Gardener's Moon
By Darren8
- 20 Apr, 2019
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Not an expert but isn't the April full moon the gardener's moon?
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Great photo !
I've never heard of that but I do know some people like to sow seeds in relation to the phases of the moon.
20 Apr, 2019
Oh wow! Now that’s a great moon shot!
20 Apr, 2019
Thanks! I think it's called biodynamic growing Hywel, complete bunk imo. It seems to confuse the Earth's shadow with the moon's gravitational effect but each to their own I guess
20 Apr, 2019
Is this what's called "the dark of the moon"?
20 Apr, 2019
I think some have done a study on Lunar growing, and it seemed to work, but as usual, not conclusive because it would requires years of study world wide & not just a couple of seasons in one area
I suppose if you were sowing / planting something special a wait of a few days to catch "right" moon could be worthwhile
20 Apr, 2019
Absolutely loads of people swear by it GG, there's over 120 biodynamic farms in the UK. Prince Charles is a fan. The Biodynamic Movement was created by Rudolf Steiner.
Dr Linda Chalker-Scott is a good debunker of this sort of thing, in fact she's worth Googling just for a good gardening read!
Personally, I suspect any successes that come from it are more down to the attention to detail & assiduous record keeping that ritualising growing entails.
20 Apr, 2019
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Great Capture Darren
20 Apr, 2019