Talking to Plants: Myth, Science, or Secret Growth Hack?

The belief in talking to plants has existed for centuries. Ancient civilizations, such as the Greeks and indigenous cultures, believed that plants responded to energy, emotion, and sound. In the 1840s, German professor Gustav Fechner suggested that plants might have feelings, laying the foundation for a more spiritual relationship between humans and nature. By the 1970s, the book The Secret Life of Plants popularized the idea that plants could react to music, emotions, and verbal communication. Although some claims were controversial, they triggered scientific curiosity that continues today.