❀ || Plant Lovers

[hapalopus]

Haha, for a second there, I thought I was weird! My plants don't have distinct personalities and I haven't named them (yet!), but they definitely feel alive. My aloe plant is the one who gives off the strongest vibes. A lot of positive, open, and innocent energy, almost like a little child. The rest aren't as clear, but they seem friendly ^^

[frostykitty]

I talk to my coleous plant imnotweirdnonono....

[hapalopus]

Some studies actually show that talking to plants (or playing music for them) helps them grow quicker. The Mythbusters tested it a while ago, and, well... It's probably easiest to just copy-paste the article ^^'

An adage out there goes "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all." But when MythBusters Tory Belleci, Kari Byron and Scottie Chapman experimented with the power of words on plants, the opposite rang true.

Some plant enthusiasts think that showering seedlings with sunlight, water and healthy soil isn't enough. To really make their roots sing, these backyard botanists believe they can sweet talk their gardens into growing better. To see whether kind words could really yield fertile results, the skeptical MythBusters procured 60 pea plants and divided them into three greenhouse groups. Then, they recorded two soundtracks — one of loving praise and one of cruel insults — and played them on repeat in two separate greenhouses. A third greenhouse remained mum as an experimental control.

To give the myth a fighting chance of flourishing, the team charted the plants' growth over 60 days. Afterward, the MythBusters determined the winning greenhouse by comparing plant masses from the three groups. To their surprise, the silent greenhouse performed poorest, producing lower biomass and smaller pea pods than the other two. Although there was no difference in plant quality between the nice greenhouse and the mean greenhouse, the soundtracks seemed to produce a positive effect in both.

Based on the plausible myth, botanists might want to chat with their plants more often, even if what they have to say isn't all-too friendly.

It's commonly known that plants can sense sound in some way, since studies have shown that they become very defensive when the sound of a caterpillar chewing on leaves is played to them. [source]
But why the sound of music (the hills are alive with the sound of music) and voices talking has a positive effect on them has yet to be explained. I love science x3

[Canis2954]

Username: glow
Favourite plant: i like lil sprouts
i love plants

[lesbian]

Username: glow
Favourite plant: i like lil sprouts
i love plants

I don't check this thread often enough, sorry!
welcome to the plant lover thread!


I'm gonna be growing some grass in a few
little pots or something! I'm quite excited.

[frostykitty]

I found a little 'dollar bill' with wild flower seeds , do you know what I mean? Like that biodegradable stuff that has seeds through it. Anyway, I ripped it in half, do you think I could grow them in pots? They're wild flowers/possibly ground covers, and I was thinking of this kind of pot, we have a glazed one.

[lesbian]

I found a little 'dollar bill' with wild flower seeds , do you know what I mean? Like that biodegradable stuff that has seeds through it. Anyway, I ripped it in half, do you think I could grow them in pots? They're wild flowers/possibly ground covers, and I was thinking of this kind of pot, we have a glazed one.

i'm afraid i don't understand what you mean by 'a dollar bill', however, wildflower seeds are very hardy {they have to be!} so I think you could plant them just about anywhere, when it comes to the pot that they are in, it's purely aesthetic! - Sorry for taking so long to respond.


Since it's halloween and I'm a dork:


What's the spookiest plant/tree/ect you can think of?




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[quote][b]What's the [u]spookiest[/u] plant/tree/ect you can think of?[/b][/quote]


the first things I thought of were ivy and phytoplankton lmao! I guess you always see ivy hanging off of houses in haunted house movies and stuff? and I thought of the plankton that lights up bc they're kinda ghost-y? I dunno hue.

[Thalassic]

What's the spookiest plant/tree/ect you can think of?

First thing that comes to mind is the bleeding mushroom/bleeding tooth fungus.

Also it's kind of odd, but I've always found it a bit creepy when there's that one tree "out of place", or standing a bit further from the others. And when it's missing a lot of it's branches. Especially when it's a pine tree, it's late in the evening and all you can see is it's silhouette.

[frostykitty]

I found a little 'dollar bill' with wild flower seeds , do you know what I mean? Like that biodegradable stuff that has seeds through it. Anyway, I ripped it in half, do you think I could grow them in pots? They're wild flowers/possibly ground covers, and I was thinking of this kind of pot, we have a glazed one.

i'm afraid i don't understand what you mean by 'a dollar bill', however, wildflower seeds are very hardy {they have to be!} so I think you could plant them just about anywhere, when it comes to the pot that they are in, it's purely aesthetic! - Sorry for taking so long to respond.


Since it's halloween and I'm a dork:


What's the spookiest plant/tree/ect you can think of?




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[quote][b]What's the [u]spookiest[/u] plant/tree/ect you can think of?[/b][/quote]


the first things I thought of were ivy and phytoplankton lmao! I guess you always see ivy hanging off of houses in haunted house movies and stuff? and I thought of the plankton that lights up bc they're kinda ghost-y? I dunno hue.

It's a price of paper that looks like money but it's full of seeds so you can just put it in the ground and the seeds sprout.

As for you question, I think Black walnut trees this time of year (northern hemisphere) Look kinda sinister. They have no more leaves and their all dark.

[arabella !!]

ahh, don't die perfect thread! :> (it's me lpsloveraj by the way, hehe).

yayy, i got new orchids for my backyard!

sorry if the image is too big, but aren't they just a beauty?! urggg i fel in love. <33