Sounds a Plant Loves To Hear

According to some estimates, the world's population is expected to nearly triple sometime in the next century. How will we be able to feed 14 billion people on this planet? Even now, a starving child in the Third World dies every second of every day.

Some people look to biotechnology or other advances in high-tech agriculture to solve the world's future food needs, but another possible solution may be an invention developed by independent researcher Dan Carlson. He has created a system he calls Sonic Bloom that combines special sounds with an organic foliar nutrient spay to accelerate plant growth, and he is getting amazing results.

Several years ago, Carlson came across the idea that certain sound frequencies might help plants increase their nutrient absorption. With the assistance of an audio engineer, he found a frequency that seemed to work. The sound was similar to the early morning chirping of birds, which he believes is nature's way of stimulating plants into opening their stomata wider. (Stomata are specialized cells that allow plants to absorb carbon dioxide and nutrients through their leaves, as well as to transpire oxygen and water.)

Microscopic examination found that plant stomata did open wider when exposed to Carlson's frequency. Over the next fifteen years he went on to perfect a nutrient spray to use in conjunction with his sound-generating device. The final formula is a solution of 64 trace elements derived from natural plant products and seaweed combined with other factors.

To test his invention, Carlson treated a common houseplant in his home, a purple passion vine. This plant normally grows no longer than 18 inches, but with Carlson's spray and sounds, it ultimately reached a length of 600 feet, and was included in the 1976 Guinness Book of Records.

Further testing revealed that Carlson's spray is absorbed at a rate 300% greater than other foliar sprays. But when the spray is combined with his special frequency, the absorption rate jumps to 700%. Results from the field on many different crops show spectacular increases in growth, yield and plant quality. For example, in one case ginseng yield was 5,000 pounds per acre compared to typical yields of 1,300 pounds. The active ingredient in ginseng was doubled in plants grown using his method.

Carlson has developed a Sonic Bloom home and garden kit for about $70, and larger units for commercial growing applications. For more info, call (800) 787-6074.  Based on information in: Acres U.S.A., Aug 1998