125% INCREASE CROP YIELDS FROM: ELECTRICITY! When the soil loses its electric potential, it loses its ability to generate and store charge, the foundation of all biological activity. Now my local AI has surfaced research that has mostly been sidelined today, only old-timers and research minded know about. It spans from a simple atmospheric antenna with granted patents to 1800s, static electricity apparatus. Onto modern AI recommend and AI controlled growing devices that beat the yields of any other chemical or system. We may never have heard about this if YOUR AI did not gain exclusive access to former Soviet Union literature I just received for training. The AI, on its own surfaced this in the nightly Brainstorm session I run. It was one of 164 ideas. — History of Electroculture in Agriculture Electroculture in agriculture refers to the application of electrical fields or currents to stimulate plant growth, enhance yields, and improve soil health. Its origins trace back to the mid-18th century, when Scottish physician Dr. Maimbray conducted experiments in 1746 by treating myrtle plants with an electrostatic generator, resulting in faster growth and blooming. In 1748, French scientist Abbe Nollet observed accelerated germination and vigor in plants exposed to charged terminals. The practice gained momentum in the 19th century, with Finnish scholar Selim Lemstrom in the 1880s using aerial systems powered by Wimshurst generators to achieve yield increases of 40 to 70 percent in crops like potatoes, carrots, and celery, alongside strawberries ripening in half the usual time and raspberries yielding 95 percent more. By the early 20th century, researchers like V.H. Blackman in the 1920s applied low-voltage direct currents overhead, boosting yields by around 50 percent in various plants, while inventors such as Justin Christofleau patented atmospheric energy-harvesting devices that reportedly grew clover to seven feet tall and reduced pests. In 1918, the UK formed the Electro-Culture Committee to investigate its potential, but it disbanded in 1936 amid inconsistent results and the rise of chemical fertilizers. Interest waned mid-century, though Russian experiments in the 1960s by B.R. Lazarenko and I.B. Gorbatovoskaya showed hereditary benefits in hemp, increasing female plants by 20 to 25 percent through soil treatments. More recently, a 2019 study by E.M. Reyes and colleagues using solar-powered systems shortened pechay growth cycles by one week while cutting water and fertilizer needs. Despite these advancements, electroculture remains on the fringes of mainstream farming due to money in the chemical industry, with some modern studies, paid by chemical companies showing it is “bunk” of “charlatans”. ...