Should I talk to my 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.
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Do plants really grow better if you talk to them?

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.
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Is it healthy to talk to your plants?

“Smithsonian and Nasa show that mild vibrations increase growth in plants while harsher, stronger vibrations have a negative effect,” Dr Hes explains. “The vibrations improve communication and photosynthesis, which improves growth and the ability to fight infection. You could say the plants are happy!”
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Do plants feel love?

It's something that plant lovers have long suspected, but now Australian scientists have found evidence that plants really can feel when we're touching them.
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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.
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Should You Talk to Your Plants to Help Them Grow?



Do plants like to be touched?

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.
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Do plants scream when you cut them?

While they may not have brains like humans do, plants talk to one another through smell and even communicate with insects to maintain survival. Like any living thing, plants want to remain alive, and research shows that when certain plants are cut, they emit a noise that can be interpreted as a scream.
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Do plants like music?

Plants thrive when they listen to music that sits between 115Hz and 250Hz, as the vibrations emitted by such music emulate similar sounds in nature. Plants don't like being exposed to music more than one to three hours per day. Jazz and classical music seems to be the music of choice for ultimate plant stimulation.
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Do plants like being around other plants?

Plants "Listen" to the Good Vibes of Other Plants. A new study found that plants grown next to certain other plants are healthier than those grown in isolation.
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Do plants See?

Plants can “see” their neighbors because light reflected or transmitted from nearby plants has a lower ratio of red light to far-red light. The ability of plants to detect red light, far-red light, and their changing closeness to their surroundings is probably one of the most important ways in which plants can sense.
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Does singing to plants help?

When you sing or talk to your plant you are expelling carbon dioxide which the plant needs to absorb to allow it to go through the process of photosynthesis and grow. In turn, the plant releases oxygen back to you, which is both beneficial and important for your health.
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Do plants make music?

The short answer to that questions is a resounding no!
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Do plants know when they are being eaten?

According to a new study from the University of Missouri, plants are able to sense when they are being eaten and utilize defense mechanisms in an attempt to prevent it from happening. Plants recognize the sound of herbivores feeding on their leaves, and then use their tissues to send our vibrations.
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Do carrots feel pain?

Given that plants do not have pain receptors, nerves, or a brain, they do not feel pain as we members of the animal kingdom understand it. Uprooting a carrot or trimming a hedge is not a form of botanical torture, and you can bite into that apple without worry.
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Can plants get lonely?

Plants will definitely experience something like being “lonely” in pots because they miss out on underground connections. The majority of plants form symbioses with fungi underground, via their roots.
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Can you communicate with plants?

Plants don't have brains and are not capable of communicating in any form.
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What happens if you talk to 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.
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Do plants know they are alive?

Plant biologists argue that plants are definitively not conscious, in a paper published in Trends in Plant Science on July 3. They are pushing back against researchers who study plant neurobiology and have argued that plants have the ability to learn, respond to their environment, and have a form of consciousness.
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Do tomatoes scream when sliced?

When a tomato plant's stem was cut, the researchers found it emitted 25 ultrasonic distress sounds over the course of an hour, according to. Tobacco plants sent out 15 distress sounds when their stems were cut.
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Does grass scream when you cut it?

You guessed it – the near-holocaustic trimming of its blades prompts your grass to explode with a hundred-fold emission of GLVs. That smell of fresh-cut grass is really a shriek of despair as your lawn sends out distress signals.
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Do plants have voices?

It seems that the plants emit an initial “YOWCH”-type sound when being cut, but get over it pretty quickly. Do plants have anything nice to say? Unclear; scientists found that plants are pretty quiet when they're happy, opting to save their voices for the airing of grievances.
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Is the plant wave real?

The short answer: Yes, it is actually real and works by converting biorhythms into sounds. The long answer: According to Italian plant physiologist, Dr. Monica Gagliano, this device is pseudo-science and works more around electrical signals.
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How can I hear plants singing?

A device called 'Plantwave' lets you tune into nature, literally. They let you listen to the sounds made by plants, ranging from trees, flowers, bonsai to mushrooms. The device can detect electrical variations in plants by placing two electrodes on the leaves, the Plantwave website explains.
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What should I say to my plants?

You might want to start talking to the plant now: explain why you want to talk today (you want to learn to talk to plant spirits). Explain why plants are important to you. Let the plant get to know you—even if it's a plant living in your home. You can do this internally (in your mind) or verbally (out loud).
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Do plants grow faster with music?

No, music will not help plants grow—even classical—but other audio cues can help plants survive and thrive in their habitats.
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