serenading your plants
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THE SEEDS EXPOSED to music germinated almost 20 per cent faster than the control group that was not exposed to music .”
• OIL YIELD from the plants exposed to the classical music was higher than that of both the ones exposed to silence and the ones exposed to jazz . Yields in the first year of the study were 0.07 ounces ( oz .) for the plants with classical music , 0.037 oz . for plants with silence , and 0.036 oz . for the ones exposed to jazz . In year two , the yields were 1.037 oz ., 0.036 oz ., and 0.035 oz ., respectively .
• IN REGARDS to pigment , year one data slightly skewed towards the plants in silence over the plants with classical music , but that trend reversed in year two . Total chlorophyll in year one for plants raised in silence was 2.08 milligrams ( mg ), 2.02 mg for classical , and 1.95 mg for those exposed to jazz music . In year two , it was recorded as 2.17 mg for classical music , 2.07 mg for no music , and 1.95 mg again for plants exposed to jazz .
Seed Germination
A 2004 study published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine looked at the affects various noises , including music , have on the germination of okra and zucchini seeds . After five iterations of this experiment , music played in the proximity of the seeds had a statistically significant effect on their germination rate . This was regardless of the seed type , the temperature , and the personnel making observations and taking measurements . Overall , the results of this study found that the seeds exposed to music germinated almost 20 per cent faster than the control group that was not exposed to music . As an aside , they also found plants that were exposed to “ healing energies ” also expressed higher and faster germination rates than the control seed populations .
Even if heavier or harder forms of music are your own personal preference , it looks like the preponderance of evidence suggests plants seem to have a lighter taste and would prefer Bach to the Beatles . With potential benefits of up to 20 per cent more growth and yield , it may be time to garner an appreciation for the music that your great-great-greatgreat-great-great-great grandparents used to dance to .
There were other benefits for the plants exposed to classical music in this study . They had higher yield weights in both fresh and dry herbs , as well as higher carotenoid levels . This held true for both years of the study . Another 2017 study , published in the Romanian Journal of the Young Scientist , looked at growth rates of wheat when exposed to either classical , no music , or rock ( in this case , Led Zeppelin ). The wheat in this study grew at an average weekly rate of 1.3 in . when exposed to classical music and 0.92 in . when exposed to no music . When the plants were “ getting the Led out ,” they only grew an average of 0.52 in . per week ( apologies to Robert Plant ). One more example is from a Chinese study published in 2017 in Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering . Researchers looked at the yield of soybean sprouts when exposed to five different types of music : piano solos , Chinese classical , rock , pop , and a single frequency for the control . The highest yields were obtained from the soybeans exposed to the piano music at three pounds compared to 2.38 pounds of yield from the control group .
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