charts for planting by the moon.any free
There's a bit about it here; http://tinyurl.com/yx3xcw
Please excuse my ignorance, what phase are we now so I don't have to wait a few days to work it out!
Don't do it myself but this link is in my favourites and has a free calendar:
http://www.ommas-aarden.net/
Sorry but I really think this is a load of Tosh. ::)
Quote from: iceberg1 on April 11, 2008, 14:57:04
charts for planting by the moon.any free
B%**$r that its hard enough to do it during the day
Redclanger - what a lovely site, I have bookmarked it. Thank you
So have I.
;D And me!! thanks so much........
(http://www.animated-gifs.eu/space-moon/0060.gif)
Quote from: redclanger on April 11, 2008, 17:27:59
Don't do it myself but this link is in my favourites and has a free calendar:
http://www.ommas-aarden.net/
So I've got to wait till December 15th before I can sow my carrots?
I use this one, it's not free but it's dead easy to see what day is what...
http://www.lunarorganics.com/moon_gardening_calendar_2008.html?gclid=CJngnvXu05ICFQzdlAodkE5_Cw
Another good one here, just scroll down
http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/
The Spanish don't go for al the wide range of varieties but they do believe in lunar gardening! You hear all the strimmers going at the same time! pruning, sowing etc seems to be done in unison!!
Quote from: betula on April 11, 2008, 17:34:59
Sorry but I really think this is a load of Tosh. ::)
I agree but considering the moon's influence on tides. Perhaps there could be some truth in it.
Our allotment is in a remote area so we do not plant out at night. In case of vampire attacks.
I hope you grow an elder tree to ward off witches! tides work because the moon's gravitation affects a huge area of ocean. Plants are so much smaller that it's hard to see the parallel.
There is a lot of water in the soil though so its whether the gravitational pull pulls that body of water nearer to the surface or further back down though that I suppose it relies on. I would have thought recent rainfall has a bigger effect on water in the top layers of soil though.
I have been looking at a veggie blog www.masdudiable.com where she is doing an experiment on lunar planting( with pictures)
it is quite a site by the way.
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on April 12, 2008, 09:37:27
I hope you grow an elder tree to ward off witches! tides work because the moon's gravitation affects a huge area of ocean. Plants are so much smaller that it's hard to see the parallel.
Women are also much smaller than the ocean but the moon cycle fundamentally affects us.
for the doubting thomas' I would suggest that one year you take copious notes about your own sowing dates and progress, noting any lack of progress or failures as well as abundance etc and you might be surprised at the links between good and poor sowing and planting dates - too many people have done this for it to be cranky
the truth is out there ;D
Quote from: Suzanne on April 12, 2008, 10:15:17
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on April 12, 2008, 09:37:27
I hope you grow an elder tree to ward off witches! tides work because the moon's gravitation affects a huge area of ocean. Plants are so much smaller that it's hard to see the parallel.
Women are also much smaller than the ocean but the moon cycle fundamentally affects us.
Your not kidding !!!
I watched an RHS student plant in the normal way and on another bed plant to the Lunar cycle.
Result .....no difference. :)
I found this, I haven't tried it yet but you might find it useful (not a very good scan but better in full screen):
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/simon404/Untitled-Scanned-01-1.jpg
try 'Gardening & Planting by the moon' 2008 by N.Kollerstrom, the BBC's Lunar Gardening Correspondent.
After seeing the results at a friend's plot, I am using it this year.
rgds, tonybloke
thanks everyone
You're all mad.
QuoteI agree but considering the moon's influence on tides. Perhaps there could be some truth in it.
What have tides got to do with growing? Tides rise and fall daily twice a day.
Quoteso its whether the gravitational pull pulls that body of water nearer to the surface or further back down though that I suppose it relies on
The moons gravitational effect is so small it is not capable of raising water a measureable amount. Tides only happen because of the funneling effect of the narrowing coastlines coupled to the earths spin and prevailing winds. How come a glass full to the brim with water will not spill a drop during the night?
If anyone wants to grow seeds of any type successfully, all they have to do is provide the right conditions and the seeds will grow. When the right conditions are provided 365 days of the year, the crops will flourish regardless of any moon.
Stop eating the mushrooms. 8)
Quote from: Eristic on April 12, 2008, 13:10:04
Tides only happen because of the funneling effect of the narrowing coastlines coupled to the earths spin and prevailing winds.
But the earths spin doesn't change direction twice a day and neither does the prevailing wind, that why it's called prevailing.
Quote from: Eristic on April 12, 2008, 13:10:04
You're all mad.
That's something I can't disagree with :)
Narrowing coastlines do have an effect; the tides in the Severn Estuary are some of the highest in the world, precisely because the coast funnels the moving water as it comes inland. Basically, the tides are a wave created by the moon's gravity, and to a lesser extent the sun's. When the two coincide, we get the spring tides, when they oppose each other, we get the neaps. Wind and coastline do have an influence on the height of the resulting tide, but they don't cause it.