This discussion reminds me of the story of 6 blind men and the elephant. It is an ancient story , some believe originated from the time of Gautama the Buddha 2500 yrs ago while he preached his bhikkus. Here is the modern version, a poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
"It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a WALL!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho, what have we here,
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a SPEAR!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a SNAKE!”
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he:
“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a TREE!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a FAN!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a ROPE!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong."
Before we argue about moon phases and the plants, we can first ask does moon phases affect us humans and instead of trying to find scientific research on it's effect on humans or peer reviews etc etc the best place to start exploring it and proving it will be experimenting on yourself. (I have done it). Plants have consciousness like humans(or do they really, well this is a scientifically proven fact almost a century ago by J.C Bose an Indian scientist) and if human consciousness is influenced in any way by the moon then the same happens to a plant. But i have no way to prove this to the admin and hero members of this group and to anybody else but myself. Until we open our eyes we are all like those 6 blind men. Most of us believe that modern science gives us the eyes to see but it is funny that one can only see as much the modern science can show, science is made by us for us and modern science is just a conglomerate of what geniuses of the past have researched and proven to be true, there is vast universe out there (and in there) that is unseen, unfathomed.
Another great topic for debate would be - Do plants behave differently when they are observed, and observed in a certain manner with certain feelings? No, i am not a snake oil seller. In Quantum mechanics, it is well known now that a certain electron behaves like a wave at times and behaves as a particle at other times and observation changes it's behavior. We including plants are made up of electrons are we not. Physicists have proven observation changes the behavior but they are decades or centuries away in proving how love and hate can change the behavior of the electrons. So it is not shameful to say that you sang to your plant today or you kissed your plant or you rubbed humus to the plant as a way of expressing your love to the plant. My 2 cents, we are adults we don't need to argue about it like the 6 blind men, keep an open mind and sharpen your 6 senses because we are dulling them everyday.