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--Apple-Mail-394-403324505 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jane, On 6-Jun-08, at 11:23 AM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote: > Any of you more scientific folks care to comment on the old "wisdom" > about the moon phases and planting? > I think this is just folklore. The correlation seems to have arisen because spring and autumn frosts tend to form only on clear nights. When the sky is overcast there is moisture in the air/clouds, and/or actual precipitation, hence the temperature is above freezing. When the sky is clear, people tend to notice the moon (whatever the phase). Ergo, the phases of the moon get connected with frosts whereas the correlation is really with the clear sky. The tidal cycle is related to the phases of the moon but I'm not aware of any relationship to any weather patterns. Cheers, Chris Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-394-403324505 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Jane,<div><br><div><div>On = 6-Jun-08, at 11:23 AM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"color: rgb(20, 79, 174); = -webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">Any of you more scientific folks care = to comment on the old "wisdom" about the moon phases and = planting?</span></div><div><br></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><= div>I think this is just folklore. The correlation seems to have arisen = because spring and autumn frosts tend to form only on clear nights. When = the sky is overcast there is moisture in the air/clouds, and/or = actual precipitation, hence the temperature is above = freezing. When the sky is clear, people tend to notice the moon = (whatever the phase). Ergo, the phases of the moon get connected with = frosts whereas the correlation is really with the clear sky. The tidal = cycle is related to the phases of the moon but I'm not aware of any = relationship to any weather = patterns. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>= Chris</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-394-403324505--
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