What are you views on this guy , I am real interested to hear your thoughts .
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Harvesting to moon faze ?
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I am going to add to this , Feeding to moon faze , There must be a feeding time too ? would a making moon be a better time to feed than a waxing moon --- there ya go -- like you would cut the feed back on a waxing moon . I don't think indoor our out door things are different , in saying that I don't know . But I am thinking a making moon a plant would use more feed than a waxing moon . ?
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I reckon the Moon does her work equally well in both phases for the plants. When making, she works on the above-ground growth; when waning, she works on the roots.
Great question!
I always pop seeds by the Moon, transplant on the Moon, weed & destroy by the Moon, breed goats or start new projects by the moon. I was raised up this way. We were more in contact with the Earth then, what with no TV... We learned the constellations & stars & how to tell the signs, altho we used different terms like, "In the legs, in the bowels, in the arms." We KNOW this works.
Why shouldn't harvesting on the right moon? But then, when she's ripe, she's ripe so...
And it's always been hard for me to wait on the Moon to change when the buds are near perfectly right. :smoking:
Great question!
I always pop seeds by the Moon, transplant on the Moon, weed & destroy by the Moon, breed goats or start new projects by the moon. I was raised up this way. We were more in contact with the Earth then, what with no TV... We learned the constellations & stars & how to tell the signs, altho we used different terms like, "In the legs, in the bowels, in the arms." We KNOW this works.
Why shouldn't harvesting on the right moon? But then, when she's ripe, she's ripe so...
And it's always been hard for me to wait on the Moon to change when the buds are near perfectly right. :smoking:
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Interesting : Here's my thoughts.
As we moved from hunter gatherers to becoming farmers we ditched the solar calendar for a lunar calendar. This fitted in well with the natural rhythms of 'fertility', particularly of women who generally follow a 28 day cycle - and while they do not synchronise to the moon they certainly synchronise to each other (as in put three girls in a flat and after a few months they will all generally be menstruating at the same time). So fertility became linked to the moon (the mother goddess figure prevalent in most cultures).
In farming - the sewing of seed was often done at new moon, while harvests were at full moon. The reasoning of new moon it being 'the birth of the moon' - and the full moon for harvest being the peak of that fertility association (it also meant that harvest in some parts of the world could be gathered well into the night by moonlight at a time when there may have been insufficient day length to complete the task).
I've never seen a scientific paper that has been able to offer any real evidence that it makes any bit of difference when you sow or harvest but that doesn't mean there couldn't be any influence. The British Isles (UK) dip from one side to the other by about 1/4" each time the tide comes in and out (the weight of the water (incoming tide) pushes the land down on one side as the tide runs out on the other). Tides of course being a lunar effect.
I also know when it's near to full moon (usually just after) because I find it hard to sleep and become even more of a night owl, so the moon definitely has an effect - I've just never seen any real evidence for it in relation to plants that weren't written by airy fairy hippy types.
So there you go - im with@nan on this one - sow seeds when you're ready to sow them - and harvest when the plants are ready to harvest. Even if the moon did have an effect I guess it would be far less than the compost/nutes/lighting and loving care that you could bestow upon your plants.
As we moved from hunter gatherers to becoming farmers we ditched the solar calendar for a lunar calendar. This fitted in well with the natural rhythms of 'fertility', particularly of women who generally follow a 28 day cycle - and while they do not synchronise to the moon they certainly synchronise to each other (as in put three girls in a flat and after a few months they will all generally be menstruating at the same time). So fertility became linked to the moon (the mother goddess figure prevalent in most cultures).
In farming - the sewing of seed was often done at new moon, while harvests were at full moon. The reasoning of new moon it being 'the birth of the moon' - and the full moon for harvest being the peak of that fertility association (it also meant that harvest in some parts of the world could be gathered well into the night by moonlight at a time when there may have been insufficient day length to complete the task).
I've never seen a scientific paper that has been able to offer any real evidence that it makes any bit of difference when you sow or harvest but that doesn't mean there couldn't be any influence. The British Isles (UK) dip from one side to the other by about 1/4" each time the tide comes in and out (the weight of the water (incoming tide) pushes the land down on one side as the tide runs out on the other). Tides of course being a lunar effect.
I also know when it's near to full moon (usually just after) because I find it hard to sleep and become even more of a night owl, so the moon definitely has an effect - I've just never seen any real evidence for it in relation to plants that weren't written by airy fairy hippy types.
So there you go - im with@nan on this one - sow seeds when you're ready to sow them - and harvest when the plants are ready to harvest. Even if the moon did have an effect I guess it would be far less than the compost/nutes/lighting and loving care that you could bestow upon your plants.
Terraformer33
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Awesome post I know a lot about astronomical time.
I think we should plant seeds on new moons when the sky is dark cus the seed is underground. When it sprouts the moon will have changed phases to be more full, thus giving extra light to a little seedling as it grows through the night.
I also think humans should perhaps use the moon for the clock that it is more often. I think when a Moon is Dark we should sleep more, and perhaps eat less or little as some fast during this time. I also think when the moon is full we should stay up later because we can see in the night more, also eating more for energy to stay up. I know the moon moves the water inside us and that the sun still has lots of power as it changes seasons and we have different reasons to work.
Its good to keep track of the gravity that affects us. Just a thought.
I even put an alarm on my phone to tell me when the sun and moon rise/zenith/set.
Today is the 12th day since the 9th New Moon Here in Oregon. First Night of The Scorpius Constellation Tonight on the 13th (Moons Night). Yesterday Night Was The Zenith of The Pleiades Constellation @ Midnight.
Peace in the Middle East and Ruderalis in Corvallis!
I think we should plant seeds on new moons when the sky is dark cus the seed is underground. When it sprouts the moon will have changed phases to be more full, thus giving extra light to a little seedling as it grows through the night.
I also think humans should perhaps use the moon for the clock that it is more often. I think when a Moon is Dark we should sleep more, and perhaps eat less or little as some fast during this time. I also think when the moon is full we should stay up later because we can see in the night more, also eating more for energy to stay up. I know the moon moves the water inside us and that the sun still has lots of power as it changes seasons and we have different reasons to work.
Its good to keep track of the gravity that affects us. Just a thought.
I even put an alarm on my phone to tell me when the sun and moon rise/zenith/set.
Today is the 12th day since the 9th New Moon Here in Oregon. First Night of The Scorpius Constellation Tonight on the 13th (Moons Night). Yesterday Night Was The Zenith of The Pleiades Constellation @ Midnight.
Peace in the Middle East and Ruderalis in Corvallis!
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