Electroculture: Learn About This Shocking Gardening Method

There are so many gardening techniques out there. Some are new techniques, some are old techniques, and some a blend of old and new. Electroculture gardening is an example of the latter. Electroculture gardening techniques have been studied since the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, but many of us have never heard of them. That’s because until recently electro gardening was deemed to have little to no benefit, often because those initially interested went chasing after another possible more profitable enterprise. New studies are proving that electroculture does influence plant growth as well as having other beneficial effects. Intrigued? Keep reading the following information on electroculture for beginners.

Electroculture is the study of electricity’s effects on biology — specifically plant biology. Prior to the initial studies of the late 1800’s, Mother Nature shockingly hinted at her ability to increase crop growth. In Japan it was observed that mushrooms increased growth and propagation after a lightning storm.

If only this energy could be harnessed… and of course it was, in the 1740’s! But by then another scientist, Pierre Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, had reinvestigated his contemporaries’ experiments on plants and electricity. He noted the increase in bloom time, bigger and brighter blooms, and accelerated ripening of fruit when electricity was applied.

Bertholon went further still, inventing the electro-vegeto-meter, a device that could infuse electricity into an entire garden plot somewhat like lighting rather than individually. Bertholon went into a tizzy of experimentation, zapping pests and using electrical “water” to replace fertilizer.

All was well until Jan Ingenhousz, the scientist who discovered photosynthesis,