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What kind of music helps a pant grow faster?
Question Date: 2013-03-19
Answer 1:

That´s an interesting question that has actually be tested a number of times! The major things plants require to grow are light, nutrients (usually the get nutrients through soil), water, and carbon dioxide (the gas that is released when organisms breathe and part of what is release through fossil fuel burning - like from driving cars). Plants may seem to grow better when you play music for them, but that is likely a side effect of being better tended because people might notice more often when they need to be watered, fertilized, and generally taken care of more often.



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