Zen and the Art of Tomato Maintenance

[Capsid]

I'm very tempted to take the mickey, however presumably your OH is 6 foot 7 and 18 stone as well?


So in all seriousness, have you done side by side comparison tests?

And the test should be blinded so that you don't know which plant has been "treated". Ideally you should use more than 2 plants too since effectively the test has a 50:50 chance of working. Hardly a rigorous study.

[lainey lou]

I'm very tempted to take the mickey, however presumably your OH is 6 foot 7 and 18 stone as well?


So in all seriousness, have you done side by side comparison tests?

My OH is a tough Soldier so watch out!!
Actually, he likes nothing better than to take the mickey out of my "witchcraft" as he calls it (no offence to all the loverly witches who frequent the site.) So I think he would just join in with you.

No I've never done any proper tests or trials, I just like to spread the love.

[Sweepster]

And the test should be blinded so that you don't know which plant has been "treated". Ideally you should use more than 2 plants too since effectively the test has a 50:50 chance of working. Hardly a rigorous study.

Gosh and darn, you mean we won't be able to get the results published in Plant Fiddlers' Weekly? Just as well that's not really the point of the exercise

[SlugLobber]

And the test should be blinded so that you don't know which plant has been "treated". Ideally you should use more than 2 plants too since effectively the test has a 50:50 chance of working. Hardly a rigorous study.

Yep, a double blind study would be much better, with at least 5 plants in each group. I have sown many, many seeds this year and vigour has been on very much an individual basis. I think a study like this is do-able, even for a small-time gardener! Otherwise, how will you refute the cynical comments/criticisms?

Lou, be careful where you spread that love. Always wear protection.

I am quite spiritual, honest!

[womble]

Yep, a double blind study would be much better, with at least 5 plants in each group. I have sown many, many seeds this year and vigour has been on very much an individual basis. I think a study like this is do-able, even for a small-time gardener! Otherwise, how will you refute the cynical comments/criticisms?

This is getting too big for us, I think we need government funding.

[Flummery]

There might be a bob or two left form the purchase of my floating duckhouse!

[HeyWayne]

How will you see the difference if it's a blind study?

[Sweepster]

We can accept cheques, cash, and orbs of angelic energy (but the latter will require sending in a jiffy bag to prevent them bursting)

[lainey lou]

Lou, be careful where you spread that love. Always wear protection.

Snigger!

How will you see the difference if it's a blind study?

Well really that's what I thought (but I didn't want to sound dense!!)

[Capsid]

A blind study means that the person doing the study doesn't know which is the treated or untreated plant. This prevents the observer from confirmation bias; they may think they see improvements in the treated plant because they know which one has been treated. But really there isn't any difference.

[coreopsis]

This is getting too big for us, I think we need government funding.

I think we could handle that

[Sweepster]

Day 3(ish): You know, I really think there might be something in this... [see pic]... it was only 4 inches high before OH did his stuff on it...

Now, about that funding...

[lynda66]

i did a trial last year ... tomatoes out the back got an hour a day of calming classical type stuff, the ones out the front got good stuff ... like green day and SLF and lots of anything loud

the ones out the front grew much bigger ... the ones out the back got 2 5p sized tomatoes .... but on size the classical music lost .... so try playing music to the one with no smiley sticker .... 2 can play that game

[coreopsis]

Lynda,no offence but I wouldn't like to be your neighbour

[lynda66]

was only an hour and i did put the stereo in the middle of the plants

my neighbours love me .... they especially enjoyed 8.30 xmas day 3 years ago when it was a lovely sunny day, and son got a new stereo ....... and we had to go through my collection of the best 200 xmas songs ever .... twice.... with all the windows open to test the volume