Will Talking to Your Plants Help them Grow?
I have a cactus in my bathroom, but we got nothing to say to each other ~ Max Goldman, Grumpier Old Men
From the minute I plant the seed, I watch for them to spring up as if I’m in a cartoon expecting them to sprout up immediately. Every day I talk to them at least once. I tell them things like, ”you are beautiful, you are strong,” or “you are gonna grow up to be strong and healthy. ”
I firmly believe that plants are not only living organisms, but they do respond to positive words. Also, plants increase photosynthesis production in response to carbon dioxide, which is a by product of human breath and speech. When you try to google, “does talking to your plants help them grow”, most results will say they can not confirm it because every study was done different.
The above blog was written by Grow Your Own’s Michaelle Gravley. She has been in the program for two years and her son has recently started getting very excited about growing, too! The photos below are of her plants and harvests from last year.
We should all learn from Michaelle’s example: be kind to other organisms. I haven’t done an experiment like this so I can’t say I’ve seen it with my own two eyes, but I feel it – when I hug a tree (literally), when I run my hands over a flat of seedlings, when I say, “you are looking radishing,” to my radishes.
Regardless of the science behind it, it seems clear that treating our plants with respect, admiration, and love has an overwhelmingly positive impact! Whether its energy, a change in ourselves in how we handle them, if plants can hear you… I don’t know. But I know that Michaelle has grown some BEAUTIFUL plants with her kind words and loving care for them!
