from Fall 2003 Creation Illustrated - Creation Up Close

Sonic 
Bloom
Editor's Note:  This story has received the greatest response of anything we have published in our 10 year history.  We suspect the reasons include fascination, wonderment, and vindication of God's unfathomable design.  "Sonic Bloom" first appeared in the now-sold-out Summer 2000 edition of Creation Illustrated.  Once you read this story, you will better understand why that edition sold out long ago.

God often blesses when we take His word to heart, and that appears to be the case when Dan Carlson examined how God originally watered our primal planet–“. . . a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground” (Genesis 2:6). Carlson’s discovery of God’s ways resulted in a powerfully prolific garden that produces cauliflower so big, only four heads will fit in a box designed to carry twelve!  

Such an astonishingly fruitful harvest is part
of a unique twofold process Carlson calls, Sonic Bloom. This program utilizes the musical sounds of bird songs broadcasted over the garden while a misting machine with a special foliar applies nutrients to the plants’ leaves.

During a visit to Hickory Nut Research farm near River Falls, Wisconsin, I bumped along with Carlson on his John Deere utility cart on a short tour of his 140-acre tree farm. I soon became aware of a gentle sound above the clattering machine which sounded similar to a chorus of chirping crickets. When Carlson shut off the engine, I listened more attentively to the musical tones. They were not of an obtrusive timbre, but rather more like gentle rain. After awhile I was not even aware of their presence.

With cheerful enthusiasm Carlson explained how he doubles production yields, increases the nutritional content, and more than doubles the shelf life of food products by using the “sound” I was hearing. This oscillating frequency apparently stimulates the plants’ stomata (breathing pores) to open, and while the pores are open, the leaves are (continued -  click here)

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