Beaver Moon

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Must be a sign it's safe to dig these trees I had in the ground the last 2 yearsish.
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A Buckthorn.
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And a Hops Hornbeam.20191110_144928.jpg

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Theres threads on em I reckon.

This here bout that Beaver Moon and wether or not they'll survive this late fall digging.

I oughta get some root growth this month if it's warm.

But will they live next year?

We'll see!

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Good luck
I might have just put my trees up and protected them on a beaver moon.
Beavers are as good at making trunks fall as they are at helping them grow.
 

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I’m intrigued. I’ve seen you mention this lunar malarkey before so what’s the craic? Any reading you can point me in the direction of? Ta.
 

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It's like anything else that loves to stay debated. Both sides talking, neither paying attention. So far into fighting the fight, it's the fight more than the intellect. So reading is BS.

I'd like to say I have enough information here, but I failed to realize how little it has been loaded to my Root Talk thread.

My whole thing has been, do it for yourself and prove it right or wrong for you. I am certain folks will all come up with the same understanding, that roots grow stronger during the Waning moon. Then they can apply the knowledge however they wish.

I've been observing my regular trees in Bonsai pots for root action thru the holes, and even those follow the pattern. You don't even need everything in Good Actual Colanders, it just makes observing everything easy. Just lift up and take notes.
I'll remain curious as to your findings. As "uncanny" changes to "more than a coincidence" to a pattern you can begin to call by what roots are doing alone.

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Sorce, I've been following certain folk's posts for almost four years now. Never ending cycle of reading and applying. Trials and errors. Successes and failures.

I thought I remembered you changed your watering habit and it made a worlds difference. You now use an automated system which soaks the entire pot and for a longer duration? And all your trees are much happier/healthier because of the thorough watering. Water/nutrients/photosynthesis=root growth?

I must say I'm skeptical about the moon thing. Have you started observing the moon at the same time when watering regime changed?
 

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Have you started observing the moon at the same time when watering regime changed?

I started watching em when I was still tap watering on my apartment windowsills!
Then here with rainwater, then here with the autotapwater again.

None of it has changed the pattern.

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The moon was something at dusk today.

Did you bare root them? Is your aftercare the same as others? ..in the ground?
 

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Sorce, any thoughts on how you could objectively test your waning moon theory?
 

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The moon was something at dusk today.

Did you bare root them? Is your aftercare the same as others? ..in the ground?

I did bareroot em. Hosed up.

Sorce
 

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Sorce, any thoughts on how you could objectively test your waning moon theory?

We should have enough data here of trees repotted when and wether or not they died to make rather solid conclusions.

Of course not. Correlation is not causation

I have no proof the moon causes the cycle, I don't believe it does so I wouldn't look for that.

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It's like anything else that loves to stay debated. Both sides talking, neither paying attention. So far into fighting the fight, it's the fight more than the intellect. So reading is BS.

I'd like to say I have enough information here, but I failed to realize how little it has been loaded to my Root Talk thread.

My whole thing has been, do it for yourself and prove it right or wrong for you. I am certain folks will all come up with the same understanding, that roots grow stronger during the Waning moon. Then they can apply the knowledge however they wish.

I've been observing my regular trees in Bonsai pots for root action thru the holes, and even those follow the pattern. You don't even need everything in Good Actual Colanders, it just makes observing everything easy. Just lift up and take notes.
I'll remain curious as to your findings. As "uncanny" changes to "more than a coincidence" to a pattern you can begin to call by what roots are doing alone.

Sorce
So it’s all about sap draw then? I’m not going to dispute it, makes sense I guess. First half of the month above the ground, second half below. Worth an investigation methinks.
 

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Well, good luck with our early cold weather. They are nice, hope they make it.
 
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