Prince Charles famously talks to them, but nobody knew they talked to each other - until now. Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to genetically identical cuttings planted nearby, according to professor Richard Karban of the
University of California.
TG Daily (c) - Plants can talk, apparently
Women gardeners' voices speed up growth of tomato plants much more than men's, it found.
In an experiment run over a month, they found that tomato plants grew up to two inches taller if they were serenaded by the dulcet tones of a female rather than a male.
Women's voices 'make plants grow faster' finds Royal Horticultural Society - Telegraph