Yik Yak icon
Join communities on Yik Yak Download
Am I crazy for thinking talking to my plants nicely helps them grow?
upvote 113 downvote

default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

nope! i think there was a study that showed talking to plants actually helps them grow, but i have no confirmation on that

upvote 38 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

my college professor who is obsessed with ecology talked about how sound impacts plants so yes i’d say it very much helps them

upvote 15 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

I used to talk to my mom's plants and apparently it helped them a lot

upvote 14 downvote
🌌
Anonymous 10w

I *THINK* there was a study done where they played two different tracks (one with kind words and the other with hateful) to two plants to see if words effects their growth and it did 👀 i could be making this up so dont take my word for it.

upvote 7 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

i actually did research on this ! plants grow favorably toward certain frequencies ! a study was done on corn where frequencies were played from 0-900 Hz , and the plants’ roots grew towards hz under 500 !!! this is relatively generalizable , and the human voice frequency is ~100 - 250 hz , so along with cardon dioxide from us, our voices are soothing to them and promote growth :)

upvote 5 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

Okay, I’m glad because I started doing that and like my plants, especially my Mawmaw’s plants that I didn’t think were going to like grow, grew. I would encourage them and say they are pretty. I also watered them a lot too.

upvote 2 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

no

upvote 1 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous 10w

you give them a carbon dioxide boost by breathing near them!

upvote 1 downvote
🌈
Anonymous replying to -> starrloverr 10w

It’s not so much the words, but the frequency at which one speaks. A “nice” voice is generally higher frequency than one used for insulting. Plants seem to like higher frequency sound, but lower frequency sound also won’t hurt their growth. So, if you’re a woman, feel free to cuss your plants out for being problem children. It would probably be as helpful to their growth as a man saying nice things to them.

upvote 14 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

I think I remember that! IIRC it was something about our breath

upvote 9 downvote
🌌
Anonymous replying to -> rizzbow 10w

omg thats crazy! thank you !!

upvote 2 downvote
default user profile icon
Anonymous replying to -> starrloverr 10w

I think there was also a study with different kinds of music and classical music helped plants grow while rock did not or something

upvote 4 downvote
🍒
Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

That was a real thing! Talk nice to your plants! 🌱

upvote 1 downvote