are designed to link the time a seed germinates to the actual phase of the moon. They also explain why plants are grouped as they are.

http://aussieorganicgardening.com/?p=32
Gardening by the Phases of the Moon
Moon Phase Gardening: Gardening by the phases of the moon for improved plant growth.
Phases of the Moon Calendar 2012 - month by month

[veggiechicken]

I think that happened to someone earlier this year. Doesn't happen for me.

[VirginVegGrower]

Sown Sweet Basil and Moss Curled Parsley.

[marchogaeth]

well I won't be using the first one, my ISP flagged it up as being suspected of containing a virus

I use it quite a lot, it never gets flagged for me and it's never caused a problem as far as I can tell. (I've got AVG and Malwarebites).

Really logged on to say sowed Leeks - Mussleburgh, Spring Onions - Katana and White Lisbon (aiming for fives in agroup as recommended by Zazz -they are in modules). One of this year's targets is to actually grow a decent crop of spring onions .

[marchogaeth]

Stuck, (sorry) transplanted the winter beans into the poly in between the chillies. If the chillies have over wintered then they can be green manure and if the havn't they can be beans or maybe even a combination of the two.

Decided to leave the celariac for a month - I think - got about three hours to change my mind!