You may have heard that plants do better with verbal encouragement, but is there any evidence supporting this gardening tale?
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Sources:
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/talking-to-plants/
http://news.psu.edu/story/141343/2008/08/25/research/probing-question-does-talking-plants-help-them-grow
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11032-007-9122-x
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776504000840?viaihub
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160118-can-your-plants-really-hear-you-if-you-sing-to-them
http://scholar.cu.edu.eg/sites/default/files/redagreen/files/advances_in_effects_of_sound_waves_on_plants.pdf
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/effects-of-rising-atmospheric-concentrations-of-carbon-13254108
http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/15/1/177.short
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