The reference book for this is "Magnetism and its Effects on the Living System" by Albert Roy Davis and Walter C Rawls, (c) 1974. Two factors are important: 1) The polarity (North or South) makes a difference. 2) Accelerated growth is not necessarily beneficial.
@@mackelby1 I'll scan you a copy but it will cost 24.99 $ for time labor and material cost shipping but the scan is free I'll send it on a flashdrive .
I'd like to see a non magnetic metal disk used in another pot. This is to see if the disk is helping to retain soil moisture,to help germination regardless of any magnetic effect.
Not just that, he should have at least 16 pots. 4 of each including the non-magnetic ring. This tells us nothing. He could have planted them all exactly the same in the same conditions and them still germinate and sprout at different times
The round magnet in pot A is acting as a moisture retainer/evaporation barrier and thermal conductor like any rock of that size and dark color would. The seed in pot B germinated faster than pot C because the red pot color absorbs more heat than the reflective white color of pot C. If the pots are labeled A, B, and C, then there is no reason to use a different color for the control pot.
He needs to use N52 magnets to make a real difference. This isn't a new idea and scientists have already proven southern magnetic fields enhance growth and biological processes. Much more powerful magnets are required to see very noticeable effects. North side of magnetic fields retard/impede growth. Both have potential applications in medical and agricultural fields.
This is indeed an interesting experiment. Some suggest that in Pot A, the manget itself helped retain water. I would suggest placing the magnet at the bottom of the container, underneath the level of the seed (and place the magnets in Pot B at the same depth for sake of comparison). In Pot B you had all of the magnets placed with same polarity facing each other. There should be another pot (Pot C) with similar placement, but opposite polarities facing each other, thus creating a flow of electrons (in theory), to see if that makes a difference. I agree with others who suggest this needs to be done at larger scale for more statistically significant results. I would recommend doing 10 pots of each. For simplicity's sake, I would start with Pot A as the control, then Pot B with the ring magnet, then Pots C&D with paired flat magnets on opposite sides.
Plants prodcue magnetic fields naturally, due to which water and ions travel to the parts of the plant. The magnetic field travel pretty much the same from south to the north forcing the ions and water to travel then again to complete the circle they field then move from north to the south pole. Hence the plant always balance itself out when you prun it. The mass of roots are always equal to the shoots. perhaps read about "electroculture" they grew giant vegetables and fruits in France with the help of atmospheric charge. The pole that collect the charge is always higher the the highest plant otherwise the tree will take it all.
First, all the pots should be the same color, as it can impact the temperature of the soil. A journal recording water measurements, temperature, and sunlight exposure duration would be helpful for other scientists that would like to replicate this experiment. To make this experiment more respectable you need to expand the number of samples. 30 of each A, B, And C would provide sufficient data to create a control chart and regression equations. Next, I would expand the variation on sunlight and water in future experiments. I give this two thumbs up.
The orange pots would be warmer in the window because the sunlight absorbs better. The large black magnet attracts and store a lot of excess heat, so the plant will grow better. Pumpkin and squash love heat and moisture. The large magnet would trap more moisture under itself. Conclusion: I am not convinced at all that the magnetism had anything to do with the faster growth
Needs to be done with more samples and identify the direction of polarities relative to the seed. Maybe Use a ziplock bag so the seeds don’t come in contact with the magnet ruling out any possible nutrient absorption. This experiment does work but needs to be done carefully. The variety of seed, magnetic field strength and the orientation of the seeds axis relative to magnetic field can influence the results.
@@puszduszek iron is a constituent for many enzymes? It is involved in oxygen transport as well, I just briefly mentioned its role in chlorophyll formation. Are you planning on keeping your cotyledon from ever forming? To answer your question I'm going to say yes. My old botany professor would disagree, but there will be trace chlorophyll or at least the morphogenesis of chloroplast precursors occurring simultaneously as chlorenchyma cells form as the mesophy forms in the cotyledon. Chlorophyl may also be present within meristematic cells containing undifferentiated plastids I learn you some free knowledge :D
You needed two more test pots. You need to test on polarity of the magnet as well. Also demonstrate identification of the polarity and labeling of the magnets accordingly.
This is the first thing I thought while watching. I wonder how this would work thru the full grow cycle. With some indoor grows, plant food and nutrients are added and there are metallic elements within. Tho dissolved in the solution, how would a strong polarity effect that then the magnet is stuck there til the grow is done. If it can rust that could be an issue.
