Southern hemisphere

June 2026

Moon planting calendar — 8 root days, 8 leaf days, 6 flower days and 8 fruit days.

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Full moon

29 June

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New moon

15 June

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Good sowing days

14 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 June 2026 the moon is ascending in southern skies — the traditional time for sowing and grafting — on 15 days. The strongest sowing dates fall on the 1, 15, 16 and 11 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 June 2026 — southern hemisphere
DateMoon phaseSignDay typeSow or rest
1Mon Waning gibbous99% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
2Tue Waning gibbous96% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
3Wed Waning gibbous91% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
4Thu Waning gibbous85% Capricorn🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
5Fri Waning gibbous78% Capricorn🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
6Sat Waning gibbous69% Capricorn🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
7Sun Waning gibbous59% Aquarius🌸 Flower DayLunar node — avoid sowing
8Mon Last quarter49% Aquarius🌸 Flower DayDescending — transplant and prune
9Tue Waning crescent39% Pisces🥬 Leaf DayDescending — transplant and prune
10Wed Waning crescent28% Pisces🥬 Leaf DayDescending — transplant and prune
11Thu Waning crescent18% Aries🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
12Fri Waning crescent10% Aries🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
13Sat Waning crescent4% Taurus🌱 Root DayDescending — transplant and prune
14Sun Waning crescent1% Taurus🌱 Root DayPerigee — avoid sowing
15Mon New moon0% Gemini🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
16Tue Waxing crescent3% Gemini🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
17Wed Waxing crescent8% Cancer🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
18Thu Waxing crescent16% Cancer🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
19Fri Waxing crescent25% Leo🍅 Fruit DayLunar node — avoid sowing
20Sat Waxing crescent35% Leo🍅 Fruit DayAscending — sow and graft
21Sun First quarter46% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
22Mon Waxing gibbous56% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
23Tue Waxing gibbous66% Virgo🌱 Root DayAscending — sow and graft
24Wed Waxing gibbous75% Libra🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
25Thu Waxing gibbous83% Libra🌸 Flower DayAscending — sow and graft
26Fri Waxing gibbous89% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
27Sat Waxing gibbous94% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
28Sun Waxing gibbous98% Scorpio🥬 Leaf DayAscending — sow and graft
29Mon Full moon100% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune
30Tue Full moon100% Sagittarius🍅 Fruit DayDescending — transplant and prune

What to sow in June

Nothing in the plant database is sown in June — a month for planning, composting and tool maintenance rather than sowing.

Ready to harvest in June

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