Yesterday we kicked off the 2nd Annual Blind Pig & the Acorn Planting By The Signs Test. This year’s test was sponsored by Hometown Seeds-they donated enough crooked neck squash seeds for each participant to plant 10 seeds-5 on one of the best days for planting during the month of May-5 on one of the worst days for planting during the month of May.
This year’s Participants are: Stacey, WKF, Janet, Paul P., Helen, Warren, Becky, Bev, Jennifer, David, Martina, Barb, Paula, and Jeannie.
The rain we’ve had over the past few days-has made the green greener around my house-and it seems everywhere I look I see a waving wall of green.
May 17th and 18th are both in the fruitful sign of Cancer (sometimes called the Crab by old-timers) so those are the days I chose for folks to plant their 5 good day squash seeds. Yesterday started out drizzly and grey-but by lunch the sun was shinning.
Pap taught me to plant squash in mounds-is that how you plant them? I mound up the dirt-then use my pinky finger to make a hole-a small stick or pencil works good too. I usually plant at least 3 seeds in each mound. Since I had 5 good day seeds to plant-I put 3 seeds in one mound and 2 in the other.
The ‘bad days’ I picked for planting the other 5 seeds are the 19th and 20th-both fall under the sign of Leo-which is a fiery, barren and dry sign.
Throughout the growing season I’ll post updates on how everyone’s good day squash and bad day squash are coming along-and by the end of the test hopefully we’ll be able to clearly see if the good day squash did better than the bad day squash.
Tipper
16 Comments
Carolyn
May 24, 2010 at 9:03 pmI can’t wait to see how this all turns out. I love squash sliced and boiled until just tender or raw in a salad. Whenever we go to Cactus Willie’s, that’s the first thing on my plate. 🙂 xxoo
Fishing Guy
May 21, 2010 at 10:01 pmTipper: Hope you have great luck this time.
warren
May 20, 2010 at 1:09 pmI never paid much attention to planting in mounds but I know my Dad does it that way…
This experiment is going to be so much fun!
Miss Cindy
May 19, 2010 at 6:39 pmHey Tipper, this is exciting. I’ve always believed in the energy of the signs, now we can confirm it.
And squash is so good!
Jen
May 19, 2010 at 5:40 pmJust planted my good day seeds yesterday…will to the bad day ones in the morning…Thanks, Tipper!
Becky
May 19, 2010 at 10:03 amGot the seeds planted on the good day (in between rain showers):)
I’ll plant the bad day seeds tomorrow.
I do plant them in mounds also. It helps me keep track where the seeds are planted until they come up.
Sandra
May 19, 2010 at 9:21 amI can’t wait to see the squash. daddy planted his in mounds also. and I do love squash. any way you cook it.
Dean
May 19, 2010 at 12:46 amWe planted 800 lbs of potatoes on a Thursday that was a good sign day that overlapped with a good biodynamic day using this calendar.
http://www.astrologie-info.com/mocal.cgi?language=eng&sidtrop=sid
I have three 2010 almanac’s and planting dates vary slightly. I have come to the conclusion that any day I wake up breathing is a good day to sow seeds.
Nancy M.
May 18, 2010 at 10:47 pmI can’t wait to see how it turns out this year!
Susie
May 18, 2010 at 10:31 pmI’ll be interested to hear how they do. I have the worse time with squash. This year I am trying it in a large pot.
David Templeton
May 18, 2010 at 10:03 pmI’ll have to plant during the next set of “good” days. We’ve had almost non-stop rain here for days on end. We expect some sunshine tomorrow (Wednesday, May 19) and I hope to plant the “Bad” days test seeds as scheduled.
Mary
May 18, 2010 at 5:42 pmI just planted some squash and cucmbers yesterday, too. I wasn’t really thinking about the signs, but I’m glad that it’s a good time for it. I guess the first time I planted was a ‘bad’ date because they were real duds!
I’ve always planted in mounds, too, but this time I’m trying them in a raised bed. I suspect I’ll like the mounds better, LOL!
Sandra VanOrman
May 18, 2010 at 2:52 pmHi Tipper!
A friend of mine says he plants by the signs too… every time he see’s a sign that says plants for sale, he stops and buys one and goes home and plants it…lol
Sandy in Washington state
John Dilbeck
May 18, 2010 at 10:25 amI’ll be following this to see how it turns out, Tipper.
Pop and I did a test like this back in the late 1960s where he planted by the signs and I planted whenever I wanted (without considering the signs, good or bad).
What he planted consistently did better than what I planted, except for my peas, which did about as good as his.
I’d been arguing with him for years that this was just a superstition and made no difference. After our test (which was not scientific, having only a couple of data points), I wasn’t so sure anymore.
I’ve been interested in this for a long time and still don’t know for sure, so I’m going to enjoy watching your experiment.
All the best,
JD
Paula
May 18, 2010 at 10:00 amI planted my “good” seeds yesterday as well. Yes, I plant squash in mounds as well. That’s what my Grandpa said to do!
Cathy ~ Tadpoles and Teacups
May 18, 2010 at 9:45 amWe planted our garden a couple of weeks ago…but had to re-plant the green beans. Not sure why, but none of the beans we planted came up.
Good luck with your garden!