Technology developed by Dan Carlson, a
research scientist from Minnesota, has yielded a novel system for growing
abundant produce. Patented as Sonic Bloom, it nourishes plants through their
leaves to the accompaniment of a special sound.
While studying plant physiology during the
1960s, Carlson was struck by the idea that certain sound frequencies might help
a plant breathe better and absorb more nutrients.
He began experimenting with various
frequencies until, with the help of an audio engineer, he found a frequency in
the 3,000 to 5,000 Khz range that was consonant with sound of early-morning bird
chirping. This sound, he believed, would help plants open wider their stomata,
or mouth-like pores.
On every leaf there are thousands of such
small openings. Each stomata -- less than 1/1000 th of an inch across
-- allows oxygen and water to pass out of the leaf, or transpire, while other
gases, notably carbon dioxide, move in to be transformed by photosynthesis into
sugars. During dry conditions, the stomata close to prevent a wilting plant from
drying out completely.
Photomicrographs show plant stomata opening
wider to Carlson's frequencies, while a Philips 505 Scanning Electron Microscope
shows substantially higher stomata density on a leaf treated with Sonic Bloom;
additionally, the individual stomata are more developed and better defined.
As stomata normally imbibe the morning dew,
sucking up nutrients in the form of free flowing trace elements, why not,
thought Carlson, develop a special organic spray to apply to the leaves along
with the sound that induces stomata to open.
Even in poor soil, Carlson reasoned, plants
could be well-nourished with a foliar spray containing the right combination of
elements. To develop such an effective nutrient solution took Carlson 15 years
of trial and error, experimenting in labs throughout the country.
Carlson needed to find not only what
elements serve to make a plant flourish; he needed to find their proper balance.
Just the right amount of Nitrogen, Potassium, and Phosphorus is needed. To find
the proper balance required endless testing with radioactive isotopes and Geiger
counters to trace the elements' translocation from leaves to stems to peaks to
roots. Among the first natural substances used was Gibberilic acid, naturally
derived from rice roots, and needed by every living plant.
Eventually Carlson included sixty-four
trace elements derived from natural plant products and from seaweed; he also
added chelated amino-acids and growth hormones, altering the surface tension of
the water base to make it more easily absorbed. The end result was Sonic Bloom.
As a test for his brain-child, Carlson
induced a common household purple passion vine (Cynura sp), which normally grows
no longer than 18 inches -- to wind its way, room to room, throughout his
Minnesota home, until it reached a length of 600 feet, stimulating researchers
from The Guinness Book of Records to verify the fact and include the unique
phenomenon in their 1976 edition. But that was only the halfway mark; over the
next few months the vine grew another 600 feet.
Further tests showed that even without the
special sound, a plant leaf can absorb 300 percent more Sonic Bloom than any
other foliar spray, but when accompanied by Carlson's special frequency, the
absorption and translocation rate of nutrients rises to an amazing 700 percent
-- far more than a plan could possibly absorb through its roots. The result is
earlier maturity, greater yields, improved taste, more nutrition, and longer
shelf life.
SOUND ORGANIC PRODUCT CAN FEED THE WORLD
The most important thing today's farmer can
do, is to protect their land for future generations. The soils of today are not
the soils are grandfathers farmed. Farming methods have gotten more aggressive
to produce the quantities of crops needed to feed the world and allow today's
farmer to survive.
There are many new farming practices and
techniques that can produce good crop results. Whether or not they are good for
the environment is at times, questionable. And then there's the question of cost
to keep these lands productive.
There are many new environmentally friendly
products and practices that today's farmer needs to learn more about and start
using to ensure a safe environment for their family and the future.
One of the leading products available today
is Sonic Bloom, an organic plant growth system. It is sound aiding in the
absorption of an organic foliar nutrient. Twenty years in development and
testing by farmers from all around the world. Sonic Bloom is a proven
alternative to standard methods.
First, let's look how Sonic Bloom came into
being. Dan Carlson, the inventor of Sonic Bloom, witnessed starvation while
serving in Korea in the 60s. Witnessing this had a profound impact on him to
where he entered the University of Minnesota to study plant breeding with his
ultimate goal of finding a way to help the world feed itself.
Spending many hours of research in the
university library, he discovered an article written in the 1930's that said
sound can help plants breathe better.
He thought if plants could breathe better
with the aid of sound, they should be able to absorb more nutrients also. He
developed a sound unit and began experimenting with a purple passion plan that
normally grew to 18" and lived for 18 months. Within 6 months, it grew to a
length of over 600 feet and was listed for over 10 years in the Guinness Book of
World Records as the largest indoor plant. It lived for 19 years and grew to
over 1,325 feet long.
Knowing the importance of his discovery,
Dan worked over the next fifteen years to develop the perfect foliar feed to
work with this sound phenomenon, and today has the only foliar nutrient to work
with the sound for all plants and trees.
Through radio-active isotope uptake
studies, the Sonic Bloom system has been shown to allow plants to accept up to
714% update and translocation of these nutrients through leaves.
Today Sonic Bloom is patented in 35
countries and being used by progressive farmers around the world who care to
preserve and improve their lands and environments for the future.
Dan is and has worked with farmers around
the world to help them develop their farming practices in an environmentally
friendly way. He has helped grow corn in the extremely hot weather of the Sudan,
the over-used land in Israel, trees in China, the unusual climates of Australia
and New Zealand . . . as well as many other areas including the United States
and Canada with a wide variety of crops.
These farmers are reporting things like
Australian grape growers who are getting 60-100 percent increases in yields
while increasing their brix levels to record highs . . . 5,000 acre Mexican
fruit and vegetable grower got 137 bushels of soybeans per acre . . . Midwest
apple grower who doubled his crop for the last eight years while his apples that
he tested showed 750% more zinc, 400% more copper, 300% more chromium, and 126%
increase in potassium. And the list goes on.
The sound generator played on the field,
creates an acoustic energy at certain discrete, complete frequencies and varied
energy levels. When properly applied, this sonic excitation stimulates plant
metabolism at the cellular level, resulting in a greatly increased foliar uptake
rate of moisture and nutrients . . . an effect which is quickly reflected in
root growth, seed germination activity, and plant growth and production.
The second part of the system of equal
importance is the organic nutrient formula, which is most effective when applied
to the leaves of plants and trees as a fine spray or to seeds as a
carefully-timed soak.
Among its more remarkable properties as
reported by Sonic Bloom users, it stimulates plant growth more effectively than
any other known agent . . . dramatically increases fruiting production . . .
strengthens the plants' natural immune system to greatly increase resistance to
infections, diseases . . . stimulates the genetic memories of growing cells to
produce dynamic adaptations to unfavorable environmental factors . . . increases
the nutrient value and protein content of food plants . . . and enhances natural
flavor.
One of the major shortcomings of the
application of other foliar sprays is the fact that the plants absorb a very
small amount of the spray at the time of application and therefore, are very
costly to use. By activating the sound generators prior to applying the foliar
nutrient, and then simultaneously applying both, the plants treated with Sonic
Bloom absorb and translocate up to 714% more nutrients than the control plants.
The time is right for all good farmers and growers to expand their horizons, and
look to the new organic environmentally friendly products for their crops and
lands, their families, and the future of agriculture.
-- Agri Alternatives, July/August
1998
