Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and in
474063
OMG please don't yell at a Venus fly trap. They would snap back.
688715
Just a guess here, but I suspect an attentive gardener or farmer would actually stop the succession of the environment.  Because they are looking ofr one particular plant in an area, they eliminate all the others that try to grow in the natural way (weeds, trees, grasses, etc.), leading to a cessation of succession.
988003
hell yeah it would i would tell them stop being a dumb pussy and freakin tell me the truth. i will not get as mad if you tell me the truth! if u lie about it i will get more mad
770581
what ever you do don't act like a fool and start talking to your grass
520559
Naw, I just don't have the energy anymore to do that. I'd rather find a more constructive method of steering them towards better behavior. I see your point, but I find if you do it that way the message is lost on them. If they are a real pain, I just ignore them as you tend to lower yourself to their level and sometimes silence in a better way to deal with such people. Looks like you really ticked dragonfly off though.....come on everyone let's play nice before we forget why we even do this kind of stuff....fun right. Peace everyone.
708909
Yes. I had a pot plant growing in the back yard and it was so pretty - I had been taking care of it. It was for personal amusement. She called me up back in August when it was still growing leaves and was telling me that I could've gotten her house taken away from her for cultivation and went on and on about how I must hate her and would risk her house etc.;and when I got home that beautiful plant was all dark green and wilted. I got so pissed off that I went and put round-up in her plants around the house in the soil. It took a few months but they died one by one. She just couldn't understand why all her plants were dying. But to make my conscience feel better, I kept telling myself that her plants were given to her that way just to sit there and look pretty and for mine: I grew it from a seed and it would have served a purpose to me (especially this time of year).
736885
They like to tlak about themselves. Just give them a reason and you will have a harder time shutting them up ;-)
872126
Would you be mad if your kid messed up a farm you gave him. Bet God's grounded in his bedroom by now. Ha
279690
yes, if you have problems with anyone you should always confront them, instead of talking to someone else about it--- how else are they supposed to change or make the problem better
218333
No! If they were to attacke us, we should not just let it go, this is true, but to just go over there and say Hey I don't like the way you are doing things, you got to do it my way, No.\n Would you  like your neighbor to come over and tell you how to run your home?
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If i remember my plant physiology lessons correctly, yes, they can.  An example is that of a plant wounding hormone that i think is called methyl jasmonate.  When a plant is wounded or under attack the hormone is released inside the plant to trigger an immune response (produce or increase concentration of chemical defenses).  The homone is also released into the air and is picked up by neighbouring plants of the same species or related species, which triggers their immune response before they're attacked as well.
524251
YES! At first I thought if you pet them and let them talk they will run away thinking they've done good for the world. But they hang around like a lost puppy. So instead of throwing the stick you have to hit them with it.
1078637
Oh absolutely. I talk to my plants, especially if I am gardening and need to repot or prune, I talk them through it in a reassuring way! I talk to my teddy bear. When I walk into my house, I say "Hello, home!" Talk to all sorts of things .. I figure there's energy in everything and that perhaps there's a connection to be made and some kind of understanding flows between us .. or perhaps my good vibes sent out to these things, returns some more good energy to me. Who knows, whatever! I'm happy. My teddy bear looks happy. My house feels like a happy place. And my plants are beautiful.
46484
I wouldn't think that they are aware as we understand our awareness of existance.\n\nHowever, plants do know when something is harming them.  It has been proven that they produce a chemical that is realeased through the air when something damages them.  It is thought that this is a way of letting other plants in the area of possible, impending danger.\n\nIs this usefull?  Maybe not to us, but it works for plants.
882480
Why not talk to them or confront them about your feelings.
325112
Neuro-motor system, no way.  That would involve neurons and neurotransmitters.  None of these have been found in plants.\n\nHowever, there is definite physiologic responses that could be defined as behaviour in plants.  These responses and stimuli are much simpler than we can appreciate.
938664
Yes I do. It is when a potted plants/flowers roots are growing to big for the current planter it is in. You just need to replant it in a larger pot!!