Did we not have a link to see which moon days were best for planting seeds? Or killing weeds? I cannot find it...

Hmmm...
I read the title and thought we were going to discuss plants that are more interesting in the moonlight than in the daytime...

I could give you a nice list of those... with accompanying photos.

As far as what phase of the moon to garden?
I think @Intheswamp gardens by the moon phases...

No, @stone , not really. I looked at it a bit and tried it somewhat one year, but now I just walk out to the garden when I feel like it, fill my slingshot full of different seeds and shoot them across the electric fence into the garden.

Intheswamp said: No, @stone , not really. I looked at it a bit and tried it somewhat one year, but now I just walk out to the garden when I feel like it, fill my slingshot full of different seeds and shoot them across the electric fence into the garden.

You are my kind of gardener!

@kittriana, I've planted, harvested, destroyed weeds and cut back plants by the moon for many years. I get the dates from the Old Farmers Almanac. Shoot me a tree mail for the dates and I will look them up for you.

This is a joke, right?

Nope, it's for real. Can't say for sure that it's foolproof, but some of the dates are really good, like the ones to cut to subdue growth.

Arico said: This is a joke, right?

Are the ocean tides a joke?

@garden-fish my farmers almanac site stopped updating, and the one I found here disappeared. I did find an alternative site that is a wee bit more complicated that does the same thing, still Farmers Almanac.
@Arico I live close to the Gulf of Mexico (Houston) and those sites are really good for helping tell how high the groundwater is because of the moons phases. It doesn't seem to matter for container gardening.
I simply wondered if I had lost the site or it had been discontinued recently.
Yes, some days I just throw seeds like SoCal does, chuckl, but if I do not drench with a garden pesticide, I get zero seeds left after the Bug Buffet…

gardenfish said: Nope, it's for real. Can't say for sure that it's foolproof, but some of the dates are really good, like the ones to cut to subdue growth.

Hocus pocus, abra kadabra. How the actual F does the moon influence plant growth!? There is 0 scientific evidence.

Intheswamp said: Are the ocean tides a joke?

Again, are you joking cuz I can't tell

The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022 seems to be readily available online, both print and digital editions.
Arico, true that there is no scientific evidence for this, that doesn't stop folks from believing in it. Agriculture and sky watching are ancient human endeavors.
Besides the Old Farmer's Almanac recommendations, there is a whole system called Biodynamic agriculture that includes "celestial influences" such as the moon and zodiac.
https://mooncalendar.astro-see...
Not saying I'm a believer, but others are. I don't see any harm.

Ok, I was genuinely confused at first…Isn't it better just to plant in the daytime with the sun??

This is a genuine question.

Abigail, where you live I would use frost dates. Arico, I am serious as sin, so that is YES! very serious. I do follow the moons abilities, have for most of my 60 yrs aware of this. We plant potatoes before St Patricks Day here, that is a moon phase awareness. We plant okra on June 1rst, soybeans as well, but that is more an awareness of how long the daylight is around as soybeans love light and will not grow without them. Acres of them, not pots. We are in what is called 'short day seasons' and cannot grow many of the northern plants because of it. I am not a city gal, I was raised on 1600 acres of black gumbo clay river bottoms and I was taught by my grandparents in the early 60's, it hasn't failed me, it does not worry me others do not, chuckl. I have seen more good than harm of it.

I see…

Plot twist: A very early April fools joke.

Don't take offense with Arico. He shows up once a month to spew his rudeness and then he's gone.

I can understand tides and ground water levels. That just makes so much sense. And maybe moon phases do affect plant growth. Sun certainly does.

kittriana said: Abigail, where you live I would use frost dates. Arico, I am serious as sin, so that is YES! very serious. I do follow the moons abilities, have for most of my 60 yrs aware of this. We plant potatoes before St Patricks Day here, that is a moon phase awareness. We plant okra on June 1rst, soybeans as well, but that is more an awareness of how long the daylight is around as soybeans love light and will not grow without them. Acres of them, not pots. I am not a city gal, I was raised on 1600 acres of black gumbo clay river bottoms and I was taught by my grandparents in the early 60's, it hasn't failed me, it does not worry me others do not, chuckl. I have seen more good than harm of it.

That doesn't sound like 'gardening with moon phases' (aka cut this plant during a full moon for optimal sap content or plant this seed in the first quadrant of the second new moon blablabla...) as much as just gardening like the majority of people do namely according to the season. You know, temperature, available hours and intensity of sunshine to fuel growth etc...

We typically direct sow beans and squashes from the middle of May onwards because then the risk of frost is almost non existant here and the plants don't die. Can be a week later or some days earlier depending on willingness. It has zero to do with in what shape the moon is at that point...

Your reference to St. Patricks Day or June 1st are because of tradition and - celebrations, not hard biological evidence.
Like I said, it's called SEASONS and the tolerance of plants towards said prevailing seasonal circumstances.

@Aeonium2003 have you ever lived ANYWHERE other than the Pacific coast? cold --- water there. zone 10a ish, no April Fools joke.

Actually, for southern USA it is hard evidence, tho I am not going to bother finding it, no, it isn't tradition, and I follow it for the planting, or bushwacking, since I live in a subtropic region and both are concerns

It doesn't really matter kittriana. You should not need to justify what you personally know works for you. A few people in this Forum need to grow up though. You needn't tolerate rudeness.

Your question was (and is) a valid one. I was looking forward to a discussion on white night blooming flowers though.