How many of you play music for your plants? :)

Hey Everyone! Some Genres of music is beneficial for all plants!.. But, dont over do it, according to the studies done on this subject. Some say it doesnt matter… Hmmm :wink:

Personally, I play “classical music” 3 hours(Most studies say 3 hours is sufficient) a day on my Carver home stereo with 2 sets of studio monitor speakers… Total success!! :smiley:

Some of you are probably saying WTF? LOL :joy:

Well, its a known fact that all plants enjoy the smooth relaxing sound of classical, or even Jazz… I have done lots of research on this subject, and I will tell you, … ITS NOT A MYTH, AND IT DOES INDEED IMPROVE PLANT GROWTH AND YIELD!!! Give it a whirl and post your results!! :blush::+1:

Music And Plants – How To Use Music To Boost Plant Growth

Music And Plants
Plants physically leaned 15 to 20 degrees towards classical and jazz music

The classic book The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird documents many scientific, statistically-significant studies done on the fascinating relationship between sound and music and plants.

The right sounds can produce tremendous improvements in growth, and the wrong sounds can do just the opposite. Plants are more aware of their surroundings than we think, probably much more so than us!

Here, I just want to give you a taste of what some researchers have observed with respect to plants and music, and sound and plants. This has direct implications for organic gardening.

Music And Plants
Colorado

Dorothy Retallack did many controlled greenhouse experiments with different genres of music and plants.

She found after 2 weeks, plants physically leaned 15 to 20 degrees towards a radio playing classical and jazz music, while they scramble to grow away from rock music and become sick. Marigolds “listening” to rock music died within 2 weeks, whereas those in the classical music room 6 feet away were flowering.

But by far the most noticeable positive reactions were to classical Indian music for plants. A researcher in India also had success with Indian music…
India

T.C. Singh, head of the department of botany at Annamalai University, did many experiments with Indian plants and music, with amazing results.

Eventually, he stimulated rice harvests that were from 25-60% higher than average, and nearly 50% higher for peanuts and tobacco. Experiments were done on many other plants and had “proven beyond any shadow of doubt that harmonic sound waves affect the growth, flowering, fruiting, and seed-yields of plants”.
Illinois

George Smith, skeptical botanist and agricultural researcher, planted corn and soybeans in separate greenhouses under controlled conditions and began to experiment with music and plants.

In one greenhouse, he played George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” 24 hours a day, producing thicker, greener plants that weighed 40% more for corn and 24% more for soy. He went on to produce amazing corn harvests using ear-splitting continuous notes at high and low pitches.
Sound And Plants
Ottawa

Two researchers at the University of Ottawa did trials with high-frequency vibrations in wheat. Plants responded best to a frequency of 5000 cycles a second. They were baffled and could not explain why audible sound had nearly doubled wheat harvests.
Canada

Peter Belton, researcher for Canada’s Department of Agriculture, controlled the European corn-borer moth by broadcasting ultrasonic waves. 50% of the corn was damaged in the control plot, and only 5% in the plot with sound. The sound plot also had 60% fewer larvae and was 3” taller on average.
New York

George Milstein found that a continuous low hum at 3000 cycles per second accelerated the growth of most of his plants and even caused some of them to bloom six full months ahead of their normal schedule. On the other hand, he was quite adamant that music for plants couldn’t possibly have an effect, as they “can’t hear.”
Conclusion

MusicPlaying music can be a relaxing way to take a break when working in the garden – and it may even benefit your plants!

Of course, many people think this is all bologni, especially when it comes to plants responding to music. Scientists often think it is possible, but that it must all be happening purely because of “physics” and not because plants prefer Debussy to Dylan.

It is romantic to think of plants having a taste more for the “intellectual” music, and I strongly believe this relationship between plants and music is possible after all of my studies into the amazing world of plants, but in terms of music, I don’t know enough to argue one way or the other. Same goes for whether or not my plants know what I’m thinking… :grinning:

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Mine got a shot of classical everyday, then last song is Pornstar Dancin.

