Does rap music help plants grow faster?

Answer 1

Indeed heavy metal does. If you ever watched episode 23 of Mythbusters then you would know that there were noticeable differences in plant growth - especially for the plants that listened to heavy metal. Which in this case they "listened" to death metal music (which is undoubtedly one of the heaviest forms of music on Earth) and reportedly, they grew best despite some technical problems. Just think of the rainforest, there are a lot of fauna which means more noise and this means, more plant growth. I don't know about rap music but it seems the more gritty and "disgusting" the music or speech is the more the plants seem to grow. That can't be said for the plants who listened to classical music however. It's quite possible.

Answer 2

Many scientific studies have been done regarding whether or not music has an effect on plants and, if so, which music affects plants in which ways.

Many studies have suggested hard rock or heavy metal music seems to have a detrimental effect on plant growth.

There is a well-known study from the early 1970s, conducted by Dorothy Retallack at the Colorado Woman's College in Denver using the college's three Biotronic Control Chambers. In one series of studies, the tone of F sound was played daily for three hours a day, intermittently in one laboratory, it was played for eight hours a day, constantly, and the control group had no sound introduced. Those plants where the F tone was played intermittingly for 3 hours a day grew twice as large and were twice as healthy as those in a sound-free environment. However, plants in the laboratory where the tone of Fconstantly for 8 hours daily died within two weeks of the experiment's beginning. Dorothy used a growing chamber, a variety of plant species (but the same in each chamber) and made sure the volume was consistent for all forms of music.

Different types of music were then utilized in her following experiments. She tried acid rock music by Led Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge, and Hendrix. It was played to one group of plants and semi-pop music (of the 1970's) to another. The "acid rock music" plants were sickly and small compared to the control group of "semi popular" music (now termed soft rock).

The other genres of music she experimented with: were Classical Music (Debussy), jazz (she use Louis Armstrong among others), and Indian (Ravi Shankar). The plants grew large and healthy, with the plants actually growing towards the radio for each of these three forms of music, just like they bend towards sunlight. Dorothy also experimented with Country Music (such as Jonny Cash) and found they neither grew toward or away from the speakers and seemed neutral. While Dorothy did have a personal bias and by the end of her research she believed plants could feel and were capable of ESP. She felt perhaps it was the lyrics that the plants didn't like with the acid rock music.

It seems the plants like all types of music, except hard, pounding rhythms, but prefer stringed instruments the most. They also didn't like a constant tone played for 8 hours per day, but how many of us do!

Effective experiments need to involve the following factors, which Dorothy tried to maintain, but failed to measure the water and soil moisture with an accurate device:

• the same plant types across the different conditions
• a variety of species across the different conditions
• music volume would need to be maintained at a consistent level
• strict controls on all other external factors, e.g. light, warmth, etc
• consistency of human interaction across the different conditions

On the other hand, Mythbusters did their own experiments and obtained a different result. Their experiments suggested that heavy metal seems to stimulate growth more than other types of music. The catalyst is possibly the rapid vibration that encourages activity.

In the end, it is best to weigh up the evidence and make your own decision on this.

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Answer 3

Many scientific studies have been done regarding which music affects plants in which ways, and no definite conclusions have been made.

Many studies have suggested hard rock or heavy metal music seems to have a detrimental effect on plant growth.

There is a well-known study from the early 1970s, conducted by Dorothy Retallack at the Colorado Woman's College in Denver using the college's three Biotronic Control Chambers. Among other experiments, she also tried different types of music and studied their effects on plants. She tried acid Rock Music by Led Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge, and Hendrix. It was played to one group of plants and semi-Pop Music (of the 1970's) to another. The "acid rock music" plants were sickly and small compared to the control group of "semi popular" music (now termed soft rock).

The other genres of music she experimented with: were classical music (Debussy), jazz (she use Louis Armstrong among others), and Indian (Ravi Shankar). The plants grew large and healthy, with the plants actually growing towards the radio for each of these three forms of music, just like they bend towards sunlight. Dorothy also experimented with country music (such as Jonny Cash) and found they neither grew toward or away from the speakers and seemed neutral. Some doubt has been cast over whether her experiments were consistent in the variables, or whether she was biased towards classical music as being the best for plants.

It seems the plants like all types of music, except hard, pounding rhythms, but prefer stringed instruments the most.

On the other hand, Mythbusters did their own experiments and obtained a different result. Their experiments suggested that heavy metal seems to stimulate growth more than other types of music. The catalyst is possibly the rapid vibration that encourages activity.

Answer 4

It relaxes the plants and helps them with their photosynthesis

Answer 5

True. But your method of playing it/what your playing depending on the tempo and rhythm it may make it lean towards or away from the speaker.

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Answer 7

yes