The Moonbloom Lunar Cycle planting calendar 2026 is a South African planting calendar that assists you in knowing when and what to plant in the month to create a simple, healthy planting cycle in your organic vegetable and herb garden.
Moonbloom Lunar Cycle Planting Calendar 2026
Climate zones are the general weather conditions averaged over a series of years in a particular place. These include the average temperature, air pressure, humidity, rainfall, sunshine, cloud and wind directions throughout the year.
A microclimate is a smaller area within a climate zone that has its own unique climate. This can be caused by the slope or aspect of an area, living near water, living in a heavy urban area, the use of a greenhouse, climate change or in an El Niño climate pattern.
NOTE: If you are growing in an uncommon climate, use a combination of the monthly given climate zones To suit your planting needs.
FIND YOUR CLIMATE...
MEDITERRANEAN: Hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. Examples: coastal California, southern France, Cape Town area (South Africa)
SEMI-ARID STEPPE: Low, erratic rainfall with hot summers and cool-to-cold winters with grassland or scrub vegetation. Examples: the Klein Karoo (South Africa), Mongolian steppe, Great Plains (USA)
SEMI-ARID DESERT: Very low rainfall, extreme heat or cold winters with sparse vegetation. Examples: the Groot Karoo (South Africa), Sahara fringe, Namib Desert, Sonoran Desert, Atacama Desert margins
TEMPERATE HIGHLAND: Cooler year-round temperatures due to elevation with summer rainfall and thunderstorms, and frost in winter. Examples: Ethiopian Highlands, Bogotá (Colombia), Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg (South Africa)
HUMID SUBTROPICAL: Hot, humid summers and mild winters, with rainfall year-round but concentrated in summer.
Examples: southeastern USA, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Nelspruit (South Africa)
TEMPERATE OCEANIC: Mild summers, cool winters and consistent rainfall year-round due to maritime influence.
Examples: Knysna (South Africa), United Kingdom, Pacific Northwest (USA), coastal Chile
COASTAL HUMID SUBTROPICAL: Rain year-round with hot summers and mild winters. Consistent humidity due to maritime influence. Examples: Durban (South Africa), Sydney (Australia), Brisbane, parts of the Gulf Coast (USA)
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