Plants are influenced by all of the environmental changes around them. Plants respond to the vibrations of nearby sound which turns on two key genes inside of them that influence their growth. Plants also increase photosynthesis production in response to carbon dioxide, which is a by-product of human speech.
“But some research shows that speaking nicely to plants will support their growth, whereas yelling at them won't. Rather than the meaning of words, however, this may have more to do with vibrations and volume. Plants react favourably to low levels of vibrations, around 115-250hz being ideal.”
It's True—You Really Should Talk to Your Plants. In a study performed by the Royal Horticultural Society, researchers discovered that talking to your plants really can help them grow faster. 1 They also found that plants grow faster to the sound of a female voice than to the sound of a male voice.
The Ikea plant bullying experiment showed that plants thrived with positive words. It's unknown whether this is because the affirmations helped the caretakers feel more positively about plant care or the sentiments actually affected the plants. Either way, being more positive with your plants won't hurt and could help.
Slow growth. Loss of blooms or lack of blooms. Loss of potential height. Premature death.
Do Plants React to Human Voices? Here's the good news: plants do respond to the sound of your voice. In a study conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society, research demonstrated that plants did respond to human voices. In this study, there were 10 tomato plants, 8 of which had headphones placed around their pots.
There is no consistent scientific evidence that talking or singing to plants helps them grow better or produce more fruit. Some studies have shown an effect on plants from music or single tones, some haven't. These studies are rarely done in the same way, making them difficult to compare, so there is no consensus yet.
Plants don't have brains and are not capable of communicating in any form. However, recent studies reveal that they actually “communicate” with each other and can even respond when humans communicate with them.
Your plants really dislike when you touch them, apparently. A new study out of the La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food has found that most plants are extremely sensitive to touch, and even a light touch can significantly stunt their growth, reports Phys.org.
While no one claims that plants “feel” emotions, as humans do, plants do show signs of “sensing” their surroundings. Now researchers are working to see what we can discover about the possibility that plants exhibit intelligence in their adaptations to their environment and changes within it.
Plants, the book revealed, can make their own trace elements through fusion, just like the sun. More, they can recognize people. If someone committed a crime in front of them — plants' fear could be measured with a simple lie detector test. And the book took it one step further, claiming that plants are conscious.
Mountains of research have confirmed that plants have intelligence and even beyond that consciousness by many of the same measures as we do. Not only do they feel pain, but plants also perceive and interact with their environment in sophisticated ways.
Soothing, soft music, such as a lullaby, has been argued to make the plant grow the fastest, with some researches even suggesting that plants will lean into the source of the sound. Other studies have shown that loud, fast, and fiercely intense music can actually cause the plant to wilt and die.
Carbon dioxide levels do influence the rate of plant photosynthesis, he explains, but "people would have to speak to their plants for at least several hours a day to enhance photosynthesis enough to influence plant growth."
Coffee grounds (and brewed coffee) are a source of nitrogen for plants, producing healthy green growth and strong stems. Coffee also contains calcium and magnesium — both of which are beneficial to plant health. To use coffee as a plant fertilizer, you'll need to dilute it. It should look like weak tea.
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. We think of this like massaging your plant with a song – they prefer a gentler touch.
According to Hayes Garden World, our potted plants will miss the company of homeowners as they gradually return back to work. While separation anxiety is more prevalent in pets, the gardening charity believes plants will also 'miss' owners when they're not around — and struggle to cope.
Research has shown that plants are complex organisms that can feel, communicate and respond to their environment. In fact, plants can feel emotions too. This might sound surprising, but it is true.
The consensus is that plants do not have ears or hearing ability as we know it. Instead, plants can feel noise from the vibrations that acoustic sounds make. Plants in numerous studies that were exposed to sound behaved differently than those that weren't.
That's the overarching conclusion from multiple research studies: While plants don't have ears, they can “hear” sounds in their local environment. More importantly, they can react.
In a sense, plants are able to think by perceiving their environment and making decided changes in order to thrive. But when it comes to whether plants can think, plant thought is not at the level of sentience, or self-awareness, like it is for humans and animals.
It is entirely possible that plants "hear" music, even though they will not "hear it" in the same way that we hear music. Plants can pick up the vibrations caused by sound waves, which can then impact the plant itself.
A new study found that plants grown next to certain other plants are healthier than those grown in isolation.