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Letter: Letters : Spit and flourish

Published 19 October 1996

From Harald Hick

No address supplied

Does talking to plants help them grow ? I think I know a reasonable
scientific explanation. Many people have what we call in Austria a “humid
pronunciation”, meaning that they produce a spray of saliva when speaking

Issue no. 2052 published 19 October 1996

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