MythBusters - Talking to plants - part1

Seven small greenhouses were set up on the M5 Industries roof. Four were set up with stereos playing endlessly looping recordings (as having the MythBusters actually talk to the plants could contaminate the samples with their expelled carbon dioxide): Two of negative speech, two of positive speech (Kari and Scottie each made one positive and one negative inducing soundtrack), a fifth with classical music and a sixth with intense death metal music. A seventh greenhouse, used as a control sample, had no stereo. The greenhouses with the recordings of speech grew better than the control, regardless of whether such talk was kind or angry. The plants in the greenhouse with the recording of classical music grew better, while the plants in the greenhouse with the recording of intense death metal grew best of all.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhsbM9LxPAk

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[Reaper4517]

Pure Hatred by Chimaira

[TheaterRaven]

I feel like such a dork for writing this, but I felt so bad for the peas that got yelled at and the ones that got stuck with the metal music. The poor peas were probably like, "WTF? . . . What did we ever do to you? :(" And then, when I saw the that peas who were talked to nicely and the ones with the classical music were growing better, I was so happy for them! :) Yea, peas! Keep on growing!

[Anafopu]

@Mazzmaker69 I don't think that the recorder that was playing at the experiment generated any CO2. Doah!

[Mazzmaker69]

What you say to a plant doesn't matter. The fact that you talk to a plant does. Your breath contains carbon dioxide,which is the chemical that plants turn into oxygen.

Speaking isn't what makes plants grow well,your breath is.

[cyrokinetic]

@IAMME857 Hell yeah!

[number9711]

So ur gonna use heavy but then you change to death??? Thats a good thing i guess and what song is that?!? \ii/0_0\ii/

[number9711]

Classical is too similar to heavy metal... should have done death metal or something

[xlxshanexlx]

@DJBethette0fficial You're an idiot.

[TheMinibuscus]

@7.14 damn right!

[stuchly1]

@materialismgonegaga Thanks! Never had such a good laugh! xxD

[nickzah]

hollywood science

[BakuraHeart]

4:24 Does anyone know the song that Tori is listening to?