Does classical music help plants grow?

Posted at 10:07 AM on March 23, 2011 by Bob Collins (6 Comments)
Filed under: Arts

The 33-member Royal Philharmonic Orchestra played a three-hour concert the other day. The audience was an auditorium full of plants to test the theory that classical music helps plants grow. And to gin up a little publicity.

Let the record show I really don't know what to say here.

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Comments (6)

They should've played Bach.

Posted by Marianne Combs | March 23, 2011 10:43 AM

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Yes music does help, but a metal band would have been better.
see, http://mythbustersresults.com/episode23

Posted by BJ | March 23, 2011 10:45 AM

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My soul grows a couple sizes every time I hear Mozart. Does that count?

Thanks for posting that. It's such a treat to hear an unexpected passage from one of my favorite symphonies. And I know some will think it's pedestrian of me, but even hearing bits of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is still a treat.

A metal band, BJ?! I would think that would make the plants shrivel.

Posted by Jamie | March 23, 2011 2:50 PM

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With fronds like those, who needs peonies?

Posted by Mitch | March 23, 2011 5:40 PM

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Not only does playing music help a plant to grow, playing off-key makes any self-respecting plant just up and leave the room.

Buy my book telling about this. And if you're that foolish, I'll throw in a free bridge or two.

Posted by thomas parke | May 5, 2011 3:29 PM

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Am Trying this with two Seedling of Sabal Minor Palm Trees. Its just for the Hell of it also.

Posted by InsanePalmNinja | June 16, 2011 12:10 PM

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