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Gardening Myths Explored: Planting by the Moon Phase
12.06.2023 - 01:04 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
Gardening Myths Explored: Planting by the Moon PhaseThe idea of gardening with the moon is an ancient one. People have been doing it for as long as we’ve kept records about gardening.
Websites offer advice on which part of the lunar cycle will help your veggies grow big and juicy. Or they may guide you to which astrological phase has the most influence on the flowering of your bushes.
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But just because we’ve done something for a long time, that doesn’t make it necessarily useful.
If you’ve found yourself asking if there is any truth to the idea of moon phase gardening, welcome. We’ve wondered the same thing and so we went searching for answers.
We’ll look at what the science says and doesn’t say about the idea. Here’s what you can expect coming up:
While there’s nothing wrong with continuing a tradition like planting by the lunar phases, even if it hasn’t been validated by science, it’s always nice to know what the research has to say.
So let’s jump in and start separating fact from fiction.
The HistoryPlanting by the moon is the idea that the Earth’s largest satellite has the ability to improve or harm your growing plants.
The lunar calendar is divided into 28-day cycles and proponents say that planting during a particular period of the lunar cycle can help maximize your plants’ health and harvest.
The idea is that, say, if you plant seeds during the full moon, the gravitational pull is stronger and so there will be more water being pulled to the surface of the Earth and thus available to the seeds.
Perhaps the reason that planting by the lunar phases endures is that the practice has been around for a long, long time.
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