Music can Help Plants Grow Faster
Do you know that playing music can help plants grow? This revelation is thanks to agro-sonic researcher Dan Carlson Senior, inventor of ‘Sonic Bloom’ technology, who exposed plants to soundwaves at varying frequencies (the science being that sonic stimulation aids the absorption of nutrients) and the results came up roses.
Music Stimulate Plant Cells
Unlike us humans, plants don’t have ears with which to hear sound. So how are they influenced by music? It’s not exactly that they are tapping their roots to the beat of a drum. Rather, sound waves stimulate the plant's cells. When the cells are stimulated by the sound, nutrients are encouraged to move throughout the plant body, promoting new growth and strengthening their immune systems.
Music Helps Pollination
Plants also feel the benefit of music second-hand through bees. Bees identify air-particle movements associated with airborne sounds and can detect frequencies up to 500 Hz. Sounds with a frequency of about 250-300 Hz can help to attract pollinators to your garden. It mimics the buzz bees produce in the hive and to entice their flying friends to pollen. This is “bee-rilliant” news for plants, as they rely on pollinators transferring their pollen to reproduce and so protect the ecosystem.
Effects of different genres of music on plants
Studies indicate that plants also seem have a specific taste in music. Some genres of music promote growth, whereas others can be damaging. Roses in particular seem to love violin music. For most plants playing classical or jazz music caused growth to increase, while harsher metal music induced stress. This may be because the vibrations of metal music are too intense for plants and stimulate cells a little too much.
