Re: Does the phase of the moon affect how plants grow?

There's a good reason why you could only find planting by the phase of the moon 
in folklore. It is just folklore or what is called pseudoscience, something 
which appears to be based on science but is not. There is no body of scientific 
research on which to base planting by the sign of the moon. Farmer's almanacs 
often list preferred sowing dates based on moon signs but they are not 
scientific. If planting by the sign of the moon was scientific, the best 
planting dates would be listed on seed packets and in seed catalogs and 
gardening books. 

Other examples of pseudoscience are ESP, flying saucers, astrology, fortune 
telling, Loch Ness monster, water-witching (finding where to drill a well with 
a forked branch), effects of prayer, music, or talking on plants and pretty 
much anything on the "X-files" TV series. There are also all sorts of "miracle" 
products for plants that might also be placed in the category of pseudoscience.