Definition: bio-lunar (cultivation)

Bio-lunar cultivation is a cultivation concept that combines the rules of organic farming (EC Regulation 2092/91 as amended or US Regulation - NOP) with respect for lunar cycles, in particular the sidereal revolution (waxing and waning moon) and the synodic revolution (growing and waning moon). The aim is to make the best use of the plant's energy for the benefit of the fruit.

In this sense, the first rule is not to disturb the plant during the sap rise. All scientists agree that the sap rise occurs during the waxing moon.
Consequently, organic lunar winegrowers avoid working on plants during the waxing moon. Observers have also noted that the synodic revolution has a significant influence on animal and microbial life. They have observed that microbial life intensifies during the waxing moon. Consequently, in order not to disturb this microbial life, which is known to be important in organic farming, bio-lunar winegrowers choose not to work the soil during the waxing moon. Ploughing, hoeing, earthing up and de-earthing are therefore carried out during the waning moon.
Gardeners, who have greatly inspired bio-lunar winegrowers, have also noticed that the synodic revolution has a definite influence on the vitality of plants and that this vigour increases during the waxing moon. Let us take a moment to admire nature and the ability of plants to adapt to their environment. At the end of the waxing moon, plants are subjected to the worst attacks from microbial life, but they have a great capacity for resistance at this time. Pesticide treatments, always carried out as a preventive measure, are therefore applied just before the full moon in order to protect the plant when it loses its resistance. Similarly, if the weather conditions require it, another treatment will be carried out just before the new moon in order to protect the plant during the first phase of the moon, when microbial activity is intense and the plant's resistance is not yet optimal.
Bio-lunar cultivation, by respecting biological cycles, therefore allows the plant to use all its energy for the benefit of the fruit.