Hormones in Birth Control Pill Spur Plant Growth
"South African botanists have discovered that a birth control pill pushed into the soil next to a plant stem can produce dramatic effects on growth and improve foliage."
September 10, 1981
On this day, the Lancaster New Era out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, published this news from Cape Town:
South African botanists have discovered that a birth control pill pushed into the soil next to a plant stem can produce dramatic effects on growth and improve foliage. Research has shown that hormones in the pill accelerate fertilization and development of plants.
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