As a small scale commercial grower I start many of my plants from seed. I have observed that if I plant a tray of say 20 seedlings there is a natural variation between them. You would need to repeat the test simultaneouslying with a higher number of say, at least ten seedlings in each of the three groups to begin to insulate your results from such variations. Further, and for your information, the test would be best done with all batches of comparative groups started simultaneously as there is another naturally occurring variation, that of the lunar effect of seed germination. - (see 'Biodynamic Agriculture Introductory Lectures - Alex Podolinski: Vol. 1 & 2). Thank you for your efforts.
If you had simply straight up declared that the plants are able to "use" the magnet as an antigravity tool I feel like you'd have gotten more likes, lol. How dare you suggest the scientific method!🤣
Im also wondering if the larger round magnet collected and stored more solar heat adding to the germination speed as well. that would explain how the smaller magnets also seemed to "increase" plant speed. but we know warmer soil increases germinations rate, and promotes root growth. this combined with your statement seem to lay reasonable doubt on this claim
Pretty good! The first time I heard of this effect was in 1981 from a friend of mine. Then I heard about that a second time in 1982 from my Professor of Electricity and Magnetism. Then, later on, a classmate of mine, inspired by the Professor, did some experiments with that and confirmed this effect. I never read any paper about it but I presume that the ions in the plant that create an electric current are affected by the magnetic field in a benefic way: just like a charged particle in motion experiments a magnetic force. Now why this speed up the plant growth escapes my comprehension.
Pot A: that maget slimply working like moisture retainer/evaporation barrier and also the red color absorb more heat than the white which reflect light and heat. So the growth was best among 3. Pot B: It didnt have the evaporation barrier but had red color pot which help to absorb more heat. So its growth was moderate. Pot C: It dint have the evaporation barrier and it had white color pot which doesnt absorb heat as much as red pot. So the growth was worst of them all.
Wow! Is the only word for your efforts to show this experiment. Thanks 🙏 People may give thumbs down and negative comments . They are just jealous. Just ignore them.
100% also the difference in colors, fact he didn't use equal amounts of water this is a hack experiment if I've ever seen one plus I feel like I'm getting a scam call writing this while video is playing in the background, sorry not sorry
The seeds naturally exhibit different germination and growth characteristics. This experiment need to be repeated severally and with more than a seed in each of the pots to really confirm the magnetic effect on seed germination and growth.
I agree with the comments above but it’s pretty compelling already. I wonder if it has anything to do with the metals in the minerals being concentrated in that immediate area where the seed lies
Neodymium magnets is what my grandfather used while germination of his seeds.and on his trees he would use a rock with quartz in it under the root ball. I live in Kentucky, in an ocean of trees and I believe he was on to something beautiful as well when I see posts like this it reminds me of him!thanks for sharing I do appreciate it
I think when we have soil in pot, minerals are equally distributed in soil and when we pour the water, minerals are reached to seed through water and magnet helps to bring distributed minerals in the middle near seed which helps themb to grow faster.
there are many different effects that plays a big part in this experiment, but I think you should test the plant intake of iron, it might be the most important part that gets affected by the magnet.
Yeah or the difference in color of the pots which would make darker colours retain more heat. Doesn't take a magnet taped to your head to figure this out.
Gkvk you are awesome. I actually wanted to do experiment like this. I got this idea because when I was playing around with multimeter I put the terminals on the plant and could see voltage in range of 50-100 millivolts . That is when I realised electricity and magnetism should have some effect on the plant .
I think the big magnet covered a large area of the dirt around the seed and kept the water evaporation rate much lower than the others. This would have a large effect on plant germination and growth rate.
Wow! My own hypothesis was the opposite: magnets won't have any effect on the growth. I would have never believed it unless I saw it. Thanks for the video!
My friend you should also try a copper wire spiral around a plant with the ends connected to an ebonite stick. Boy I had tried this on strawberry plants and the fruits were literally JUMBO size. But I was much younger then
A squash had some amazing results when I was a kid and scared the spooky into me when I put it in the microwave and it started growing Vines from the seeds in one and a half second so bravo to you.
I had no idea. I even thought this was a BS video. But after googling the topic it turns out to be true! Amazing! Thanks for putting out a real content video! And thanks for teaching me something new!
