It's True…

You Really Should

Talk to Your Plants!!!
In a month-long study performed
by the Royal Horticultural Society,
researchers discovered that
talking to your plants can really
help them grow faster.

They also found that plants grow

faster to the sound of a female
voice than to a male voice.
Anyway, the Royal Horticultural
Society recorded ten people
reading, both men and women, and
played their voices through a set of
headphones that was attached to
each tomato plant's.

The same tomato variety was used,

same soil, same care, etc.
They also included two plants that
were not read to as a control.

At the end of the month, the

plants that had been attached to
female voices grew an average of
an inch taller than those attached
to a male voice.
The winning tomato listened to
Sarah Darwin, great-great
granddaughter of Charles
Darwin.

Her plant grew approximately

two inches taller than the rest.

What did Ms. Darwin read to her

tomato plant?

The Origin of Species.

Asked about her plant's
favorable response to her voice
and selection, Sarah Darwin
commented:

"I'm not sure if it's my tones or

the text that I read from The
Origin of Species that made the
plant sit up and listen, anyway, I
think it is great fun and I'm
proud of it!
Researchers went into the study
with the idea that the male voice
would make the plants grow faster,
and were surprised with the results.

They said that they are unsure why

the female voice worked better,
anyway, women may have a
greater range of pitch that affects
the sound waves that hit the plant,
and that sound has a better effect
on plant growth.