Sound stimulation for plant growth

[turtle420]

Hello people,

I've though about placing two cheap computer speakers inside my grow room when I start with my clones... then hook-up a playback device (either CD player or cassette player) to these speakers. I though of playing classical music to the plants. I've heard/read that it helps.

Upon two or three hours of research, I've found a couple of things:::
There's a product/system out there called Sonic Bloom, which includes a CD/cassette with "melodies" and a foliar spray solution. It is stressed in the site that the great improvements in plant growth are a result from the combined effect of the sounds and the spray. Just for reference, I think their sounds are somewhere around the 5KHz range.

If you're looking into this Sonic Bloom, well, I read that it contains trace amounts of Gallerbic Acid 3 (GA3) [spelling???], which is harmfull to cannabis plants (stated like that in their site). So I guess we can rule out Sonic Bloom for our experiments.

I found this interesting article:::
http://www.motherearthnews.com/libra...nt_Stimulation
It states that pretty good growth improvements where observed when the plants where subjected to frequencies 20KHz to 50KHz; with the best results nearing the 50KHz range. It also states that although the plants grew a lot, they weren't "bushy"... more like "lanky" I would think.

I'd like to know the opinions of you guys about doing this type of thing. I'm have no problem with trying new things with my first grow. What do you think? Some 5KHz sounds? Or maybe an ultrasonic transducer pumping 50KHz frequencies... ?

How much time? 45minutes every 4 hours? Something like that?

Thanks for the input, I look forward to your ideas...

-turtle420

turtle420 Reviewed by turtle420 on 10-10-2005. Sound stimulation for plant growth Hello people, I've though about placing two cheap computer speakers inside my grow room when I start with my clones... then hook-up a playback device (either CD player or cassette player) to these speakers. I though of playing classical music to the plants. I've heard/read that it helps. Upon two or three hours of research, I've found a couple of things::: There's a product/system out there called Sonic Bloom, which includes a CD/cassette with "melodies" and a foliar spray solution. It Rating: 5

[turtle420]

It's "Gibberilic acid"
from::: http://www.sonicbloom.com/background.htm

[turtle420]

And found this on YaHooka:
http://www.yahooka.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92082

There's a post about a guy there that actually bought the stuff and used it on his White Widows...

[Rezinator]

Oh this is rich, turtle.

Beamed me back to an 8th grade science project. Prob that Donna Nichols chick who got the table next to mine. I spend 2 wks clay modeling a cross-section of how internal combustion works. She get's blue ribbon for placing two plants and a transistor radio on a table. 'course she had those eyes too but... oh well.. prob more closet pervs among the judges than anybody wanted to know.

Just thinking what an obvious miss tho by all the folk who've ever grown.

My first question would be - as i revisit the sci with only elementary knowledge - is how in practice it is all about the resonance and hertz, right? I mean you can't just pipe some FM in and leave it at that??

The MomEarth article appeared (speedread it) to focus on a fixed frequency range. Imression I always had of the phenom was that the stimulation was induced by frequency variations, or melody.

On the other hand - if the ultrasound freqs are best - how easy it would would be to locate a little Piazo thinger in almost any growspace.

Determine which freq is optimal.
Find somebody with an oscilloscope, to CD say 15 secs of the frequency or however...
then I'd use sound editing software to exponentially-paste-out that freq onto a CD.

I think the acidic foliar spray was probably as much a marketing gimmick than anything else.

[Rezinator]

Ohyeah, forgot,

Then there'd be the whole thing on whether certain freqs are better for vegging or flowering though.

Last think I'd want in my tiny space is for the stalk to start goin nuts, and have the buds just sittin there goin "wtf?"

lol

[turtle420]

Here's a thread from a guy that's currently growing White Widow with Sonic Bloom:

http://www.yahooka.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90707

[caroline]

i know someone who plays bob marley to his plants..........?

[wes dawg]

Woah, this is amazing stuff, I never would have known that certain frequencies of sounds would help plants grow!

[Innerlight]

I have been waiting to buy sonic bloom for a long time, I heard about it a year ago, but only now am i finally ready to try it. I will post any results in the next few months. It should be awsome.

[squareguy]

i am trying to find some 'grow music' to download right now, but no luck.