[englishrick]

there is a thread in the breeders section where sam has transformed a male into a female via chemical aplication,,,,just have a look bro,,,,someone just bumped it so its easy to find

[Forest20]

Great discussion going on...Would you also add in "Memetics"(?) got that from Soma..It bring a good theory into this fold outside environment vs. control (indoor) environment...Sorry I'm jumping...

[Forest20]

Let me clear this up a bit...If your neg towards your plants "they" do respond.. Positive = Good Ganja : Negative = Culled Ganja.... well you know where I stand

[*mistress*]

Electrical currents and Plant life

[gOurd^jr.]

you folks in here might well enjoy reading about the research work of Cleve Backster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleve_Backster
The Secret Life of your cells as well as The secret Life of Plants both focus on his work.
also the research of Dr. Emoto from Japan is amazing...search for some images from his books Messages from Water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Masaru_Emoto
not only are plants aware of what you think, so is water

[WelderDan]

Considering us humans share genes with other animals, mold, fungus, sponges, etc., this is not entirely surprising.

[englishrick]

in the January 2004 issue of The Avant Gardener, witch is a monthly newsletter in New York, editor Thomas Powell notes that gardeners reported all sorts of plants growing remarkably better when given regular doses of tiny amounts of aspirin (1 part to 10,000 parts water; larger doses actually proved toxic),” and that The Agricultural Research Service is investigating the reasons behind aspirin’s beneficial effects,,

Plants make salicylic acid to trigger natural defenses against bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Aspirin thus is an activator of ‘Systemic Acquired Resistance’ (SAR). However, plants often don’t produce the acid quickly enough to prevent injury when attacked by a microbe. Spraying aspirin on the plants speeds up the SAR response. Tests have shown this works on many crops, producing better plants using less pesticide. “It also makes it possible to successfully grow many fine heirloom varieties which were discarded because they lacked disease resistance.” Powell says.

Scientists first encountered the SAR phenomenon in the 1930s. After encountering a pathogen, plants use salicylic acid as a key regulator of SAR and expression of defense genes. “Only recently have companies begun marketing salicylic acid and similar compounds as a way to activate SAR in crops—tomato, spinach, lettuce, and tobacco among them,” according to Powell.

“ARS scientists are studying plants’ defenses, such as antimicrobial materials like the protein chitinase which degrades the cell walls of fungi, and nuclease enzymes which break up the ribonucleic acid of viruses. They’re also testing aspirin and other SAR activators which could be effective against non-microbial pests such as aphids and root-knot nematodes,” Powell says. “This may be the most important research of the century. Stimulating SAR defenses with aspirin or other activator compounds could result in increased food production and the elimination of synthetic pesticides.”

He recommends we experiment by spraying some plants with a 1:10,000 solution (3 aspirins dissolved in 4 gallons of water), leaving other plants unsprayed. Tests have shown that the SAR activation lasts for weeks to months. (Sort of homeopathic heart attack prevention for your plants.)

[headband 707]

Of-course they do hasn't anyone seen the "Secret life of plants"..?. They make sound too we just can't hear it lol peace out Headband707

[VerdantGreen]

spurr managed to find the original paper for us

Originally Posted by spurr

I had an annoying episode trying to the paper because in the BBC article (nor other similar articles about the findings) the paper was not cited, but, alas, I am pretty sure this is the correct paper, in full text for you

I have yet to read this paper but I will today, from my very fast review it seem to indicate light electrochemical (photochemical) response are systemic throughout the whole plant and 'remembered' by the plant:


"Evidence for Light Wavelength-Specific Photoelectrophysiological Signaling and Memory of Excess Light Episodes in Arabidopsis"
Magdalena Szechyn´ska-Hebda, Jerzy Kruk, Magdalena Go´recka, Barbara Karpin´ska, Stanisław Karpin´ski
The Plant Cell, Vol. 22: 2201–2218, July 2010

(html) https://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/22/7/2201
(pdf) https://www.plantcell.org/cgi/reprint/22/7/2201.pdf

[g0vnaa]

Nice find.
Looks like there will be lots of interesting stuff here