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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Seeds won't sprout in soil that is too cold, no matter what the calendar says. Once they've sprouted some plants (particularly onions) develop based on hours of sunlight. Others, like tomatoes, won't produce fruit until the night time temperature remains above 50 degrees. Depending on a calendar is a only a general way of determining what the appropriate growing conditions are.

My recommendation for using the almanac was to wait until you had the right weather, and then pick the first good date in the almanac after that date for sewing seeds. IE, you think the ground/weather is warm enough as of Mar 8th, then check the almanac for the best dates to plant seeds, and if that's Mar 16, then plant them then.

My understanding is that certain actions benefit from being timed to cycles of the moon, whether it's pruning, transplanting, sewing seed, etc....