Many years ago it was discovered that plants were affected by sound.
Studies involving both organic and inorganic matter show the affects
caused by sound that few people ever thought possible. Of the
following authors and researchers in the field of sound and its
affects on things living and non-living, I found most interesting
the work of Mr. Masaru Emoto. In his book Messages from Water, he
provides factual evidence that sound affects the molecular structure
of water. Mr. Emoto has visually documented these
molecular changes in water by means of his photographic techniques. He
freezes droplets of water then examines them
under a dark field microscope that has photographic capabilities. His
work clearly demonstrates the diversity of the molecular structure of
water as it is affected by its environment. To read
about the affect sound has upon the structure of the water, go to
www.adhikara.com to view slides. Jonathan Goldman in his book Healing
Sounds: The Power of Harmonics, presented the fact that the molecular
structure of the water can be affected by sound (as demonstrated by
Mr. Emoto’s research) is extremely important. Others who have come to
similar conclusions:
Joachim Ernst Berendt, The World Is Sound;
Joscelyn Godwin, The Mystery of the Seven Vowels;
Don G. Campbell, The Roar of Silence.
If
sound can have a profound effect on the "nonliving" (water) how can
anyone argue that it does not affect the living?
Enter Sonic Bloom
Sonic Bloom consists of a sound generator or sound enhanced CD and a
nutrient spray (Hence "sonic = sound, bloom = nutrients," according to
Dan Carlson.) The sound generator produces tones in the four to six
kilohertz range, the same range as many song birds. In order to
explain this more fully I need to first introduce you
to the inventor, Dan Carlson.
While serving our country in the Korean conflict, Dan witnessed
starvation first hand. This had such a profound impact upon him, that
when he left the service, he entered the University of Minnesota.
There he studied plant breeding with his ultimate goal: the end of
world hunger. To this goal he has devoted his life.
It
was learned in the 1930s that plants would "breathe" better when
exposed to certain sound frequencies. Dan thought that if a plant
would "breathe" more, maybe it would aid in the absorption of
nutrients. With the aid of a music teacher he developed a prototype
sound generator that helped him grow purple passion plants (normally
18 inches) 600 feet long.
He
continued to develop the sound unit until it showed a positive result
on all living plants at a cellular level. All plants contain stomata
cells on the under side of the leaves. Each stoma is less than 1/1,000
of an inch across. It is through these cells that water, nutrients,
oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gases pass. In dry conditions they
close to retain moisture. Using a Philips 505 scanning electron
microscope, photomicrographs were taken to show plant stomata. Upon
close inspection of these pictures you will notice that the treated
stomata are more developed and better defined, and there are more of
them on the leaves’ surface.
Finding the right frequency was only half the battle. Finding the
proper nutrient spray took an additional 15 years. Both were
accomplished by the use of radioactive isotopes which allowed Dan to
determine what frequencies provided for maximum absorption. This
helped in determining what nutrients benefit plants most. After years
of painstaking research, he determined that a nutrient spray
containing a combination of 55 trace minerals, amino acids and seaweed
worked best.
With the use of radioactive isotopes, Dan was able to document an
increase of over 700% in nutrient absorption. This increase produces
healthier plants and a large flavorful fruit, with an extended shelf
life and increased food value. Another benefit is an increased
concentration of complex sugar chains. Unlike simple sugar (table
sugar, seven to 15 molecules per chain), it is believed that in humans
complex sugar (300 to 5000 molecules per chain) acts as communicators
for the body’s defense systems. It is believed that these complex
sugars not only increase flavor, nutritional value and shelf life, but
also act as an insect control. This high concentration of complex
sugars when ingested by an insect is converted to alcohol and they die
from alcohol intoxication. Little, if any, pesticide is needed.
I
watched a home video in which one garden was treated with Sonic Bloom
and the other was not. Potato bugs were swarming over everything in
the neighbor’s garden, while only a few were on the leaves in the
other. The next day only bare plant stems could be seen in the
neighbor’s garden —every leaf had been stripped off during the night.
The other garden showed damage also—it looked like someone had poked
holes in all the leaves, like that of a "BB." There were still bugs
crawling on the "sticks" of the neighbor’s "garden," but only a few
here and there on the other. At closer inspection, as the videotaper
moved the leaves back to reveal the ground , it looked as if it were
covered with small gravel. The "gravel" was dead bugs, almost an inch
deep! Just eating a small hole in the leaves was enough to kill them
because of the sugar content of the plant. Within days nothing at all
was left next door and all the bugs were gone or dead. The treated
plants showed no ill-effect from the small holes that the bugs had
caused. A healthy plant is better able to defend itself against
disease, too.
Also it is believed that the plants use these sugars as an
antifreeze. Since alcohol is basically antifreeze, this may partly
explain the ability of plants to
withstand frosts. This could be the reason some treated Californian
varieties of strawberries are surviving the harsh winters of
Wisconsin, and baffling experts who said they would never grow in that
climate.
