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The "werewolf" plant Ephedra foeminea only puts out a sugary residue to attract pollinators during the full moon in July. Researchers have yet to understand exactly how the plant "knows" to follow the lunar cycle, but research shows there's a correlation. There is, however, disagreement among scientists that the shrub's pollination is related to the lunar cycle.
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While it may not be as widely recognized yet, it is becoming more clear that the moon also affects the flow of water through plants: sap moves more vigorously during the waxing phase as the moon grows to full, and slows down as the moon wanes to a thin morning crescent. <ref name=permacultureprinciples></ref>
Isabella Guerrini, at the University of Perugia in Italy, works in the department of agriculture studying plant and animal consciousness and its integration into ecological pattern and rhythm.
https://permacultureprinciples.com/post/moonlight-affect-plant-growth/▼
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Indeed, fluid flows more full as the moon becomes full, slowing down as the moon wanes.
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This, she explains, has important consequences for plant growth and pruning: vigorous, sappy plants will suffer if cut, harvested, or pruned close to the full moon. First off, leaking sap exposes the plant to disease and pest incursion. But furthermore, sap from a cut plant, now deprived of its primary outlet, will engorge smaller channels, where new buds are developing on side branches, and potentially rupture those channels leading to the death of the buds (a phenomenon known as “lunar burn”, because it was so often noted around the full moon). Less vigorous, less juicy plants, like ground-covers or vines, conversely may benefit from being cut when sap flow is strong: it will stimulate the development of side shoots and encourage fuller, branching growth.
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Those who work with plants every day have noticed differences in moisture content, flavor (meaning chemistry), and more.
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In Her personal experimentation, she concluded that flavor and phytochemical variation is most noticeable as part of a seasonal cycle, but moisture content (once variables such as rainfall are accounted for) is very closely tied to lunar cycles.
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<ref name="FlatRocky">[https://www.youtube.com/@FlatRocky/videos "FlatRocky" performs moonlight temperature tests]</ref>
<ref name="theguardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/may/12/how-the-moon-influences-temperatures-on-earth The Guardian: The moon does influence the temperature here on Earth]</ref>
▲<ref name="permacultureprinciples">[https://permacultureprinciples.com/post/moonlight-affect-plant-growth/ Can moonlight affect plant growth?]</ref>
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