Gardener's lunar calendar
Most likely, many of you have heard of such a concept as a gardener's lunar calendar for growing many crops in your garden. Many completely deny any effect of the earth's satellite on vegetation and consider it an ordinary delirium, self-hypnosis, while others are supporters of something similar. Whom to believe and how rational is all this in fact? Let's try to figure it out.
Out of pure interest, many summer residents begin to experiment with the gardener's lunar calendar, taking into account the fundamental nuance that supposedly should affect the flowering period: the length of the night, also called photoperiodism, i.e. a special reaction of plants to light is its rhythm throughout the day.
The fact is that photoperiodic processes characteristic of plants are capable of producing a reaction even to the smallest sources / levels of light, not to mention the light of the moon on a full moon night, so the lunar phases in any case are reflected by the reaction of different cultures in one way or another.
Often astrological statements are added to this topic, which for many look nothing more than a mystic of a dubious nature. The explanation is as follows - during the period of revolution around the Earth, the Moon at the same time passes through the astrological signs of the zodiac, while remaining in order for two to three days at a time in each of them. Astrologers, operating the connection of each sign of the zodiac to one degree or another with the elements known to us (earth, fire, water, air) and starting from this give advice to summer residents on planting plants in a particular period. So, for example, if the moon is in the zodiac sign, which is the patron saint of earthly fertility, then it is recommended to start sowing during this period. On the contrary, signs related to the elements of fire and air, symbolizing drought, when the moon passes through them, turn out to be heralds of unfavorable sowing and harvest. Unless, such a period, according to the opinion, is suitable for pruning, tying plants, as well as weeding the soil from weeds. It sounds rather dubious, nevertheless, it finds its interested admirers.
There is also a segment of gardeners who consider it correct to plant crops at the time the Moon is in water signs, seed and fruit, in their opinion, correlate with fiery ones, root crops are just the same with earthly ones, but for flower plants a period of being in the patron saint of the air is assumed. Such a peculiar work schedule is often subjected to skeptical criticism, and, in principle, is often extremely inconvenient - many gardeners simply do not have the opportunity to sow or plant plants on the exact day and at the exact time. Does this really mean a fatal mistake and the fact that the garden is doomed to death? Surprisingly, many supporters of the radical influence of the Earth's satellite on vegetation think so. However, do not be afraid - if you follow the simplest rules, wait for the soil to warm up correctly, prepare it for sowing or planting, prevent the development of diseases, provide your crops with proper care, then nothing will happen to them and in the end you will collect the right amount for the required season harvest. If there is some truth in the presented beliefs, then it is not so straightforward and does not tolerate mistakes, as you might initially think.
Ardent supporters of the influence of the moon on cultivated crops argue their controversial point of view by the fact that since the earth's satellite has a real and proven effect on tides due to its own gravitational attraction, then there is, though less noticeable, but still an effect on fertile soil - the moon supposedly has the ability to draw out the required amount of moisture from it at a certain period.
If we reason sensibly and adequately, then we can assume that the germination of, for example, light-loving plants to some extent should be helped by additional lighting on the night of the full moon, although do not forget that not only cultivated plants, but also many weeds like light, be especially careful ...
Further complicating the collection of information, a theory is proposed that certain phases of the moon may determine a more favorable period for landing than at any other time. Lunar calendars are advised to sow the above-ground crop in the period from new moon to full moon, i.e. then when the moon is increasing, but the root crops, in theory, will ensure good growth and development, if the landing procedure is planned for the period of the waning moon.
No matter how controversial the versatile opinions regarding the influence of the lunar phases and signs of the zodiac on the yield and the general well-being of the garden are, there are often real cases when seeds grown according to all correspondences with the lunar calendar really showed results that were superior and impressive. If there is something in this, then it is better to try it on your own once than to hear completely disorderly disputes a hundred times, but not to deduce with regards to this own opinion. One way or another, you have absolutely nothing to lose if you read the gardener's lunar calendar, and if the result turns out to be really worth the candle, who knows, maybe this is not such a dubious idea?