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I’d play classical or jazz but, the plants keep asking me to play Jethro Tull. :wink:

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Hmmm… Interesting… Did the trich’s/clit enlarge after Pornstar Dancer?? :joy:

Easy on the Jethro Tull!.. Rock music made em do worse…hahaha I dont mind classical, … But, I usually take off for them 3 hours. :neutral_face:

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I have never tried personally . I would love to see a side by side experiment.

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Well, I have grown my Glass Slipper strain with and without classical music… Same temps, food, and all that, …and the plants that received the classical yielded much better… Like 25 %! … I dont Lie. :slight_smile:

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Iv been known to play some sweet tunes like Dave Coz on the sexy saxophone it gets the ladies hot and bothered!

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Hahahahahah Your crazy! :joy:

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There is a myth busters episode on this. It was not a prefect experiment because all the greenhouses had the same irrigation issue so they were all negatively effected the same way. The results had metal playlist with most plant matter followed by classical. But keep in mind the India study very likely had some bias towards the Indian classical music they used in the test.also for someone in India American rock music may have a negative connotation. I feel like music in general is a benefit to plants. I would like to see a test with no cultural bias done with a large variety of music.

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Yah, I seen that episode… A little shady if you ask me. I believe the high frequency of classical music, along with the bassy lows is why the plants got stimulated, and grew better. Its all about the “Frequency” … It makes total sense.

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Yep I feel like it’s probably a vibration thing somehow lol. I saw a cool video on a guy that runs a vineyard but doesn’t fertilize only plays classical music. Id love to see a facility experiment with music since they are keeping track of all the numbers anyway and everything is pretty uniform so it’d be a perfect opportunity to see the effects of different types of music on a scale where it isn’t a fluke.

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According to “What A Plant Knows” by Daniel Chamovitz, hearing is the one thing plants can not do. I don’t have that chapter, but here is one he writes about on plants seeing. I find his way of relating plants to humans extremely fascinating, and I would highly recommend the book.

what-a-plant-sees.pdf (245.1 KB)

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Well, they might not be able to hear, but they can pick up vibrations… Im gonna check out that link. Thank ya kindly. Good evening. :slight_smile:

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I did actually find this chapter. I thought it was interesting.

What a plant hears - Daniel Chamovitz.pdf (348.7 KB)

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May have been mentioned here in this thread what a plant knows” IIRCC the simple buzzing of a bees wing is enough to elicit some sort of positive response in plants .

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Sounds logical… A good “Buzz” always gives me a good response. :smiley:

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I listen to lots of music throughout the day. I prefer jazz and classical.

I was aware of some claims that music may enhance plant growth for quite a while now, but never really gave it much credibility. So I have never played any music specifically for my plants…they only “hear” it incidentally through the walls when they are inside the house ( they are indoors only on bad weather days, and dark cycle)

Coincidentally, I read this article yesterday and was curious as to the veracity of the biomass and yield gains reported using music as a growth stimulator…over 50% increase …seems unlikely to me. But might very well be worth looking into because I have been wrong before.

Pulled from piece;
“His findings show that the wheat crop yield increased by 66 percent thanks to Bach.”

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Good Morning Calyxander. Ya, Ive been giving my indoors a “3 hours a day” supply of Classical for hella, and I can assure you, you will be quite surprised!.. It blew me away. People talk all big and bad, But Iam being real honest here. Yup, been doing this practice since 99, and I wont change my regimen. Give it a whirl bud, you have nothing to lose, and a whole lot to gain! Have a great day, and a much better evening :slight_smile:

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I gave my plants a few hours of Corinne Bailey Rae for a while…
but didn’t have a control group to actually compare growth.

Anyway, I did enjoy working in the garden while the music was on :musical_note: :tada:

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this is one of the first things ill test with my grows when i start again… music vs frequencies (gotta research which ones yet) vs none… until them, ill put this here for ma ppl:

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