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Re: Moon planting

Hi, I just found this group and am very Enthusiastic about it. I have
been SQFT gardening for about three years and am getting some very nice
results. I have gardened in Florida for three decades and cannot compare
the results/work since it goes off the scale! I spend 15 min each
morning doing what used to take 1 or 2 hours a day and get much more and
nicer vegetables.

        But I'm sure y'all know this.

        I hate to jump in a little negative on the first post but this is
something I did a little math on once when I was a Convinced Astrologer.
The gravitational pull on a child by her mother is stronger than the
gravitational pull of the moon. You have to divide out the mass and the
distance using the inverse square thing.
        The reason I bring this up is that the gravitational effect of moon
planting is not likely but the moonlight effect is really strong. There
is a moderately illegal plant that responds to moonlight and all indoor
growers of this herb know to set the timer to come on for a while at
night to help the maturing of it's flowers. This works even when you set
the timer opposite to the real moon phase which shows it's not gravity.
        I look forward to the conversation on this list and hope I haven't
jumped in to quickly.
                Bill DeWitt

Cheralyn Hale wrote:
>
> Hello--
> Been reading John Jeavons book 'How To Grow More Vegetables(than you ever
> thought possible on less land than you can imagine)' in which he talks about
> planting by the phases of the moon. He uses the biodynamic/French Intensive
> method which he explains in the book. His instructions say that you should
> plant short (most vegetables, ie beans, peas, carrots, corn, etc; anything
> germinating 1-7 days) and extra long (some flower types; anything
> germinating 22-28 days) germinating seeds two days before the New Moon
> because the magnetic forces and lunar tide forces affect them. Long
> germinating (okra, peppers, eggplant; anything germinating 8-21 days) are
> planted by the Full Moon and up to 7 days afterwards, again taking advantage
> of the forces of nature. He then says that the first 7 days of the moon
> phase(increased moonlight, decreased lunar gravity) there is balanced growth
> in root and leaf growth, but during the second 7 days (increased moonlight,
> increased lunar gravity)there is increased leaf growth. Transplanting should
> also be done at the Full Moon as there is increased root growth the third 7
> days(decreased moonlight, decreased lunar gravity) and this takes advantage
> of those forces. The fourth 7 days(decreased moonlight, increased lunar
> gravity) is a time of decreased root and leaf growth, essentially a resting
> period for plants. So, depending on your veiwpoint, this would be a
> scientific explanation why to use moon phases in gardening.
>

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