Only country and western music will work. I never tried "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" so I can't help you there.

Patrick - Shreveport, La.

I have my Big Band oldies station playing while I'm working in the greenhouse. Does that count? ;)

Dave

I play Jeremy Camp. They grow like crazy.
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I've seen seedlings wilt and even withdraw back into the ground in the presence of "Michael Bolton Swings Sinatra." On the other hand, they seem to respond well to Yiddish folk songs and Cyndi Lauper '80s rock videos.

They actually experimented with the concept of sound and plant growth on the TV Series "Myth Busters" a few seasons ago. Though their horticultural skills were somewhat unpolished, they more or less debunked the theory with the possible exception that the air waves created by loud music might act to stimulate the plants to have stronger stems similar to using a fan on seedings. They even set up repeating voice tapes either scolding or "assuring" plants. I could not find a link to the Myth Busters Episode, however, but it was funny.

Tomatomike, (yes, it was very funny - although they DID kill a number of plants trying to set up their automatic watering system) if I recall the episode of mythbusters correct, they found the plants grown in the 'heavy metal greenhouse' growing the best... Go Godsmack!

I have found that tomato and pepper plants love polka music.

Just don't play opera screeching, or the loud boom boom crap that you hear the teens playing on their car radios.
Those two types of "music" will kill most anything!

How about an experiment...

The experimental group is exposed to Vivaldi: Four Seasons (Spring & Summer, of course) and a control group which listens to nothing.

Banana trees love Jimmy Buffett!
Maybe the Pineapple tomatoes and the banana legs and the flamingo tomatoes would too?

Because I think I had read somewhere that a good companion plant for tomato plants may be tulips, I had in the past (just once) tried serenading them with Tiny Tim's rendition of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips." This did seem to promote the development of rather robust tomato seedlings.

However, for some reason, the seed saved from the fruits of these plants exhibited crossing to such an extent that I did not again employ this method, let alone use the above ditty.

Reg

I've had the best luck with Elvis.

My husband plays country/americana music every night for fun and it just happens to be in the same room as my tomatoes. No wonder my tomatoes are growing so well. Maybe I'll have him learn Guy Clark's "Home Grown Tomatoes" to sing to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nitgmAInI18

Reg, 'tip-toe through the tulips'? I always figured you for a Jefferson Airplane fan... 'White Rabbit'

'And if you go chasing waaaaabbits,'
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At the Marlborough Library i found a Free CD Titled "In the Garden" by Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel. (Someone must have donated it or something). I liked it, hope the Seedlings like it to.

Sumilea

vtguitargirl, the Four Seasons tune sounds appropriate but maybe even better luck would be had with "Flight of the bumble bee". To help with pollenation of course. lol.

Honeysuckle Rose

Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky

and anything by Robert PLANT of Led Zeppelin :)

lol

As an experiment I took half of my seedlings to a Willie Nelson concert. They seemed to really like it.The other half seemed jealous.

Poor things! Deprived of hearing an American music legend live in concert. Their growth may be irreversibly stunted. We may need to contact the SPCT (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Tomatoes).