I've been experimenting lately but I find the conflicting information confusing. I guess the upside of that is I can choose which version I prefer. I haven't had any plants that have gone right through their life cycle from a deliberate moon phase based planting yet so I don't have anything to report about sucesses and failures.
I'd like to know about other peoples experiences.
I have found a webpage I like, that has a daily calendar showing 3 different moon planting systems.
It's at http://www.the-gardeners-calendar.co.uk/Moon_Planting.asp
There is also a bi- monthly calendar in Organic New Zealand magazine and New Zealand Gardener magazine has a monthly one.
Both these are based on slightly different systems so I guess you just choose the one that makes the most sense to you personally and stick with it.
Or has anyone tried different systems and found that one works better?
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My calendar guides me to planting herbs and flowers today, monday and tuesday, (the moon is in an air sign), so rosemary is to be moved, sunflowers are going out, catnip, chives, basil, calendular and assorted annuals will be planted by myself and the satellites! (kids aged 9,6,and3!)
hmmm, i like this advice as well. i like to devote as much time as possible to appreciation and celebration of my garden and its gifts as possible.
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Lynda Wood said:
hi, my belief is that the moons of full, new/dark, and half are best left as rest days, days of thanks, contemplation, and ceremony, leave planting sowing weeding etc to other parts of the cycle, i see it good chance to sit back and purely enjoy your garden!
Isabell Strange said:
Hi; you are right about conflicting info.I posted a comment about the maori moon calendar I had looked up but when I tried to apply it to this lunar month starting with the new moon as day one some of the days which it said were optimal to plant (by counting from the beginning) were also the days of full moon when it said not to plant? Guess I have to do more research.
v sage advice janet. and it makes perfect sense. personally, i try and follow the lunar guide koanga gardens publish on their website (plus or minus a few days, cos sometimes it's just not the weather for it!)
it'll take me years of observations to come to my own conclusions- but i'm making notes...
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Janet Byers said:
Hi I've been reading the lunar planting guides in Organic NZ, NZ Gardener, online, and in books, and after a large amount of confusion, I've gone back to the way my father gardened, which has a few simple rules; Plant, transplant or sow things you want to flower, around the new moon (flowers, and veges you grow for flowers, fruit or seeds, eg beans, corn etc);
Plant, transplant or sow things you want the roots from, and that you DON'T want to flower (carrots, beetroot etc) around the full moon;
Between full and new moon, do other garden chores - weed, harvest, make compost, plan, walk around and enjoy the garden, buy more plants and seeds . . .
You have to work out a few things for yourself too, like I found it's good to plant potatoes near the new moon time - I guess that although we want what grows under the ground it isn't the exact roots, and also, we want them to flower which indicates the potatoes are growing and maturing.
I've found that an added advantage is the structure the system imposes, which means I focus on what needs to be done in each moon phase, and it also takes away the stress of seeing lots of things that need doing at the same time, since, if it's a planting time, then I ignore the weeds, and vice versa.
(My dad also fished according to the moon, but he's dead now and I don't know how that worked.)
hi, my belief is that the moons of full, new/dark, and half are best left as rest days, days of thanks, contemplation, and ceremony, leave planting sowing weeding etc to other parts of the cycle, i see it good chance to sit back and purely enjoy your garden!
Isabell Strange said:
Hi; you are right about conflicting info.I posted a comment about the maori moon calendar I had looked up but when I tried to apply it to this lunar month starting with the new moon as day one some of the days which it said were optimal to plant (by counting from the beginning) were also the days of full moon when it said not to plant? Guess I have to do more research.
In the end it's descriptive not prescriptive - as is companion planting, and I'm sure what works in one place or for one person will not work for everyone everywhere. If we can tie other things, like weather, to the moon days, and either record (and I try to keep a garden diary but I'm usually too busy gardening) or just tick or cross out in one of the moon guides, then we start to make our own moon systems, for future reference, and sharing. This spring I've done everything by the moon, the first time I've done it so systematically, and so I will know that if things grow better/faster I'll do the same things next year.
Hi I've been reading the lunar planting guides in Organic NZ, NZ Gardener, online, and in books, and after a large amount of confusion, I've gone back to the way my father gardened, which has a few simple rules; Plant, transplant or sow things you want to flower, around the new moon (flowers, and veges you grow for flowers, fruit or seeds, eg beans, corn etc);
Plant, transplant or sow things you want the roots from, and that you DON'T want to flower (carrots, beetroot etc) around the full moon;
Between full and new moon, do other garden chores - weed, harvest, make compost, plan, walk around and enjoy the garden, buy more plants and seeds . . .
