Playing Music to your plants

SableZen

SableZen

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Yeah I lawled - I got the joke. Meant to give you props for it, not make you think it sucked. =P

I don't know man, the studies involving sound I've seen either have nothing to do with anything that a grower could use to the benefit of the plant, had inadequate controls/procedures, or they were old and since dis-proven by other experiments.

But yeah, well you know, that's just like, my stoner opinion, man. =P

Hey all this reminds me about the background resonance of the earth. Anyone familiar with those theories? It kind of ties in with the whole music thing:

The Earth does, indeed, "ring like a bell", as do all generally spherical bodies that consist of a more dense shell surrounding a less dense interior. A shock delivered to a point on the shell will reverberate through and around the sphere in auditory patterns we call "ringing"...though, for the Earth, the ringing is at such a low frequency, that we humans don't hear it. According to the book "Earth", by F. Press and R. Siever, the lowest ring tone is E flat in the 20th octave below middle C. Seismologists can use this ringing to study the structure of the earth, including the flow of the molten core within. New data is gathered every time there is a major earthquake, which sets the earth ringing for days. The book "Theoretical Global Seismology", by F. A. Dalen, is a (highly technical) resource. Another interesting source is the web site for the Royal Observatory of Belgium. They are doing work on a core model for the earth, which includes trying to understand how earth's interior features modulate the ringing.

The sun rings also. The Global Oscillation Network Group, GONG, (guess no one told them about the Gong Show), has just completed a $20 million dollar project to erect listening stations around the world to record the oscillations of our sun. The eruptions of sunspots and other violent storms on the sun's surface set off reverberations which last for weeks or even months (the sun being a much larger bell than the earth). Helioseismologists will be using the data to learn more about the internal structure of the sun.
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T905

T905

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so i been reading this thread. what would be the best music for your plants? death metal? lol any1 got some songs ican download for my plant HAH
 
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sherriberry

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i can see where this thread will end up...

"man busted for illegal pot grow from neighbors calling cops on his loud music, man says his 2000 watt sterio helped plants vibrate and grow better, even at 4am"
 
Delux83

Delux83

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edit: here is the experiment
Retallack began her experiment at the Colorado Women's College in Denver. Using three separate laboratories containing the same species of plants, Retallack began her experiment. Piping in different types of music to each facility, she recorded the daily growth of each plant. The results were quite surprising. The plants in the laboratory where music was played daily for three hours a day grew twice as large and became twice as healthy as those in a music-free environment. On the other extreme, plants in the laboratory where music was played for eight hours a day died within two weeks of the start of the experiment.

Dorothy Retallack tried experimenting with different types of music. She played rock to one group of plants and, soothing music to another. The group that heard rock turned out to be sickly and small whereas the other group grew [FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif][FONT=Verdana, Sans-Serif]large and healthy. What's more surprising is that the group of plants listening to the soothing music grew bending towards the radio just as they bend towards the sunlight.

This experiment encouraged many individuals and organizations to exercise the act of playing music to plants. These connoisseurs of music warn you about the sort of music that you play. The plants will grow better if you play soft soothing music of old era instead of loud rock music of Gen X.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Sans-Serif][FONT=Verdana, Sans-Serif]The noisy rock music will only make the plants grow feeble and sick. Preferably, play Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven to make your plant grow better. Another important point that we can pick up from Retallack's experiments is the duration of music. If you are keen on playing music to your plants, keep the time limit to be about three hour. This will make the plants grow healthy and properly. An overdose of music can seriously destroy the plants.

Although music is not an absolutely proven factor in plant development, several studies, along with Dorothy Retallack's groundbreaking series of experiments, have aided the musical development theory. If you are interested in exploring this option with your own garden, consult The Sound of Music and Plants or other resources to ensure you expose your plants to the optimal type of music for the appropriate amount of time.[/FONT][/FONT]
 
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