In the Garden in January

Planting Guide

New Moon to Full Moon: sow, transplant, bud and graft

Full Moon to New Moon: plough, cultivate, weed and reap

New Moon to First Quarter: plant above ground crops with outside seeds & flowering annuals
Asparagus, cabbage, endive, celery, spinach
Black-eyed Susan, Blue Lobelia, Cosmos

First Quarter to Full Moon: plant above ground crops with inside seeds
Beans, peas, peppers, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers

Full Moon to Last Quarter: plant root crops, bulbs, biennials & perennials
Onions, potatoes, rhubarb, grapes, berries
Impatiens, Barberton daisies, Clivias, Agapanthus, Michaelmas daisies
Arum lily, Painted Lady, Falling stars, Rooipypie, Freesias

Last Quarter to New Moon: do not plant

PHASES of the MOON: 2010 – Universal Time (for SAST add 2 hours)
Month New Moon 1st Quarter (Waxing) Crescent 2nd Quarter (Waxing) Full Moon 3rd Quarter (Waning) Crescent 4th Quarter (Waning)
Sow, Transplant, Bud And Graft Plough, Cultivate, Weed And Reap
Above Ground Crops With Outside Seeds & Flowering Annuals Plant Above Ground Crops With Inside Seeds Plant Root Crops, Bulbs, Biennials & Perennials Do Not Plant
Day Time Day Time Day Time Day Time
January 15 07:11 23 10:53 30 06:18 7 10:39
Outside seeds Vegetables: Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Parsley, Herbs Summer Flowering Annuals: Alyssum, Snap Dragon, Gypsophila, Petunia, Verbena, Coleus, Marigold, Impatiens, Inside seeds vegetables: Beans, Brinjals, Cucumber, Squash, Tomato, Green Pepper, Underground vegetables: Radish Summer flowering perennial: Alyssum, Snap Dragon, Begonia, Impatiens, Salvia, Coleus, Marigold, Verbena,
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