mouse1818
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I'm reading an amazing book that explains how atmospheric electricity affects all life on earth and how it can benefit life if we utilize it. Here is a link if your interested in increasing you plant growth/yield and overall plant health: http://www.amazon.com/Electro-Horticulture-Secret-Faster-Growth-Electricity-ebook/dp/B00T6QL698/?tag=viglink22408-20
and a pdf version: https://leanpub.com/ElectricFertilizerBook
If you think this is a bunch of hooobily jubillee read up on the Faraday cage. There is solid proof to back it up.
I'm just gonna copy and paste excerpts from the book that I find most important to share to this community.
The History of
Growing with Electricity
In North America, approximately thirty years before the signing
of the Declaration of Independence, at a time when the discovery
and use of electricity was in its infancy, experimenters in England
were already exploring the effects of electricity upon plant life⁴¹.
The effects were so pronounced that other researchers joined the
effort, propelling the movement forward.
Electroculture, as it is known today, is the use of electrical current to
stimulate the growth of plants. While the term is relatively new, the
concept is not. There were hundreds of researchers working in the
field between the years of 1745 and 1910, and even more researchers
working from 1918 to 1936⁴², when it was at its peak in terms of
popularity. Today, researchers are again studying the phenomena.
Here is a brief look at its early experimental history…
18th Century
In 1746, a researcher named Dr. Von Maimbray of Edinburgh,
Scotland, conducted experiments to discover what effects electricity
might have on plant life. His first experiment, performed on two
young myrtle trees, consisted of simply passing a current through
the trees to the earth using static electricity. To his surprise, the
growth of the trees was significantly stimulated, showing greater
growth in both the leaves as well as the height of the main
trunk. Consequently he declared that some sort of “electric fluid”
increased the rate of growth in plants.
Through the years other researchers joined him. They used various
methods produced similar results, showing that plants can receive
enormous benefits when “fertilized” with electricity. Still more
researchers joined the ranks…
19th Century
It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that further experimentation on plants
began to take off. The increase in interest was due to the invention
of what was called an “Earth battery⁴⁴.” Invented⁴⁵ by Alexander
Bain in 1841, the earth battery generated electrical power by placing
plates of zinc and copper, connected by a wire above the ground,
into the earth. When plants were placed into the ground between
the plates, an increase in both growth rate and yield would often be
observed. It’s essentially based on the same principles as common
batteries today, but instead of being designed to fit into a tiny space
inside our cars, boats and consumer electronic devices, it operates
in dirt over distances ranging from inches to hundreds of feet!
Comparisons:
and a pdf version: https://leanpub.com/ElectricFertilizerBook
If you think this is a bunch of hooobily jubillee read up on the Faraday cage. There is solid proof to back it up.
I'm just gonna copy and paste excerpts from the book that I find most important to share to this community.
The History of
Growing with Electricity
In North America, approximately thirty years before the signing
of the Declaration of Independence, at a time when the discovery
and use of electricity was in its infancy, experimenters in England
were already exploring the effects of electricity upon plant life⁴¹.
The effects were so pronounced that other researchers joined the
effort, propelling the movement forward.
Electroculture, as it is known today, is the use of electrical current to
stimulate the growth of plants. While the term is relatively new, the
concept is not. There were hundreds of researchers working in the
field between the years of 1745 and 1910, and even more researchers
working from 1918 to 1936⁴², when it was at its peak in terms of
popularity. Today, researchers are again studying the phenomena.
Here is a brief look at its early experimental history…
18th Century
In 1746, a researcher named Dr. Von Maimbray of Edinburgh,
Scotland, conducted experiments to discover what effects electricity
might have on plant life. His first experiment, performed on two
young myrtle trees, consisted of simply passing a current through
the trees to the earth using static electricity. To his surprise, the
growth of the trees was significantly stimulated, showing greater
growth in both the leaves as well as the height of the main
trunk. Consequently he declared that some sort of “electric fluid”
increased the rate of growth in plants.
Through the years other researchers joined him. They used various
methods produced similar results, showing that plants can receive
enormous benefits when “fertilized” with electricity. Still more
researchers joined the ranks…
19th Century
It wasn’t until the mid-1800s that further experimentation on plants
began to take off. The increase in interest was due to the invention
of what was called an “Earth battery⁴⁴.” Invented⁴⁵ by Alexander
Bain in 1841, the earth battery generated electrical power by placing
plates of zinc and copper, connected by a wire above the ground,
into the earth. When plants were placed into the ground between
the plates, an increase in both growth rate and yield would often be
observed. It’s essentially based on the same principles as common
batteries today, but instead of being designed to fit into a tiny space
inside our cars, boats and consumer electronic devices, it operates
in dirt over distances ranging from inches to hundreds of feet!
Comparisons:
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