Planting By The Moon

People have been planting by the moon’s phases for centuries, in the belief that something in the lunar light or gravity affects the way plants grow.

The Simplest Rule For Moon Planting is as follows:

The moon planting rule says to plant crops that produce above the ground during the increasing light of the moon (from new moon to full moon) and to plant crops that produce below the ground during the decreasing light of the moon (from full moon to new moon).

A More Detailed Set of Moon Planting Rules:

• New Moon To Full Moon: Sow, Transplant, bud and graft.
• Full Moon To New Moon: Plow, Cultivate, weed and reap.
• New Moon To First Quarter: Good for Planting above-ground crops with outside seeds,
• flowering annuals.
• First Quarter To Full Moon: Good for planting above ground crops with inside seeds.
• Full Moon To Last Quarter: Good for planting root crops, bulbs, biennials, and perennials.
• Last Quarter To New Moon: Do Not Plant

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