Well, since movin' to an agricultural county here in the Luray Valley of Virginia I've learned that if you get 10 farmers together you will get 10 different opinions and clearly half of them will in private bad-mouth the other 9...

Yeah, I'm sure there's something (but probably not much) in the moon phases... Bottom line, the success of planting depends more on moisture and the heat of the soil...

Now, as for getting the most outta yer crops??? That's about fertilizer, proper mulch, more moisture and keeping the danged bugs off 'um...

Not to be braggin' but all these farmers gave up on their tomatoes over a month ago and I just pulled up my plants (still in cages) and have the cages (plants and all) turned upside down and leanin' against the fence and with any luck at all will get a few more ripe ones over the next week...

Bobert