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Raven · 03-23-2008, 06:39 AM

big question Goose .........but here goes....

the way i understand it and they way it works for me is this...

OR an easier way to understand it... anyways...
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the moon is broken into four time periods or quarters

the first quarter is : from the skinny moon (or new moon) up to half moon

(btw on the days it changes to exactly half moon is always good fishing)

thats when you plant your above ground crops like peas, lettuce, cabbage, and broccolli , peppers and tomatoes.ect

2nd Quarter is
as the moon is (and they call it "WAXING" as it gains light) going from the 1/2 moon up to full moon this again is the very best time to plant the above ground crops because the hydroscopic pressure is BUILDING or pushing upwards and peaks out at the full moon ok... and thats what forces water into seeds making them germinate...

(fishing tidbit: whether its increased light, pressure, or highest tide
crabs go into their mating cycle and are on the move at full moon)

and that concludes the second quarter .... but that last 7 days between the 1/2 moon up to full moon is the really best time to plant anything or prune anything as it increases growth....
the very best time to plant grass seed for example

after the full moon:

after the full moon starts to "wane" and loose light thats when you plant your below ground root crops such as potatoes, carrots beets, radishes ect
as now the ground is PULLING downwards... or do your transplanting

so the third quarter is from full moon loosing light or "waning" back down to a half moon again.

the fourth quarter from a waning moon back down to skinny is generally for destroying unwanted weeds and doing all cultivation.

when your planting your garden know this... anything planted directly into the ground via seed outgrows or out produces a transplanted plant... at least in my experience especially with Broccoli so i always do BOTH ... i direct seed and i plant in flats for replacements and for crop insurance...you could say...indoors too.

sweet peas want a very warm spot and aren't as cold hardy as its edible cousin the sugar snap ... which will grow thru snow...

the trick with them (all peas) is to also by a bag of the black powder called innoculant and you can either pre soak & swell the sweet pea seeds in a plastic bag then shake and bake the powder onto them....or you salt this innoculant powder into the row with pea seeds to make sure they have it in the soil with them.

This innoculant helps them form the Tiny root nodules that affix nitrogen right out of the atmosphere and allows them to self fertilize themselves so to speak and it is extremely important.

03-23-2008, 06:39 AM	#4
Raven ........ iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,805 Blog Entries: 1	pushing and pulling big question Goose .........but here goes.... the way i understand it and they way it works for me is this... OR an easier way to understand it... anyways... ============================================ the moon is broken into four time periods or quarters the first quarter is : from the skinny moon (or new moon) up to half moon (btw on the days it changes to exactly half moon is always good fishing) thats when you plant your above ground crops like peas, lettuce, cabbage, and broccolli , peppers and tomatoes.ect 2nd Quarter is as the moon is (and they call it "WAXING" as it gains light) going from the 1/2 moon up to full moon this again is the very best time to plant the above ground crops because the hydroscopic pressure is BUILDING or pushing upwards and peaks out at the full moon ok... and thats what forces water into seeds making them germinate... (fishing tidbit: whether its increased light, pressure, or highest tide crabs go into their mating cycle and are on the move at full moon) and that concludes the second quarter .... but that last 7 days between the 1/2 moon up to full moon is the really best time to plant anything or prune anything as it increases growth.... the very best time to plant grass seed for example after the full moon: after the full moon starts to "wane" and loose light thats when you plant your below ground root crops such as potatoes, carrots beets, radishes ect as now the ground is PULLING downwards... or do your transplanting so the third quarter is from full moon loosing light or "waning" back down to a half moon again. the fourth quarter from a waning moon back down to skinny is generally for destroying unwanted weeds and doing all cultivation. when your planting your garden know this... anything planted directly into the ground via seed outgrows or out produces a transplanted plant... at least in my experience especially with Broccoli so i always do BOTH ... i direct seed and i plant in flats for replacements and for crop insurance...you could say...indoors too. sweet peas want a very warm spot and aren't as cold hardy as its edible cousin the sugar snap ... which will grow thru snow... the trick with them (all peas) is to also by a bag of the black powder called innoculant and you can either pre soak & swell the sweet pea seeds in a plastic bag then shake and bake the powder onto them....or you salt this innoculant powder into the row with pea seeds to make sure they have it in the soil with them. This innoculant helps them form the Tiny root nodules that affix nitrogen right out of the atmosphere and allows them to self fertilize themselves so to speak and it is extremely important.