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[gtarman]

I'm afraid I also have to say I personally think this practice is kinda whacky and pointless, but each to their own of course. Maybe it only works if you believe in it

[space cadet swami]

I'm afraid I also have to say I personally think this practice is kinda whacky and pointless, but each to their own of course. Maybe it only works if you believe in it

I suppose if you've tried it & seen no apparent benefits, then this would be a fair enough statement.

So out of curiosity, have u tried it yourself gman..?

[Considera]

... there will soon be an invitation to experiment in 2013 if anyone wants to join in...

That's now up at http://www.considera...13planting.html

[bogfrog]

Well, i didn't think that i germinated seeds according the moons cycles.. but it turns out i did it without knowing it was the perfect day for sowing yesterday and did the exact same thing a month ago.. The month old vege seedlings are looking fantastic, i've already planted them in my garden and they are taking off.
THEN i have some seedlings which i sowed a month and a half ago (not on a full moon), and these are teeny tiny compared to the younger batch.

So this whole moon cycle thing has provided me with a bit of visible evidence of the impact upon plant growth and i am instictively following it anyway, so come pay day i'll be heading to the organic shop to buy a moon chart.
Can't hurt!

[bullit]

full moon no rain !! its a changing world !! fuk u people plant ya seeds water and watch them grow!!

[bullit]

trick them bastards with ya lights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! water light water fuk the moon

[gtarman]

I suppose if you've tried it & seen no apparent benefits, then this would be a fair enough statement.

So out of curiosity, have u tried it yourself gman..?

I haven't...but in the same manner I could say that I think blood-letting as a cure for disease is nonsense. Just because I haven't tried it doesn't mean it isn't nonsense haha.

As for the validity of moon-germination, I'm a hard evidence kinda guy. My mind is open, but skeptical - if it doesn't seem to have a scientific basis and the evidence supporting it is almost entirely anecdotal...then I'm still happy to be proven wrong - but I would have to be PROVEN wrong before I could be swayed to spend my own time on it. As in, indisputable-scientific-evidence proven, not "I do it and it works great for me" evidence.

There's just too many crackpot theories out there to test all or even any of them - and with seed germination especially, there are so, so, so many other uncontrolled variables at play that it's ridiculous to even consider anecdotal evidence for moon cycles. Give me some well-designed, properly controlled studies affirming it and I'll change my tune, but not until then.

*steps off everybody's toes and leaves*

Edited by gtarman, 30 October 2012 - 09:30 PM.

[bogfrog]

I wonder what sowing seeds the night before a solar eclipse does?
Sowed my mutant tricho seeds from nitrogen last night.
hopefully they go crazy.