Sunday, April 12, 2015

Moon Cycles And Gardening: The Facts You Didn’t Know

Planting by the cycles of the moon is a practice that goes back practically to the beginning of agriculture. We’ve all heard about it but many people just write the practice off as old wives’ lore. We decided to do some research to see if there really is something to the whole “moon cycles and gardening” thing. Turns out, there is scientific evidence that it works. A quick internet search will tell you when you’re supposed to plant different plants but very few actually tell you WHY you should plant them during a certain moon phase. Once you understand the science behind it, gardening by the moon cycles makes a ton of sense. We’re going to tell you some things that you probably didn’t know about moon cycles and gardening. The Moon Affects Water in the Soil and Plants We all know that the moon controls the ocean tides, and we’ve all heard the expression, “it must be a full moon” when things get crazy, but there’s a lot more that the moon can do. It makes sense that if it can pull the ocean tides, then it can also pull lesser bodies of water.



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