responded in pm, di.fm chillout and ambient channels. plants like the digiridoo. or however thats spelled. anyhow ive received a couple of pms asking about my tests and background info on this claim. so here's to all interested in reading it:
i did several case studies with the same strain in different setting. ive done trials in regards to theories on music, light, nutrients, so forth and so on. i try to get as specific as possible when doing a study, so heres how this one started:
after reading about potential benefits of music on plants (not just marijuana) i decided to do a study of my own. i used mandala's white satin, 10 plants in each group. the first and second groups were planted at the same time but in seperate rooms. i did this so i could truly analyze the musical claim. one room was completely devoid of sound aside from my daily noise making when i checked on them, and the slight constant hmmmmm of the fan. in the other room, i played one of my favorite soothing ambient cds for 4 hours repeat, 6 hours off. both groups received the same nutrients in the exact same setup. not only did the plants grow slightly larger in the music room (about an 8% increase) they grew towards the source of the sound! simply amazing. the yields were comparable, both groups turned out 5 female, with a cumulative dry harvested weight in the non music group of 5 lb. 4 oz. the 5 female in the music room had a total dry yield of 5lb. 6oz. hash yield from music group was 2 ounces (here's the big difference) and hash yield from the nonmusic room was only 1.1 ounce!
therefore, with an increased yield of 2 ounces on bud and .9 oz. on hash, id have to say the plants did benefit from the music. these were just my personal test results.
im sure a large scale repetitive clinical type trial would have to be conducted to fully prove this theory accurate or not, but what will it hurt to play music in the meantime?
