Testing Electroculture… I wanted to find out whether Electroculture is just a myth. Everything Went Wrong 🐀🌧️💨
In this video, I attempted to test electroculture to see if it could boost plant growth—but let’s just say the universe had other plans. Between rats munching half the garden, unexpected soil differences, windstorms, rain damage, and just plain chaos, the results were… well, inconclusive at best.
This was supposed to be a controlled experiment—but it turned into a total fiasco. Still, I thought I’d share what happened, because failure is part of the process too, right? Come laugh (or cry) with me as we dig through what went wrong and figure out how to do it better next time.
🌱 Was it the electroculture? Or just a bad season?
🐭 Did the rats join a resistance movement?
💨 Can we ever control the wind and rain? (Spoiler: no.)
At the end of the day I don`t believe that the copper wires made any difference at all!
Watch Mark`s video from Selfsufficient Me here: https://youtu.be/GjJgHBPbbHo?si=52I49JDdUjn8ObrN
REMINDER...The next Food Garden Makeover AND the trip to Australia Giveaways close on the 18th of May. Visit www.theweedygarden.com to learn more and enter.
Electroculture "expert" Andrea Donnoli here: https://elettrocoltura.ch and here: www.elettro-coltura.com
Electroculture as a concept dates back to the 18th century when scientists and inventors first began experimenting with the effects of electricity on plants. One of the earliest known researchers in this field was Abbé Nollet (Jean-Antoine Nollet), a French clergyman and physicist, who, in the 1740s, conducted early experiments to observe how electricity influenced plant growth.The concept gained momentum in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with various scientists and inventors conducting experiments to stimulate plant growth using electricity. Among these, Justin Christofleau was a prominent figure in the 1920s. He developed and popularized electroculture devices in Europe, claiming that they significantly boosted plant growth and crop yields. His methods, focusing on capturing natural atmospheric and terrestrial energy, attracted considerable attention.While electroculture never gained mainstream adoption in the agricultural industry, it remains an area of interest, especially with the current focus on sustainable and alternative farming techniques.