plants'n'plants

Ben, a 19-year old teenager was very fond of playing violin and was pretty good at it as well. Interestingly, he had a few houseplants in his room balcony (where he used to play his violin) and he used to water them regularly. After a while he observed that those plants had grown better than the other plants in the house, even though the regular watering was same for all. He wondered about it and came up with a hypothesis, that it might actually be the violin music.

Well, his inference may not be incorrect, as there have been experiments which compel us to believe that music does affect plant growth. It is because plants are living organisms. They do have feelings and can sense. Just like the 'touch me not' which recoils and folds within itself at a slight touch.

Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, an Indian scientist probably had an inkling that the sound of music does wonders for plant growth. He performed some experiments which show how music affects plant growth. Scientists from