It's electric: "eSoil" zaps plants to help them grow

It never would have occurred to me to electrify plants to help them grow, but APPARENTLY it does, so researchers have invented a new, electroconductive hydroponic substrate to help us do it?!
Article - "eSoil: A low-power bioelectronic growth scaffold that enhances crop seedling growth" doi.org/10.1073/pnas.230413512
Want to learn about People Who Zapped Plants in the 18th Century? Read 1783's 500-page smash hit "De L'élctricité des Végétaux" here archive.org/details/dellectri...
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[@post1084]

thanks Sam

[@sarcasm6669]

Yay! A lovely highlight to my day!😊🎉

[@meander112]

Electric for the electric god! Soil for the soil throne!