Plants 'talk' to warn each other of threats »
Posted By Progressive 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & TechnologyTwo decades after the Prince of Wales invited derision by saying that plants respond to human speech, a study has shown that their communication skills are much more advanced than previously thought.
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calitennflo5 months, 1 week ago
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We are what we eat...yet we do not act it...and it's due to those who govern us...not the Sun...the rain...or the ones that care and propagate us to maturity....
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transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
spread: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
circulate: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
multiply sexually or asexually
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bluetexasvalley5 months, 1 week ago
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Years ago, I read about a study where different types of music were played to plants, and it was amazing how they were said to respond. By respond I mean the way they grew and thrived. It was so similar to the studies about the ways babies respond to the different types of music.
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I've often wondered why they were not making further studies like this about plants. -
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Ratskii5 months, 1 week ago
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One theory has it that people who are more attentive to their plants spend more time around them and hence breathe more carbon dioxide on them, helping them to thrive.
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Of course I don't know if I actually believe that. Once when I worked at a restaurant, my manager came in and found me watering the plants. She said, "I didn't know you were a plant person."
I replied, "I'm not, I just can't stand to listen to them whine."
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