Meatloaf Aids Germination
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Meatloaf Aids Germination
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:40:52 EST
A little horticultural humor. --Janis
From ArcaMax WeirdNews for March 17, 2000
> British researchers have found that playing Meatloaf's
> "Bat Out Of Hell" non-stop makes plants grow faster. Biologists
> at the University of Sussex measured the germination rates of
> 10 species of plants -- including wallflowers, basil, tobacco
> and carrots -- in response to a week of silence, pop music,
> classical music or the human voice. Wallflower seeds exposed
> to Meatloaf sprouted two days earlier than those in silent
> conditions.
> Professor Peter Scott says the rock music may have helped
> the plants because of the heat generated by a constant level
> of sound.
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