Thanks for the video, very interesting.. would love to see this experiment with objects that have a paramagnetic field and diamagnetic field, Theirs a hypothesis with the old Celts towers in Ireland that found all the crops near it grew faster, stronger and overall more healthier. It's something to do with the geometry of the tower and the materials used which have paramagnetic and diamagnetic fields. Also true for most ancient pyramids, look up Callahan Celt towers if interested 🤙
You should do the experiment with at least 10 replicates that will involve 30 seeds and 30 pots and a lot of magnets and you should avoid the ring magnet .... I 'll be very happy if u manage to do that
why avoid the ring? if there's anything to the magnetic field/growth thats the one going to do the trick as the toroidal field centers at the seed, if you would see the fields of that other one its probably pretty off.. as magnetic fields are crazy interesting and plant growing even more this is awesome and asks for much more and serious research.. not that the mining of and costs would make it ok but..
Thanks for sharing, good basis results. You should do some more tests using multiple seeds per pot, as well and two or three rows at a time....interesting.
Could the metal on its own affect germination? Maybe it contributes more iron to the soil, or something to do with heat. It would be interesting to try with a non magnetic ring of the same material of magnets
The presence of iron metal ions can have two effects: 1 - provide more iron to the plant, 2 - interfere with the growth of potentially harmful fungi and bacteria.
How were the flow of the toroidal magnet fields of the ring magnets polarity placed? I would like to see an experiment with the polarity placed flowing down towards the soil and and flowing up towards the crown of the plant!
My guess is that it works because water is a polar molecule with a positive side and negative side. I wonder if the magnetic field somehow aligns the water molecules so that they are more readily absorbed by the plant. In other words, the magnetic field makes the water more hydrating for the plant somehow.
Humans are supposed to lay 1 hr to the North and 1 hr to the south, DAILY! This isn't according to me this is according the Thoth! The one who taught most of all of man's knowledge including medical/physiological.
Water sent to top plant or roots, depends on magnet, again... different magnets different results, especially difference can be seen with electric-magnets with different coils, as from motors without the rotor.. Yes, true, as You said, particles hitting each other are registered faster from the plant neurals, and taken faster, into conversion (instead to wait & search for them). Geometrical figures/forms, also have huge impact. :)
3:28 Minerals... It's because of the effect of magnet on the minerals, the minerals can be ferro magnetic (magnetic force attracting iron), para magnetic (slightly attracted to magnets) and dia magnetic (slightly repelled by magnets). Now the minerals are carried to upwards to all the parts of the plant especially to those places where young cells are present in high density, it does it by the help of capillary force through the Xylem and Phloem, what a perfectly oriented magnetic field does is that it adds a magnetic component of force to the already present capillary force from the roots in the soil and going upwards to all the parts of the shoot system, the only downside is that minerals which are dia magnetic will get pushed backwards thus capillary force will struggle to move them upwards through the ducts, thus it may result in a plant slightly lacking some minerals, but still it should grow more because most of the minerals are para magnetic and ferro magnetic.
I am intrigued by this. Is there pole direction that yields the best results? Does the magnet need to be above or below to surface of the soil? Is there a specific type of magnet that works best? What is the optimal strength of magnet? I have come across similar devices used on vehicle fuel lines to increase economy by aligning the molecular structure of the gas or diesel. They were not very successful.
To be honest, the sprout within the ring magnet does have very nice, uniform and healthy looking growth. It would be interesting to see if a regular ring of metal would have the same results. But if you think about magnetism and how it can affect humans, I'm sure that it may have an effect on plant life as well. I will repeat this experiment with 5 pots per type of magnet, and also include another 5 pots with a regular piece of round metal. It may not happen right away but I'll post the results after I do this. It's an interesting experiment, no matter the outcome. Oh, and I'm going to keep all of the pots a consistent color as well, because color can have a large impact on temperature and moisture. Great idea and I happen to have seeds that would be almost identical, so I guess we'll see. I'm actually looking forward to this. 🙂👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have been experiment with polarity of the magnet effecting the germination for my school project. it doesn't show that much different between north pole and south pole.(I used neodymium)
Hello. In Germany there is a good man with the youtube channel BaumMentor Baumpflege. He knows a lot about the history and the effects of elektrokultur. His tests showed that a neodymmagnet isn't so good. So he use ferrit ring magnets. He put a metallstring through the magnets. It works till 100 meters. Now he looks where the nortpole is, because you put the string in line of south north. The magnet is on the south and so you use the power of the magnetism which goes through the line from the south to nortpole. But before you put it in the earth, 5 to 30 cm, you have to put beewax on the magnet because of the protection of rust. And bee wax let the magnetism flow. Til 50 cm to string, left and right of it, you have the effects of this. If you want to use this in a pot, you have to ground the string. Better for pots are the copper ring. Use a copper ring. The end of the copper have to overlay a little bit. And the open ring must lay to the north pole. At the back the ring has to be a little bit higher than the open overlaying end. You use sticks to hold the copper ring in the pot.
