"They say..."

[Oliver Buckle]

Gardening is full of anecdotes and lore, I just saw Anniekay post "They say roots crops, like carrots, for example take faster if planted during a waning moon and crops that you don't grow for roots should be planted during a waxing moon", (She didn't say she believed it). What have you been told presented as fact, but that is just hearsay with no scientific basis? I would love to see some horticultural college investigate some of these things.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

"You must clean/sterilise secateurs and knife blades after use to prevent spreading disease."
I never have, and can't remember having any problems because of it .

 

[Oliver Buckle]

"You must plant these seeds the right way up"
It makes no odds, the root will always grow down, and the leaf shoot grow up. Some will actually turn themselves over in the soil.