You have to work out a few things for yourself too, like I found it's good to plant potatoes near the new moon time - I guess that although we want what grows under the ground it isn't the exact roots, and also, we want them to flower which indicates the potatoes are growing and maturing.
I've found that an added advantage is the structure the system imposes, which means I focus on what needs to be done in each moon phase, and it also takes away the stress of seeing lots of things that need doing at the same time, since, if it's a planting time, then I ignore the weeds, and vice versa.
(My dad also fished according to the moon, but he's dead now and I don't know how that worked.)
Thanks Janet that sounds uncomplicated and effective.
Janet Byers said:
Hi I've been reading the lunar planting guides in Organic NZ, NZ Gardener, online, and in books, and after a large amount of confusion, I've gone back to the way my father gardened, which has a few simple rules; Plant, transplant or sow things you want to flower just after the new moon (flowers, and veges you want flowers, fruit or seeds from, beans, corn etc); Plant, transplant or sow things you want the roots from, and that you DON'T want to flower (carrots, beetroot etc) just before the full moon; Don't plant anything on new, full, or quarter moon days; Between full and new moon, do other garden chores - weed, harvest, make compost, plan, go shopping . . . You have to work out a few things for yourself too, like I found it's good to plant potatoes near the new moon time - I guess that although we want what grows under the ground it isn't the exact roots, and also, we want them to flower which indicates the potatoes are growing and maturing. I've found that an added advantage is the structure the system imposes, which means I focus on what needs to be done in each moon phase, and it also takes away the stress of seeing lots of things that need doing at the same time, since, if it's a planting time, then I ignore the weeds, and vice versa.
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I've been reading the lunar planting guides in Organic NZ, NZ Gardener, online, and in books, and after a large amount of confusion, I've gone back to the way my father gardened, which has a few simple rules;
Plant, transplant or sow things you want to flower, around the new moon (flowers, and veges you grow for flowers, fruit or seeds, eg beans, corn etc);
Plant, transplant or sow things you want the roots from, and that you DON'T want to flower (carrots, beetroot etc) around the full moon;
Between full and new moon, do other garden chores - weed, harvest, make compost, plan, walk around and enjoy the garden, buy more plants and seeds . . .
You have to work out a few things for yourself too, like I found it's good to plant potatoes near the new moon time - I guess that although we want what grows under the ground it isn't the exact roots, and also, we want them to flower which indicates the potatoes are growing and maturing.
I've found that an added advantage is the structure the system imposes, which means I focus on what needs to be done in each moon phase, and it also takes away the stress of seeing lots of things that need doing at the same time, since, if it's a planting time, then I ignore the weeds, and vice versa.
(My dad also fished according to the moon, but he's dead now and I don't know how that worked.)
Hi; you are right about conflicting info.I posted a comment about the maori moon calendar I had looked up but when I tried to apply it to this lunar month starting with the new moon as day one some of the days which it said were optimal to plant (by counting from the beginning) were also the days of full moon when it said not to plant? Guess I have to do more research.
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Lynda Wood said:
it'll take me years of observations to come to my own conclusions- but i'm making notes...
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Janet Byers said:
Isabell Strange said:
Janet Byers said:
Janet Byers said:
I've been reading the lunar planting guides in Organic NZ, NZ Gardener, online, and in books, and after a large amount of confusion, I've gone back to the way my father gardened, which has a few simple rules;
Plant, transplant or sow things you want to flower, around the new moon (flowers, and veges you grow for flowers, fruit or seeds, eg beans, corn etc);
Plant, transplant or sow things you want the roots from, and that you DON'T want to flower (carrots, beetroot etc) around the full moon;
Between full and new moon, do other garden chores - weed, harvest, make compost, plan, walk around and enjoy the garden, buy more plants and seeds . . .
You have to work out a few things for yourself too, like I found it's good to plant potatoes near the new moon time - I guess that although we want what grows under the ground it isn't the exact roots, and also, we want them to flower which indicates the potatoes are growing and maturing.
I've found that an added advantage is the structure the system imposes, which means I focus on what needs to be done in each moon phase, and it also takes away the stress of seeing lots of things that need doing at the same time, since, if it's a planting time, then I ignore the weeds, and vice versa.
(My dad also fished according to the moon, but he's dead now and I don't know how that worked.)
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