Use fruit, flower, leaf and root periods to explore traditional crop guidance. Start with your crop and local conditions; the calendar adds an optional planning rhythm.
Match the period to the crop
Choose the plant part you are growing or harvesting. A tomato is a fruit crop even when you grow it as a vegetable; lettuce is a leaf crop. These are traditional associations for sowing and tending, not a forecast of growth or yield.
| Day type | Crop category | Traditional focus | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit | Fruit & seeds | Sow or tend plants grown for fruit or seed. | Tomatoes, beans, squash |
| Flower | Flowering plants | Sow or tend plants grown for their blooms. | Marigolds, sunflowers, cut flowers |
| Leaf | Leaves & stems | Sow or tend plants grown for foliage or stems. | Lettuce, spinach, celery |
| Root | Roots & tubers | Sow or tend plants grown for underground parts. | Carrots, beets, potatoes |
A period can begin or end partway through a date. Read its start and end times in your time zone before planning a task; a whole calendar date may contain more than one type.
What an unfavorable window means
Moonvine marks traditional pauses linked to lunar or planetary events as Unfavorable. These interrupt fruit, flower, leaf or root guidance; check the actual window before choosing a time.
Constellations are different from Moon phases
Fruit, flower, leaf and root types come from the Moon’s position against the constellations, not from whether it looks full, new, waxing or waning. A Full Moon is a phase caused by the Sun–Earth–Moon arrangement; it does not by itself make a Fruit Day. Moonvine also shows phase and ascending or descending direction as separate information. See how the day types are calculated.
Use it alongside the conditions in your garden
Start with your crop’s season, local climate, soil conditions and weather. A favorable day type cannot make cold soil suitable for a warm-season seed or replace watering, frost protection and good growing practices. Moonvine gives crop-category guidance and change times; it is not a complete crop-specific sowing or transplanting schedule.
This is a biodynamic tradition, not a proven way to increase harvests. Evidence for a yield benefit from choosing these lunar periods is limited. Use the calendar as an optional planning rhythm and keep records if you want to compare results in your own garden.
Further reading: the Biodynamic Association’s sowing and planting calendar guide describes the traditional crop associations. Moonvine’s calculation guide explains the calendar rules used in the app.
See gardening guidance in Moonvine
In the iPhone or Android app, choose Farming & gardening in onboarding or Settings → Experience. Today and past dates are free, including today’s crop guidance and day-type timeline. Premium unlocks future dates, widgets and optional day-change alerts. Gardening shows all four crop categories; it does not show wine tasting votes or tasting verdicts. The web calendar currently presents the wine tasting view, so use the app for crop-specific wording.
Looking for sowing dates for your region? See how a moon gardening calendar differs from a seasonal planting calendar →
Biodynamic gardening calendar →
Questions
What should I plant on a Fruit Day?
Biodynamic tradition associates Fruit Days with plants grown for fruit or seeds, such as tomatoes, beans and squash. Check season, weather and soil conditions before sowing.
Is a Leaf Day bad for planting?
No. In this tradition, Leaf Days are associated with crops grown for leaves and stems, such as lettuce, spinach and celery. Each of the four types has its own crop focus.
Is a Full Moon always a Fruit Day?
No. The phase and the crop day type are different measures. Fruit Days follow the Moon’s position against the constellations, while a Full Moon describes its illuminated appearance from Earth.
Can Moonvine tell me when to transplant each crop?
Moonvine shows traditional crop-category periods and unfavorable windows, but it does not provide a complete crop-specific transplanting schedule. Use local growing guidance for timing and conditions.
