For the past few weeks, I have been testing the idea of wrapping copper wire around bamboo poles and placing them next to several of my backyard plants to see whether they enhance the growing process. As part of my test, I have been using 16 gauge copper wire which I can easily snip off using a needle nose plier.
Like so many unconventional ideas, electro-culture attracts its share of critics who claim that this is just a foolish gardening fad. These naysayers ignore the fact that electro-culture is not a new concept, but is merely a modified application of one of Nikola Tesla's theories where he claimed that he could provide electrical power wirelessly to devices and objects that are in contact with the ground. The premise behind electro-culture is that the wooden poles enhanced with copper or brass wiring that are positioned vertically in the ground next to plants and flowers serve as conduits for beneficial energy to flow from the atmosphere into their root structures.
Below are photographic examples of what I have noticed from my electro-culture experiments.