Although the sound/nutrient system is certified organic, it also
possesses another feature which could have far-reaching implications
for this planet. The concept has been nicknamed "Sonic Doom," or sound
aiding in the absorption of herbicides. Tests have shown that by
employing the sound 45 minutes prior to spraying, even hard-to-kill
mature weeds can be sprayed with 50-80% less herbicide, resulting in
faster, total kills.
The sound is so effective at getting the herbicide into the plant that
it doesn’t matter if it rains an hour after application. While Dan
does not advocate the use of herbicides, using 50% less will obviously
result in less damage to the environment. (With just a 20% reduction
in herbicide use, it will take five years to reach the toxicity level
of a full-strength
application.) The "doom" concept may also make the less effective, but
environmentally safe, weed killers more efficient.
Dan’s stories have not fallen on deaf ears. He has lectured to
Parliament and was the keynote speaker for the Bio-Research committee,
which consists of 8,000 organic farmers in Japan. The day before he
lectured, the farmers who had used Sonic Bloom told the great body of
organic farmers and researchers their success stories. The Japanese
were so impressed with Dan that he received an award from the Minister
of Finance, as well as
news coverage in 25 of Japan’s leading newspapers. The Bio-Research
committee declared that it was the best plant growth product they have
found and will help distribute it across their country.
In
1993, he was invited to speak to Chinese officials about developing
their agriculture. Unfortunately, Dan remains virtually ignored by the
United States government as well as by the American mainstream
research community. "I’m a multi-billion dollar nightmare for our
government because we are paying farmers not to grow while I am
doubling yields," he says. Common
sense also suggests that without using pesticides, herbicides, and
other agri-business dependencies, Sonic Bloom will have the same "hard
row to hoe" as solar energy and the light rail system. Nevertheless,
Dan remains the eternal optimist.
This
alfalfa field was treated with Sonic Bloom and produced nine-foot
long plants.
In New Mexico, they’re making world record claims for amaranth.
The treated amaranth matured 56 days earlier, on poor, adobe, sandy
soil with a pH ranging from 7.7 to 7.9, with heads the biggest ever
encountered. In the first year, the amaranth grew 450 gram heads. The
next year, the seeds taken from those heads weighed more than a kilo.
Treated plants produce seeds which grow as well as their parents
without further treatment. It appears they have improved genetic
qualities. However, those seeds when further treated, grow to become
even better
than their parents. Carlson calls this "Genetic elasticity—the latent
ability of plants to exhibit characteristics hidden in their gene
pools, pulling out advantageous genes that may have been hidden for
hundreds of years."
In the desert soils of Israel, Dan became part of a project involving
the
growing of 450 rare and endangered plants. Some seeds which can take
100 years before they germinate, did so only in the presence of Sonic
Bloom. Alan Kapuler, of Peace Seeds Oregon, reported the effects on
the germination of 89 kinds of flowering plants. Apart from
dramatically stimulating the germination of several other plant types
including squash, sweet corn, peppers, paulownia, and three species of
rare solanums, four of the plants germinated only in the presence of
Sonic Bloom. Free seeds have been
sent to many nations with the help of The Seed Corps backed by actor
Eddie Albert and Ian Allison (who paid for 1-1/2 million dollars worth
of seed that was sent to Indonesia and will create 33 million kilo’s
worth of food). We are developing techniques to carry this anywhere in
the world, such as Sprouts Extraordinaire in Longmont, Colorado. We
have found that alfalfa sprouts in particular, increase in weight by
1,200% in 72 hours.
We take a seed, soak it in the solution, play the sound, and 72 hours
later we have an edible sprout with a shelf life of nearly 30 days.
Dan’s ideas don’t end here—he understands that sprouts aren’t the most
nutritionally valuable crop available. He also acknowledges that
sprouts would not be culturally acceptable in all parts of the world.
His idea also includes the use of other staple crops such as mung
beans. Once he is able to bring a reliable source of food to people
and show them how to produce the food themselves, his plan could
mushroom into a bright new future for millions of people. (Experiments
done with Seeds of Change and Sonic Bloom in Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia,
and Zimbabwe showed survival in 130-140 F temperatures and 2-1/2
inches of rain.) When people are able to feed themselves with
nutritious food from their own land, not only will those societies
live, but they will flourish.
With the continued decline in wild song birds and depletion of our
soils, this may be our last hope to save a starving world. His
invention has increased agricultural production around the world (he
is being credited with rebounding the economy of Indonesia), and he
has been nominated for a Nobel Prize. Currently, Dan is working on his
140-acre farm near River Falls, Wisconsin, grafting and developing 128
varieties of nut trees.
I’ve enjoyed visiting with Dan at his Hazel Hill Nut farm. Once while
there, a member of the royal family of Thailand phoned him to
personally thank him for this great blessing he has given to mankind.
My only hope is that more will catch the vision and end hunger and
disease one garden at a time.
