Southern hemisphere

February 2027

Moon planting calendar — 7 root days, 7 leaf days, 7 flower days and 7 fruit days.

🌏 Southern hemisphereSwitch to northern
🌕

Full moon

20 February

🌑

New moon

6 February

🌱

Good sowing days

12 days

The moon passes through all twelve signs of the zodiac each month, and biodynamic growers match what they sow to the element the moon is travelling through. In February 2027 the moon is ascending in southern skies — the traditional time for sowing and grafting — on 14 days. The strongest sowing dates fall on the 1, 16, 17 and 9 other days. Days marked in the table below sit near a lunar node or perigee, when traditional practice is to leave the soil alone.

Southern hemisphere. Moon phases and day types are the same the world over — a root day in Sussex is a root day in Canterbury. What changes is that ascending and descending are reversed, because the moon climbs southern skies as its declination moves south, and the sowing lists follow southern seasons.

Day-by-day moon planting calendar for February 2027 — southern hemisphere
DateMoon phaseSignDay typeSow or rest
1Mon Waning crescent22% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
2Tue Waning crescent15% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
3Wed Waning crescent9% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
4Thu Waning crescent4% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
5Fri Waning crescent1% Capricorn🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
6Sat New moon0% Capricorn🌱 Root DayLunar node — avoid sowing
7Sun Waxing crescent1% Aquarius🌸 Flower DayDescending — transplant and prune
8Mon Waxing crescent3% Aquarius🌸 Flower DayDescending — transplant and prune
9Tue Waxing crescent7% Aquarius🌸 Flower DayDescending — transplant and prune
10Wed Waxing crescent14% Pisces🥬 Leaf DayDescending — transplant and prune
11Thu Waxing crescent21% Pisces🥬 Leaf DayDescending — transplant and prune
12Fri Waxing crescent31% Aries🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
13Sat Waxing crescent41% Aries🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
14Sun First quarter52% Taurus🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
15Mon Waxing gibbous63% Taurus🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
16Tue Waxing gibbous74% Gemini🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
17Wed Waxing gibbous83% Gemini🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
18Thu Waxing gibbous91% Cancer🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
19Fri Waxing gibbous97% Cancer🥬 Leaf DayPerigee — avoid sowing
20Sat Full moon100% Leo🍅 Fruit DayLunar node — avoid sowing
21Sun Waning gibbous100% Leo🍅 Fruit DayAscending — sow and graft
22Mon Waning gibbous97% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
23Tue Waning gibbous92% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
24Wed Waning gibbous85% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
25Thu Waning gibbous76% Libra🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
26Fri Waning gibbous67% Libra🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
27Sat Waning gibbous57% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
28Sun Last quarter47% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft

What to sow in February

🌱 Root Days7 in February

Best for root vegetables — carrots, beetroot, potatoes, onions

🥬 Leaf Days7 in February

Best for leafy greens — lettuce, spinach, chard, herbs for leaf

Ready to harvest in February

Want the reasoning behind all this? The biodynamic growing guide covers the day types, the eight preparations and where the practice came from.