THE INFLUENCE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE GROWTH OF SOME VARIETIES OF CUCUMBERS AND TOMATOES GROWN IN GREENHOUSES

Abstract

Greenhouse farms in Armenia are developing intensively from year to year. The growth and development of plants grown in greenhouses is mainly stimulated by chemicals, however, they can be partially replaced by the influence of music. Scientists have proven the beneficial effect of music on the growth of higher plants back in the last century. We conducted experiments on local plant varieties purchased at the “Scientific Center for Vegetables, Melons and Industrial Crops” in the village of Darakert. During the day, with breaks, music was turned on for 6.5 hours. The influence of classical music on various phases of growth and development of greenhouse plants of local varieties of cucumbers “Hayarpi”, “Nare” and tomatoes “Rubina”, “Ranni-Nush” was tested. Comparisons are provided with plants of the same varieties grown without music. As a result of the research, it was revealed that classical music, in which sound waves oscillate in the range of 6 kHz, has a stimulating effect on the growth of the studied varieties of cucumbers and tomatoes and their growth exceeds the growth of plants grown without the influence of music.