EVP MAN wrote:
Does anyone think that planting crops by the phase of the moon really
makes any difference at all? Myself, I'm kind of a sceptic about
this whole moon phase thing.

Rich

It is a branch of astrology and like astrology there is no reliable evidence
that it works. If it worked you might expect there to be statistical
evidence that planting at some phases of the moon gives better results than
others even if no mechanism was known. You might also expect a reasonable
mechanism to be proposed that is consistent with known physics, chemistry
and biology, and that could be tested to see how strong its effect was.
Neither statistics nor testable mechanism exist.

There is the argument that farmers have been practicing moon planting for
millennia and they wouldn't do it if it didn't work. This is rubbish,
people have been doing all sorts of things for a long time but that doesn't
mean there is any real benefit in it *unless* you can show the evidence.
Superstition persists in the face of lack of knowledge, just because you get
your superstition via the internet instead of at the parish pump makes no
difference.

A much better method of fructifying your gardens is if on the night of the
full moon nearest the summer solstice male and female perform their
favourite sky-clad ritual in contact with the earth. This will energise the
microflora of your soil better than compost and the karmic vibrations will
drive your earthworms into a mating frenzy.

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