dyzzypyxxy said:I agree with Sue. The liquids moving inside the stems of plants go a lot faster than the moon phases change. Plants' needs for water are directly related to weather conditions more than anything else. The only thing I've ever heard of related to plants and the phase of the moon is seed planting, as Sue also said. I've never paid much attention to that either, and have not had seeds fail to germinate either.
So if you have a cloudy day that only gets to 25deg. C you will need to water less than a blazing sunny day that goes up to 32deg. C, right? But . . . if there is a lot of wind related to a weather front on the cloudy day, you might still need to water more because the leaves transpire more water on a windy day.
In winter here, we have big changes in the humidity levels although the temperatures are pretty steady, so when the humidity is low, I might water twice as much as when it is high. In summer here, it's pretty much a steam bath night and day but still, we do get cloudy days when less watering is indicated.
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