Wondering if a technique, product or idea is fact or myth...?

[nugssgalore]

I plant my garden in the ole farmer's way...plant root crops on the dark of the moon because energy stimulates and pulls down under...plant leafy cropsin the new moon because of the opposite stimulation...harvest near a full moon when you will get the most yield. That said, I am harvesting the most of my staged harvest towards the full moon on Friday....don't need no stinkin' proof.

P.S. I cut my hair using the same theory and it is thick and down to my waist. Could be just genetics, don't know, don't care.

Easy does it.

[nugssgalore]

oh ya, i was talking about my vegetable garden, the way I have planted for years. I see no need to treat herbage any different.:smokin:

[Rusty Trichome]

Anything less than actual proof is incidental and subject to wild and unsubstantiated interpretation. Where is the proof your efforts aren't being wasted on an arbitrary albeit humorous bit of folklore and wives tales? I've been down this path many times with beliefs stronger than yours, and have survived unscathed by the folklore.

If you can find one scholarly article proving the method is viable, accepted and widely used in industry, I'll look it over to assure none of the authors are making money furthering the folklore...and we can continue from there.

Anyone can make claims. Few can back them up.

[Slevinkal]

I wont even begin to take sides here...
just a Q

Rusty, do you think the dig a hole when the moon is waxed and you'll have too much dirt to fill it, dig when waned and you won't have enough dirt phenomena might have something to do with this belief? Maybe it was somehow based on or around this?

[Rusty Trichome]

I've never heard that particular phrase, but a lot of the myths and folklore came from the Farmers Almanac. A lot of 'em are easy-to-remember rhymes and diddy's. that added to the charm of the publication, but added nothing to scientific observations and accuracy. (and proved nothing) I does make the gardener think and plan, but beyond that...I'm not at all convinced.

Gardening by Witchcraft - The looney wisdom of the Old Farmers Almanac. (the article starts half way down the page)

Research|Penn State: Is the Farmers' Almanac accurate?

They say this one is a good read, and is typical of the moon phase marketing:
The Gardeners Secret Handbook