Dark Plants

As the sun sets the darkness emerges. Thus begins the moon's time to light the world. It may not be as bright as the sun's rays but the moonlight carries a haunting glow, even if it's only six in the afternoon. It's just that time of the year again when daylight savings comes to an ends and the day's sun tanning time is cut short. My observations take place around six  and what I've discovered is that it's hard to see details in the plants and the ants crawling up my pants leg in the dark.  Which led me to begin observing with a flashlight and made me feel like Sherlock Holmes. Although I don't have his amazing observation powers,  I did observe that since November second some of my plant's conditions have improved. Which led me to wonder is the moonlight helping my plants regain their strength?
After some research, I stumbled upon the website, Gardening By the Moon, it provided me with information about "lunar planting." Also known as agricultural astrology which is when the moon's phases are used to determine when planting, cultivating and harvesting of crops can take place(Catterall). Based on the site, on a particular phase of the moon the soil takes in more moisture with helps seeds and plants grow easier.  And during a full moon plants will absorb more water than normal.  That got me thinking that perhaps  there is still some hope to save my plants from dying, I will water my plants  every full moon while following the lunar calender for the rest of the year  and observe  if it made a difference (fingers  crossed).

http://thegardeningapprentice.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-vegetable-gardeners-guide-to.html

                                                 Work Cited 

Catterall, Caren. "How Does Lunar Planting Work?" Gardening  by the Moon. Divine Inspiration       Publications. 05 Sept. 2014. Web 09 Nov. 2014.