full moon

see what you think
full moon sow brussels sprouts,cabbages,carrots
onions and spinach.
plant potatoes, tomatoes.
harvest fruit,herbs,peas.
2 days before F/M sow beans,herbs,peas,and
sweetcorn

 

Kathy can you tell me when the next full moon will be. Has this been successful for you in the past?

 

Hi kathy and kevino, It makes sense, this moon gardening. To sow seed and transplant during a waxing moon does make sense. Water, especially oceans etc, tends to rise during a waxing moon. I haven't tried it, but have kept a gardening journal, full of c**p, moon phases, weather, what i did when and where, and in retrospect it does appear that seeds sown before a full moon, did fare better. Maybe this is a trial we could put to the test on this forum.

 

hi guys
no i havent tried it .i read about it in
1001 hints and tips for the garden.readers digest
and thought i had read about it before somewhere.hope maybe harbour master might know about full moon he lets us know about high tides will phone him tomorrow

 

Hi there...the next full moon will be on the 3rd March.
About these moon phases...The moon has an ellittic orbit, which means its distance from the Earth varies.
The moonlight has no light of its own, but it absorbs solar rays and then reflects them on the Earth, but they are not less powerful than the rays coming directly from the sun.
"Moon rays" help plants to develop and seeds to sprouts and they penetrate the Earth deeper than sun rays.
So ...yes: it certainly makes sense to pay attention to that...
So, for instance... pick up tomatoes in phase of growing moon, if you intend to eat them fresh, or, a few days after a full moon, if you want to preserve them in jar..
( may i remind you the "tomato sauce/ketchup" posting in the <recipes> section where you find the instruction on how to put the tomatoes in the jar and then, if you want to make a sauce with it, I have that as well..."meat sauce for pasta")

 

hi kevin
dates of full moon
sat3rd march
2nd april
2nd may
1st june
30th july

 

Thanks for that kathy i might give it a try and see what happens

 

I have just been reminded by my sister that there is a book called Moon Gardening by John Harris. He says that if you plant seeds at the right time you never have to water them (or some such claim).

Its out of stock at Amazon, and I can't find another source.

 

Loadsa people here garden by the moon - and they forecast the weather by it, too! But then they reckon the English are far better gardeners than them and they're shocked to hear that we mostly ignore the lunar cycle! (And they come along with strange queries like how to get rid of spraing in spuds!!! Well, I'm not a phytologist... ) Books on "moon gardening" abound, though.... How's your French, guys???

[ 28. February 2007, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: Hyla-arborea ]

 

Hi guys, if it makes any difference, there's a full Lunar Eclipse on the 3rd March. It peaks at 23.21 hrs

 

Welcome to GC cajary - you beat me to it on this!

Anyone wanting to know what phase the moon is for any particular day or month then here's a Moon Phase Calendar

 

Thanks frogesque, that is an excellent link you've given us

 

Pas si mal, H-A - pourquoi? Tu as des livres francais qui nous donneraient des renseignements pratiques?

 

Peut-etre bien!!

TONIGHT!!! BBC2 - New Year at Kew - results of a trial of vegetables planted by the lunar cycle against a control using normal criteria!!!

Promises to be interesting... (though my money's on its being inconclusive!).

 

I try to follow the moon rules- not being green-fingered I need all the help I can get.
It will be very interesting to see what they say.
I have got these two books-
Planting by the Moon- Nick Kollerstrom
Gwydion's Planting Guide- J.R. Gower
The second one seems to be quite widely availably cheaply, it isn't much more than a leaflet, 32 pages, and is the one I rely on.


Found this on Amazon:-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/0572032714/ref=sib_dp_pt/026-8262450-5870032#reader-page
Have a look inside N. Kollerstom 's book!

[ 02. March 2007, 04:54 PM: Message edited by: Liz ]