You may be asking, what exactly is electroculture? And why would you want to use it in your garden? In a nutshell, electroculture is a simple gardening technique that harnesses electricity to boost plant growth. Plants are sensitive to electricity and if you can harness it you can improve plant growth, quality and increased yields. Plus it has also been shown to protect plants from pests and diseases. It helps the soil retain moisture thus reducing the amount of water needed in your garden. Those are some pretty big promises that are hard to ignore!
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Electroculture is not a new idea, it’s actually been used throughout the ages using antennas, magnets, pyramids, sounds, electric wires, or natural batteries, to improve crop yields in agriculture. Some of these techniques have had such good results that they have been shown to actually double crop yields.
Electroculture harnesses the earth’s atmospheric energy. This energy is always present and all around us. This energy is also referred to as Prana, Chi, Aether, or Life force. Tapping into this energy will significantly reduce the need for pesticides, manure, or fertilizers in your garden. Mother Nature provides; sunshine, rain, and nitrogen that’s already in the air. All that’s needed is a way to harness the atmospheric energy in the air and draw it into your garden.
What I love about electroculture is that it costs very little and it’s an easy and completely organic way to increase yields in your garden without the use of fertilizers or toxic pesticides. All that’s needed are atmospheric antennas, that can easily be created using simple materials such as wood, and copper.
Supplies needed:
- Wooden dowels, sticks, or bare branches
- 8 gauge bare copper wire
- Wire cutters
- Spray paint, optional
Start with a wooden dowel or stick in a length that is as tall as the tallest plants in your garden. The taller the antennas the taller your plants will grow. I chose 6 foot wooden dowels since I have an indeterminate heritage tomato plant in my garden that will get quite tall by the end of summer.
I spray painted the wooden dowels a dark brown color to match the obelisks I have in my garden. This step is completely for esthetics and totally optional. It will not increase plant yields or increase the antenna’s capacity to capture electrical current from the atmosphere, but it sure looks pretty.
Take the copper wire and wind it around the wooden dowel or stick in a spiral all the way down the length of the dowel. You want to make sure that the copper wire will be down in the soil once the dowel is stuck into the ground. I also left a couple inches of copper wire sticking up on top to help the antenna’s ability to attract electrical current.
In my research it doesn’t seem to make any difference whether the copper wire is twisted in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction around he dowel. One source I found recommended winding the copper wire in a clockwise direction if you live in the northern hemisphere and counter clockwise if you live in the southern hemisphere. I think the most important part is that the copper wire is pushed down into the ground below the surface of the soil and that it’s wrapped along the entire length of the dowel and reaches upwards towards the sky.
Have fun with them and try different shapes to see if that makes any difference in crop yields. My girlfriend went fancy and created beautiful coils of copper at the top of her antenna.
Once you have the antenna done, all that’s needed is to push them down into the soil and let them work their magic.
This was such a fun and easy project to add to the garden. Not only is it going to increase yields, reduce the need for fertilizers, eliminate pesticide use, and conserve water, it’s affordable, easy to do, completely organic, and looks quite lovely in the garden as well. Check back in a few weeks for an update on what I harvest from my garden this year. I’m excited to see what I can grow this year.
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