How we love the idea that talking to plants, or playing them music, could give better results. & to be fair, who wouldn't make like Douglas the runner bean & do their best for Felicity Kendall?
But this week a garden centre guy in Essex claimed accent had an influence - it's not what you say, but how you say it too.
Moving on from Tom & Barbara's ground breaking work on emotional impact, these guys played a variety of regional UK accents to a load of unsuspecting geraniums.
Their conclusions? Geordie tones work best, followed closely by Welsh. Well, it works for call centres.
Maybe this is why Geordie onions & leeks are so big... although for those, years of competitive selective breeding can't be completely ruled out just yet. Either way, I can't say I'm in any hurry to pipe Let's Get Ready To Rhumble into the greenhouse any time soon ;)
Post updated with proper YouTube links rather than the crappy mobile ones... :/
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