Actually, that site has all kinds of stuff regarding lunar gardening, though much of it appears to be modern derivatives rather than historical reference.

Went looking for references or information about oriental planting traditions based on the moon. Maybe I just haven't found the right search terms, but so far, have not turned up anything.

Thinking back to my grandfather, and also other "old timers" who were good gardeners, they may have thought of themselves as planting by the moon phase, but since good gardening practices always trumped moon phase, it seems it would be more accurate to say that when it happened that soil and weather conditions and the "proper" moon phase coincided, they saw that as a sign for auspicious hope for the yield of that season's crop.