🌑 New Moon ☠️

Traditionally known as the ☠️ DEAD MOON ☠️

Because the root zone is at its most active, making it easier to kill plants.

• High activity/sensitivity underground, in the root zone.
• Roots are more vulnerable to stress and transplant shock.

GOOD

• Search and destroy pests and their eggs.
• Clear and prepare garden beds.
• Annual weeds – easier to kill.
• Perennial weeds – easier to kill by disrupting the root zone.
• Cutting, dead-heading, and pruning.
  • Revive a poor grower or encourage more blooms by topping or cutting growth tips at the New Moon.

BAD

• Seeds – difficulty mobilizing stored nutrients for vigorous germination.
• Cuttings – less likely to grow vigorous new roots.
• Transplants – maximum shock to the root system.
• Be careful not to overwater at this time.
• Be careful not to overfertilize at this time.