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If you camp in spring near fast growing grasses or bushes, you can clearly hear them grow.

by Euphorbium 4y ago

krisoft 4y ago
How do you know what you are hearing is them “growing” instead of wind rustling them or insects moving around?
- steve_adams_86 4y ago
  In my experience they have been distinct sounds of pressure and movement between plant fibres, in ways that the wind or insects wouldn’t or couldn’t cause in that setting. If you lay still on a warm, quiet, still day in spring in a field or meadow, you might hear a lot of sounds you otherwise haven’t and wouldn’t expect. There’s a lot of activity. Sometimes plants will let some leaves or blades free after a seed husk finally breaks under their weight. It’s just gravity and pressure at work, but you’ll hear these things frequently. This sort of thing reminds me of learning to find mushrooms. I had no idea mushrooms are everywhere until I started looking. They occupy all kinds of spaces in various seasons, dependent on a rain, a species of tree, or a sudden warmth after a cool period. Once you see them, they’re everywhere. Similarly, plants and their myriad processes kind of jump out at you once you observe them closely. Before then they may seem relatively inert.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  It's not a guess. It's simply a fact that you can hear some fast-growing plants growing. No need to personally investigate unless you want to. Rhubarb: https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-popping-rhubarb https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-pop... Bamboo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HkhBxBZELk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HkhBxBZELk Corn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xEkEXI2a4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xEkEXI2a4
twothamendment 4y ago
I've heard the buds on the end of a branch busting their way out of the dryer outer layer. It was calm. At first I thought bugs, but finally realized what it was. It was much harder to hear than beetles boring their way into a tree.
mcswell 4y ago
Maybe you can hear paint dry, too.

If you camp in spring near fast growing grasses or bushes, you can clearly hear them grow.

krisoft 4y ago

How do you know what you are hearing is them “growing” instead of wind rustling them or insects moving around?

steve_adams_86 4y ago
In my experience they have been distinct sounds of pressure and movement between plant fibres, in ways that the wind or insects wouldn’t or couldn’t cause in that setting. If you lay still on a warm, quiet, still day in spring in a field or meadow, you might hear a lot of sounds you otherwise haven’t and wouldn’t expect. There’s a lot of activity. Sometimes plants will let some leaves or blades free after a seed husk finally breaks under their weight. It’s just gravity and pressure at work, but you’ll hear these things frequently. This sort of thing reminds me of learning to find mushrooms. I had no idea mushrooms are everywhere until I started looking. They occupy all kinds of spaces in various seasons, dependent on a rain, a species of tree, or a sudden warmth after a cool period. Once you see them, they’re everywhere. Similarly, plants and their myriad processes kind of jump out at you once you observe them closely. Before then they may seem relatively inert.
pessimizer 4y ago
It's not a guess. It's simply a fact that you can hear some fast-growing plants growing. No need to personally investigate unless you want to. Rhubarb: https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-popping-rhubarb https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-pop... Bamboo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HkhBxBZELk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HkhBxBZELk Corn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xEkEXI2a4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xEkEXI2a4

twothamendment 4y ago

I've heard the buds on the end of a branch busting their way out of the dryer outer layer. It was calm. At first I thought bugs, but finally realized what it was. It was much harder to hear than beetles boring their way into a tree.

mcswell 4y ago

Maybe you can hear paint dry, too.