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New Moon:
Moon Phase Gardening: The Time to Maintain your Garden

The New Moon: A Time to Maintain your Garden

As the New Moon begins to dominate the sky its influence on growing things enters a state of rest and equilibrium. Growth is steady and stable. The growth of plants during this time is balanced and constant providing stability to the plants. Their immune systems are fortified and any plant damage is repaired during this time.

This is the best time to cultivate, harvest, transplant and prune in your garden.

Because of this state of plant growth it is a perfect time for garden maintenance. All of the chores that you have been putting off should be done during this moon phase. This is the perfect time to destroy weeds. The New Moon is the moon phase in which to eliminate pests. Also, prune your plants and mow your lawn now to control and moderate growth.

New moon gardening

This is the best time to cultivate, harvest, transplant and prune in your garden. Also, you should apply fertilizer during the New Moon. Potassium absorption, which improves the overall strength of a plant, will be peaking now.

See: Garden Fertilizers - The care and feeding of your garden crops

Time to apply pest control

Spray fruit trees now for maximum effect on damaging parasites. The New Moon encourages stability in the growth of vegetation and discourages anything that poses a threat to natural maturation. Thus, help nature by stepping up your pest control now.

See: Organic Fertilizers - Using mutually beneficial planting arrangements in your garden

Now is the time for preparing your soil

Till the soil and add any necessary amendments during the New Moon. This is the perfect time to weed your garden. Some say that weeds removed during this moon phase will never grow back. Also, cultivating the earth in your garden now will allow it to breathe and retain moisture.

See: Soil - The growing medium of plants

Harvesting during a New Moon

Harvest your mature crops during the New Moon or the Full Moon. Both phases are regarded as a time for reaping the rewards of your labors. But, New Moon harvesting is more often regarded as maintenance (i.e. weeding) whereas Full Moon harvesting is the time to gather up crops.


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New Moon: Moon Phase Gardening: The Time to Maintain your Garden