You could only make this solid if you know that each seed has the exact same genetics which you cant, so multiple runs of this test with the same genetic profile would be necessary to see if the magnet makes a difference, not saying it doesn't but at the same time It could be coincidence with the genetic profile of the seeds :)
Hey why don't you do a paper towel seed germination test with and without magnets, thus avoiding expensive hydroponics field tests or any soil effects.
Arrange bar magnets in an outer circle N to S all around instead of upright, and see if results are the same as the block circle magnet. :) I agree with another commenter: Faster might not necessarily be better. Living beings need time + circumstance to develop as structurally consistent as their peers. :)
Do it and post a video. Under good conditions faster just means faster. The information systems just need to be coherent to get it done quickly. The magnetic field informs several systems and allows coherency between them for faster process. Water is chaotic, unless influenced to coherency. Seed germination waiting for optimal conditions can be informed sooner so it can start it's process faster. Any changes to the soil system can only help but I don't know of any studies on magnets influence on dirt, mostly biology(cellular growth) and water.
This is a nice homeschool project as long as the teacher doesn't let the students draw too many conclusions from it. Use it as a starting project for a unit study on the effects of magnetism or an opening for a study of botany or gardening. It's fun and interesting.
@@Artist_Rafael Forgot all about it Rogger :). I have whatever the opposite to a green thumb is. Plants see me coming and commit hurrikarri to save suffering :)
Hey there! Love the experiment and had a thought: Is it possible that the magnet's weight could have contributed to the plant's growth? I'm curious if there's a way to keep the magnet just barely hovering over the soil to prevent it's weight from having any effect.
I think the best way to put the final nail in the coffin is the test it with hydroponics. Therefore it'll just be magnet and root, no soil or heat-sink effect
@@mountaingardenbypot_portra729 Me too, just installing a new aeroponic setup, magnets have just been ordered. If I keep remembering this thread, I'll upload some info about the results some time. Or you can remind me at some point ;-)
@Stan Smith Well your medium in hydro is a constant when you begin, but the presence of a magnetic field (and its strength and polarity) will affect the water, because it affects the nutrients/uptake, pH, etc.
Interesting, interesting, could you please repeat it with more seedlings per variant? I meen to put for example 7 seeds per pot? What was the species actually? Was it some pumpkin?
Thanks. Yes it’s pumpkin. This experiment is proved by many agri universities. One such research journal is published - www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154392/
The magnet is not having a direct effect on the plant itself. The effect of the magnetism is on the water the plant is drinking. Also, the water contained within the plant. There is chaos in a 16.9 FL OZ bottle of water. We have 1 large oxygen molecule and two small hydrogen molecules. In a non-magnetized bottle of water those hydrogen molecules are facing all different directions. If we were to take two strong magnets with a narrow field (like the round permanent magnet in the video) and tape them to a water bottle, with the south poles facing each other on either side of the bottle, we can put a positively charged magnetic force onto the molecules. This causes order to the chaos, the hydrogen atoms begin to face the same direction after 12-24 hours of exposure. The water will hold its magnetism for 24-48 hours. The more powerful the magnet the stronger and quicker the reaction. Feed your plants with magnetized water every time you water and you will see the same results as you saw in plant A. I might also suggest better lighting then a window sill. Note: This does not work with the north side of a magnet. This has to due with the structure and wavelength of the magnetic field. After your water had been magnetized you can literally taste the difference. you will feel a noticeable difference on your skin. Now feed that water to your plant. use magnetized water There are reported health benefits to drinking magnetized water. Some medical professionals claim magnetized water can help treat diabetes and can aid in curing some cancers. (Also, If you combine this video with your video on electricity and plants you should see improved results. Your voltage is to high in that video. Put your magnet in the soil, water with magnetized water and use very low continuous voltage. Typically .5 VDC- .9 VDC depending on the plants growing stage. You must also run a bare copper neutral wire from the soil (bottom of the pot) to the top of the plant that is not connected to the other circuit. Roughly 6 inch's above the plant. Crazy growth happens when you combine magnetic fields with electric fields. There is a guy in Australia who makes magnetic water applicators for farms. There had been overwhelming amounts of people using electricity in farming for generations. Some crops love electricity some don't, but all plants love magnetism.
Hey boss, can you also do a experimental comparison of different types of pots? Fabric grow bags, plastic grow bags, plastic pots, earthen pots, rcc pots, coir pots
Magnets help draw minerals into a plant faster therefore resulting in a faster growth rate, plus there are ethereal aspects of magnets that can draw in ethereal energy and focus it into the plant, a frequency generator with a magnet rapped in copper could greatly increase a plants growth 50 % more better than just a magnet by itself.
First of all, great video. After seeing the results, I have a theory. The round magnet may have a better result because more water was concentrated at the center, and the bottom surface of the round magnet could have been moist, giving experiment (A) a sufficient source of water compared to the others. It would be great if you can revisit the experiment and have the same round shape with other materials. This should confirm if magnets really do have an effect on plants. Awesome video, don't take what I said as me trying to discredit your experiment, I am intrigued and invested.
Maybe it is a combination of the magnet drawing the minerals in the surrounding soil closer to the plant/seed, the toroidal effects of the magnets could possibly help transport the minerals through out the plant on an molecular level too, if this is the case then perhaps it would be a good idea to have a ring magnet at the soil level and then at the desired root level have the bar magnets set radially, might also be interesting to do the opposite and have bar magnets suspended around top of plant or top of flower/fruit level creating a double torus magnetic field, which if you look at its shape it is very similar to how a plant looks ;) If this idea is valid it maybe useful on planets like mars which have little or no magnetic field ;)
Pran ko aap jaise samjte hai waise nahi hai. Hamare science ki yahi sabse badi kami hai. Humare pran urja se kaise react karte hai ye hame ni pata. Aapka experiment bahut acha hai. I hope intellectual people will see it and progress in this field. Yadi aap muje moka de to me aapko thoda bahut samjha sakta hu.
Nope..old science.. Just very unknown. The south Pole of a magnet,it's field anyways,turns in a counter clockwise motion. The north,the exact opposite. Enzymes,for some reason react to the poles,and either work harder(South Pole) and to produce more nutrition available for the plant... Or,more of an acidic environment is created,while exposed to the north Fields. All I can say is this has been around since at least the 1970's. Albert Roy Davis,him and his partner..don't remember his name.. Wrote a few books,and did years of research.. One is calledThe magnetic blueprint of life.. Sells for up to $1000 online..good luck finding it anywhere else.. Although there is a free audiobook here on RU-vid.. That how I "read" it.. Cheers
This is a very good point, as an experienced gardener I think you are correct! The magnet would be heated by the sun & will maintain the heat after the sun passes for a while before it cools down so this plant had more warmth in the soil. Well done.
Quite a few years back I was contemplating the same thesis and I talked to a friend about my ideal and let me broaden the scope there a little bit your plants if you know how it can manipulate magnetic fields and the plant is able to control certain aspects of that would the plant be able to communicate that if it wants more water more nutrient or what kind of nutrient and control of what kind of like it likes it might want more sun then some or a particular wavelength light frequency and the plant will be able to communicate on its own kind of underground switchboard to be able to communicate this to an AI or a drone to be able to feed itself and change its environment
@@GardenTips Meaning south because I think ur mixing up geographical magnetic field with the magnetic poles. Because in other videos I seen that north disrupts the growth will south helps it grow vigorously.
Perhaps the magnetic field isn't what's effecting the plants improvement, but the cover it provides the soil to retain more moisture from evaporating. Cut a flat piece of plastic the same inner and outer diameter of the round magnetic and place it exactly the same way on another plant. Might have to do several of each for an accurate comparison.
maybe i well have to check that out i was thinking of making a plant growing machine to speed up plant grow and it health but this why i need to know more about other people test and way of thinking if i can use this way of thinking to grow plant faster and better then the world will be greener
Earth it self a big magnet, hence this property always helps in germination and growth naturally. However in this experiment stronger magnetic field helps germination and growth because this magnet makes plant to get more iron accessability easily. Iron normally taken by any plant by influence of Nitrogen. Here magnet is influencing. You may have to observe color of plant too .....plant which grows with the influence of magnetic field will be more dark green than others.
Wouldn't the magnet in that case pull the iron away from the seeds in this case?.....also seed germination is affected by the soil that is very close and touching it.....and usually as far as I know seed germination doesn't require too much soil nutrients.....he could have germinated this seed on a covered petridish which is kept moist
@@GardenTips I has done this experiment 5 years ago. Successfully germinated 3 years old lemon 🍋 seeds. Very good germination method for any seed germinate
